Topic

Public Law (Antitrust Law)

Instructions

FINAL PAPER ON BUSINESS & SOCIETY: In accordance with your learning in this class, you will write a paper on a Public Policy (law) and its impact upon a Corporation of your choice. As you have learned throughout this term, society, through its laws and policies changes how business is permitted to conduct itself, and business in turn impacts society. The purpose of this paper is to give you experience in writing a brief analysis of a law that impacts a business corporation. You can choose a law and a corporation with which you are familiar. For example, you might analyze The Sarbannes Oxley Act, 2002, or the Family and Medical Leave Act, 1993, Americans with Disabilities Act, or some other law, and show how this law has benefitted society, and what constraints it has put on an organization of your choice.

Use 12 point font. Double-space. One inch margins. Use APA, or MLA, or other style of citation. You must cite all your sources. Direct quotations, as used, must be cited with page number. Do not use large portions from your research text(s) as quotations. Remember that a bibliography comes at the end, and is not a substitute for citations in the paper itself. The paper should be 5 pages in length, excluding the Bibliography. You may attach Appendices. The paper must be a piece of original writing. Cutting and pasting text from the web is not permitted. Ensure that you have some scholarly sources (journal articles) and refer to some of the concepts from your textbook. Spell-check your work. Check for grammar, and correct sentence construction.

You can use the following as guidelines to structure your paper. Make sure your title has some indication to what you are analyzing—do not be so creative with the title that it obscures the focus.

Introduction to the paper (highlight the law and the corporation you have chosen)
Analysis:

Why did the law come about? (i.e., what did society find lacking that led to the creation of this law?)

How the law has impacted (or how will it impact) your corporation?

What are the benefits of the law? (i.e., who has the law helped and why?)

What pressures/costs has the law placed on the corporation? (i.e., is this law fair to all concerned?)

What might be likely to happen to amend the law or change it in some way?

Summary & Recommendations
Bibliography

Answer preview

Antitrust laws are drafted with the aim of maintaining free competition in the marketplace. Notably, competition motivates companies to offer quality products and services at affordable prices to the customers. Without antitrust laws in place, it is clear that corporations might merge in order to form monopolies or participate in exclusivity contracts which can escalate market prices. Nevertheless, there is question begged on whether or not antitrust legislations punish successful companies. In essence, antitrust laws have emerged along with the United States market, vigilantly protecting against would-be interferences and monopolies that might be in the productive ebb and competition flow (Cefrey, 2013).

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