BMBA9454, Legal Environment | Professor Shannon

Built on a Promise: Exploring the Foundations of Workplace Law | Episode 6: Work in Transition, Emerging Challenges in Employment Law

Episode 6: Work in Transition, Emerging Challenges in Employment Law
This episode explores a significant concept: the world of work is evolving more rapidly than the laws that govern it. From gig platforms to home offices to algorithmic hiring, we’re witnessing a transformation that is testing, and in some cases, breaking, the promises made by 20th-century employment law.

Built on a Promise: Exploring the Foundations of Workplace Law | Episode 5: Watching the Watchers, Employee Privacy in a Digital Workplace

Episode 5: Watching the Watchers, Employee Privacy in a Digital Workplace
 
This episode asks what rights do employees have regarding their job privacy?

Built on a Promise: Exploring the Foundations of Workplace Law | Episode 4: Safety First, Health, Safety, and Income Security in the Workplace

Episode 4: Safety First, Health, Safety, and Income Security in the Workplace
 
This episode explores one of the most vital legal promises in the workplace: safety, encompassing both physical and financial aspects. 

Built on a Promise: Exploring the Foundations of Workplace Law | Episode 3: Leave Without Losing Your Job, The Family and Medical Leave Act

Episode 3: Leave Without Losing Your Job, The Family and Medical Leave Act
 
This episode is about a promise at the heart of the modern workplace: that when life throws you a curveball, you shouldn’t have to choose between your job and your family.

Built on a Promise: Exploring the Foundations of Workplace Law | Episode 2: Wages, Hours, and Layoffs

Episode 2: Wages, Hours, and Layoffs: The Legacy of the New Deal
This episode will explore how labor protections emerged from a time of national crisis, how they continue to govern what workers are paid and how long they can be asked to work, and what legal obligations employers face when the work itself disappears.

Built on a Promise: Exploring the Foundations of Workplace Law | Episode 1: The Enduring Rule of Employment at Will

Episode 1: The Enduring Rule of Employment at Will
In this series, we’ll break down the legal doctrines that govern everything from hiring and firing to wages, discrimination, and beyond.

Innovation Unlocked: The World Of Intellectual Property | Episode 9: Creativity Reimagined, Intellectual Property In The Age Of Generative AI

Episode 9: Creativity Reimagined, Intellectual Property In The Age Of Generative AI
 
An introductory review of one of the most urgent and fascinating challenges facing the world of intellectual property: the rise of generative AI.

Innovation Unlocked: The World Of Intellectual Property | Episode 8: The Ethics Of Intellectual Property

Episode 8: The Ethics Of Intellectual Property
 
A discussion of one of the most thought-provoking and often overlooked aspects of intellectual property: ethics.

Innovation Unlocked: The World Of Intellectual Property | Episode 7: Global Perspectives On Intellectual Property

Episode 7: Global Perspectives On Intellectual Property
 
Episode 7 asks what happens when ideas, patented, trademarked, or copyrighted,
start crossing borders. What protects them? Who enforces those protections? And how do
countries navigate IP when innovation, access, and equity collide?

Innovation Unlocked: The World Of Intellectual Property | Episode 6: Trademarks, The Power Of Branding

Episode 6: Trademarks – The Power Of Branding
 
Episode 6 reviews trademarks, one of the most recognizable yet often misunderstood forms of intellectual property.