基本信息出版社：Jossey-Bass
页码：384 页
出版日期：2006年03月
ISBN：0787982555
条形码：9780787982553
装帧：精装
正文语种：英语

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The Business Guide to Legal Literacy bridges the gap between law and business by translating legalese into language that makes business sense and offers a new way to think about the law¾as a useful business tool. The book is filled with dozens of real–life examples that illustrate a step–by–step process for avoiding lawsuits and transforming potential business legal problems that threaten growth and profitability into opportunities for

 

·        Building stronger business relationships

·        Delivering sustainable shareholder value

·        Improving competitive advantage

·        Embedding compliance into the corporate culture to achieve organizational excellence

 

This much–needed resource makes the connection between law, business, decision–making psychology, quality management, organizational change, and leadership and shows how these disciplines influence the company’s legal risk profile.   It tackles legal literacy on both the employee and organizational levels and identifies the infrastructure needed to support legal literacy and promote effective communications throughout the organization.

 
作者简介 Hanna Hasl–Kelchner is a corporate lawyer whose career spans private, government, and in–house practice. She is a former adjunct professor at top–ranked Duke University Fuqua School of Business where she taught Legal Leverage to executive MBA students. She is currently associate general counsel and national counsel for trademark enforcement at Lorillard Tobacco Company. A frequent guest speaker on the subject of preventive law, she is also on the editorial board of the Journal of Business Ethics Education. She received her law degree from Rutgers University and her MBA from Cornell University.
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"Anyone who is serious about business ethics needs to understand the law. Hasl-Kelchner provides a clear roadmap for business people to understand how to do the right thing."
—Steve Odland, chairman and CEO, Office Depot and chairman, Business Roundtable Corporate Governance Task Force

"At last, a book that demystifies the relationship between business and the law . . . . I found it easy to read and full of real-life examples.  The Business Guide to Legal Literacy should be required reading for every business manager."
—Gary Krall, chief operations officer, BioSignia, Inc.

"As a small business owner without corporate counsel I've used Hanna's rubrics to avoid pitfalls and maximize opportunities. Her use of cases, related conversationally instead of legalistically, drives the legal points deep into long-term memory."
—Tamela M. Rich, managing member, Thor Industrial Services, LLC