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Courses - Fall 2026
BULM
Logistics, Business, and Public Policy Department Site
BULM772
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Policy and Legal Context for Sustainability Management
Credits: 2
Grad Meth: Reg
Restriction: Must be admitted to the appropriate graduate business program; or permission of the Masters Programs Office at the Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Examines the role of law in shaping individual and social norms of behavior. By its nature, the legal system creates a multi-layered complex array of incentives and penalties that serve to regulate expected responses within a society. Once established, the zone of individual freedom to operate is constrained by compulsory process within the applicable community standards of behavior. When applied on an international scale, the law must also reflect the consensus and of all parties, since enforcement depends upon internal self-controls.