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Chapter 4 Entrepreneurship, Small Business, and Franchising
Chapter Overview (2) — Entrepreneurship (3) — Jon Prouty, a Boulder, Colorado (3) — Cole Ketterling, North
Dakota (3) — Forms of Entrepreneurship (4) — Are Entrepreneurs a Different Breed? (5) — Thoughts on the
Differences between Entrepreneurs and Small Business people (6) — Small Business Characteristics (6) — Common
Small-Businesses (7) — Farming (7) — Retailing (8) — Manufacturing (9) — Service Firms (9) — Wholesaling (9) —
Home-Based Businesses (9) — Advantages of a Small Business (9) — Innovative Behavior (9) — Genentech,
Biotechnology (9) — FedEx a startup (10) — Lower Costs (10) — Filling Isolated Niches (11) — Disadvantages of
Small Business (11) — Management Lacks Technical Expertise (11) — Inadequate Financing (12) — Lack of Market
Demand (13) — Government Regulation (13) — Small-Business Opportunities for Women and Minorities (14) —
Women-Owned Businesses “Farm Her” (14)— Minority-Owned Businesses (14) — The Small Business
Administration (15) — Management Training and Consulting (16) — Help with Procurement Contracts (16) — SBA
Loans (16) — Loans for Small Exporting Businesses (17) — SBIC Funding (17) — Franchising (18) —Franchising
history (19)— The Franchising Agreement (19) — Advantages and Disadvantages of Franchising (19) — Advantages
of Franchises (20) — Disadvantages of Franchises (20) — Summary of Learning Goals( 20) — Questions for Review
and Discussion (21)

Chapter 5 Law, Business & Government
Chapter Overview (2) — Legal History in brief (2) — The American form of Government (3) — Sources of Law in
the United States (5) — Jewish Law (5) — Roman or Civil Law System (7) — Criminal Law (7) — Feudalism (7) —
English Common Law. (8) — When Legal Remedy is Inadequate: Equity (8) — Law Merchant (10) — Law in the
United States and its several states (10) — Common Law (10) — Statutory Law (10) — Administrative Law (12) —
The Court System (12) — Trial Courts (12) — Federal Court System ((12) — State Courts (13) — Specialized Courts
(14) — Laws affect Business (14) — Major Components of Business Law (14) — Contract Law (14) — The Law of
Sales (16) — The Uniform Commercial Code (16) — The Law of Property (17) — Negotiable Instruments (17) —
Endorsing a negotiable instrument (18) — The Law of Agency (18) — The Law of Torts (18) —Bankruptcy
Protection Law (20) — Chapter 7 (21) — Chapter 11 (21) — Chapter 12 (21) — Chapter 13 (21) — Trademark
Protection (21) — Patent Law (21) — Copyright Law (21) Government Regulates Business (22) — Administrative
Agencies (22) — Regulations Affect Competition (22) — Approaches to Regulating Competition (23) — Sherman
Antitrust Act (24) — Clayton Act (24) — Federal Trade Commission Act (24) — Robinson-Patman Act (24) — Celler
-Kefauver Act (25) — Antitrust Improvement Act (25) —Deregulation (26) — Taxation (27) — Summary of
Learning Goals (29) — Questions for Review and Discussion (31)

Chapter 6 Ethics & Social Responsibility

Chapter Overview (2) — ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (4) — Right and wrong: an issue of culture? (6)
— Engaging Ethical Behavior (7) — SOME OBJECTIONS (7) — Foundation for morality in the United States—a
Judeo-Christian Morality (9) — The Command to Work, Interest Rates and Bondage (10) — Observations on charity
(11) — Observations on Ethics and social responsibility (11) — We are made by our teachings in youth (11) — THE
APPLICATION (12) — A moral issue: Man covets and there are consequences (12) — ENRON (13) — Who or What
facilitated Enron? (14) — The Aftermath of Enron (15) — Ken Lay (15) — Jeff Skilling (15) — Andy Fastow (15) —
Arthur Anderson, an accountancy firm (16) — Financially (16) — Reforms (16) — Ethics in Business (16) — How
Does a Manager Make Ethical Decisions? (17) — Self-Regulation or Government Regulation? (18) — Social
Responsibility and Community Support (18) — Responsibility to the Environment (19) — Ecology (20) — The Paris
Agreement (20) — Pollution (21) — The Recycling Solution (22) — Courting Community Support (23) — Conserving
and Developing Energy Resources, is it politics? (23) — Conserving Resources (24) — Population Control (25) —
Components of the Energy Problem (26) — Ethanol (27) — Responsibilities to Customers (27) — Product quality and
safety (28) — Consumer Rights: Presidential Influence (28) — Right to safety (28) — Right to be informed (28) —
Right to choose (29) — Right to be heard (29) — Responsibilities of Company Personnel (30) — Safe work

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