This course explores ideas of right and wrong, and how the law interacts with our morality. The class examines contemporary social problems, such as whistle-blowing, business liability for crime, same-sex marriage, affirmative action, and capital punishment, from the perspective of the law. The class also focuses on ethical issues facing businesses, such as leadership in a crisis, prosecution of corporations, and current events. The class reads Supreme Court decisions, nonfiction accounts of litigation, and case studies, as well as watches films, in an effort to understand the law and analyze our ethical response to contemporary social issues. 4 cr.