Standards - Career & Technical Education

Explain measures a business can take to protect itself against cybercrime and crimes committed by employees and customers

Explain the nature of negotiable instruments, including the essentials of negotiability

Compare and contrast the handling and purposes of various negotiable instruments, including promissory notes, drafts, digital currency, cashier’s checks, bonds, and checks

Identify liabilities for the holder of a negotiable instrument

Distinguish between negotiation and discharge of a debt

Research and summarize cases dealing with negotiable instruments

Research and share information about the jurisdictions and characteristics of civil and criminal courts for business cases

Gather and share information on types of business cases handled in state and federal courts

Explain the role of class action lawsuits in holding businesses responsible for injuries resulting from their products or wrongful actions

Research and share information about significant U.S. Supreme Court cases that influence the way business is conducted

Differentiate between business torts and crimes

Explain the rationale for governmental regulation of business activities

Gather and share information on significant federal legislation governing the conduct of businesses, including incidents leading to the laws and situations the regulations were designed to address

Research and share information on ways businesses may be organized

Describe the responsibilities of stockholders to a corporation and a corporation to its stockholders

Explain the steps required to incorporate a business

Discuss and explain the classes of contracts and describe methods of offer and acceptance

Examine concepts of consideration and principles of contracts in business

Create charts, diagrams, or infographics explaining the different capacities to contract and defective or illegal agreements

Research recent court cases dealing with contract law and analyze their outcomes

Explain concepts of agency and employment law

Summarize the creation, operation, and termination of an agency

Explain employee rights

Research and report on the history of labor relations in the United States

Describe the function of collective bargaining agreements

Interpret the concepts of non-disclosure and limitations on work product protection

Research and share information on cases involving employment law

Explain the differences between an employee and an independent contractor

Explain the function of an employment contract

Explain the concept of employment at will

Analyze right to work laws and list states where right to work laws are in force

Research and share information on workers’ compensation coverage

Research and explain the principles of property ownership and acquisition

Classify different types of property

Discuss the different types of intellectual property