Business Policy & Law
Goal
The Business Policy & Law Department draws on the depth and strengths of its core faculty, who have built enormous scholarly and teaching expertise in this area. The department’s goal is to address such issues as the business/government interface, the evolving legal landscapes of international business law and intellectual property, and the meaning of profit and its intersection with ethics.
Research Interests
- Issues of regulation
- Governance and ethics
- Health care policy
- Labor policy
- International competition and globalization
- International business law
Faculty in the News
Video: Corporate Social Responsibility: Is the Triple Bottom Line More Than a Trend?
The New York Times and Reuters ask Jim Post about Apple, Jobs, disclosure, and the impact of a sick CEO
Mark Allan presents at AUPHA '08 on "Teaching Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Health Sector”
Icahn, Yahoo, proxy battles, and corporate governance: media seek insight from BU’s Jim Post
Stephen Davidson advises Boston Globe on in-store medical clinics
Stephen Davidson writes in NY Times about the Children’s Health Insurance Program
For general inquiries, please contact:
Mary Mcdonough
Program Coordinator
Phone: (617) 353-2654
Fax: (617) 353-5003
Modern businesses operate in an global environment that is powerfully shaped by government....Commerce is highly dependent on the law, regulation, and public policy...These not only establish the rules of the game but, ideally, protect the public and the societies in which they operate.
