Legal Issues for Organizations

Part 1 -Copyright Warning provides sound advice from lawyer Angela Perry about how to ensure copyright is protected and to avoid breaching copyright. This course covers permissions, logos and plagiarism. You will learn to protect your copyright and ensure copyright is not breached.

Once this is completed you will be strongly aware of ethical and legal considerations of copyright, and how to ensure you do not breach copyright. You will learn how to protect your own copyright.

Understanding Intellectual Property explains what intellectual property is and how it can be usefully and gainfully protected. In this course, lawyer Angela Perry discusses with psychologist Eve Ash, the key points and best practices regarding intellectual property ownership at work.

Once this is completed, you will have learned about clarifying boundaries in employment contracts, ownership and transfer of IP, and valuing IP as an asset. You will gain an understanding of IP, copyright and trademarks, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, domain names, trademarks, and business names.

Part 2 -Seeking Legal Advice encourages leaders and project managers to understand legal documents before seeking a lawyer. In this course lawyer Angela Perry discusses with psychologist Eve Ash the best-practice methods to ensure a positive, productive outcome when seeking legal advice.

Once this is completed, you will better be prepared when seeking legal advice, discussing contracts, using template documents and considering fees, risk and liability. You will be more likely to establish a good working relationship with your lawyer.

Take Care Giving Expert Advice is a course that cautions people to give advice outside their expertise. In this course, lawyer Angela Perry shares tips about how to maintain credibility while improving your credentials.

Once this course is completed, you will have learned about the limitations and legal implications surrounding giving expert advice. You will have a greater insight into credibility issues, regulation and accreditation, credible expertise, formal and informal opinions, and the potential damage and repercussions of giving flawed advice.

Part 3 -In Looking at Employment Contracts, a dramatized and amusing case study shows how some of the staff are shocked when they receive their latest contracts and learn they are only for a week at a time. Sanjay stresses the importance of reading a contract carefully and being familiar with the terminology before signing anything. Carol is unimpressed, pointing out there are always others looking for a job. Sam does a practice contract negotiation with Casey who gives in to all his demands.

Part 4 -Blowing the whistle on unethical or illegal practices is a tough decision to make. In this course, psychology expert Peter Quarry, explores how your values and integrity may be compromised by what you’ve seen. You may be fearing the consequences. If considering whistleblowing, you will learn to ask yourself five specific questions, ascertaining the degree and frequency of behaviors, their impact and what if anything is already being done. If the answers trouble you, seek independent advice before determining a path forward.