Business Law vs Business Ethics: what the law requires, and what is right

Business Law (Business 250) is about the rules: the courts, the Constitution, contracts, torts, employment law, business organizations, intellectual property and internet law. Business Ethics (Business 211) is about doing right beyond the rules: moral reasoning, governance, diversity, social responsibility, advertising ethics, the environment and global business.

Business Law: ACE recommends 3 semester hours at the lower-division level (subject: Introduction to Business Law, ACE ID UPIS-0026), and NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours as well. Business Ethics is NCCRS only: 3 semester hours in the upper division category, in Business Ethics or as a Business Administration or Business Management elective.

Yes. They are separate courses with separate recommendations, and neither lists a prerequisite, so you can take them in either order or at the same time. Together they cover what the law requires and what is right.

Business Law: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, lower division, in Accounting among other subjects; ACE recommends 3 (ACE ID UPIS-0026). Business Ethics: NCCRS recommends 3 semester hours, upper division, in Business Ethics among other subjects.

Business Law: Accounting, Business, Management, Entrepreneurship, Financial Management, Economics, Business Ethics, or Personal Finance. Business Ethics: Business Ethics or as an elective in Business Administration or Business Management. Your college decides which requirement each one fills.

Business Law is longer by its syllabus. Business Law: 18 chapters and 80 instructional hours. Business Ethics: 19 chapters and 60.5 instructional hours. Both are self-paced, so you finish as fast or as slow as you want.

Neither syllabus lists a prerequisite, so you can start with any of them.

Business Law: 100 multiple-choice questions, 50% of the grade. Business Ethics: 100 multiple-choice questions, 25% of the grade.

Business Law: Randall, Melissa. Fundamentals of Business Law (CC BY 4.0, 2020), with other references. Business Ethics: Velasquez, Manuel G. Business Ethics: Concepts and Cases. 8th ed., Pearson, 2021, with other references.

UPI Study sends it for you. Once Business Law shows 100% complete, pay the $20 transcript on your Student Dashboard (www.upistudy.com/enrollments, "Get your transcript"); the dashboard then takes you straight to the transcript request, where you enter your college's address, and UPI Study emails it to them. Check spam for the confirmation email. As an ACE course, it is also issued as a Credly badge.

Yes: the Business Law syllabus opens after a free sign-in. It lists all 18 chapters, the grading and the credit recommendation, so you can send it to your registrar.

ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities. Search your school in Find My College and ask your registrar which courses Business 250 and Business 211 would count as. It helps to name the subject: NCCRS recommends Business Law in Accounting and Business Ethics in Business Ethics.