| A | B |
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| Administrative agency | governmental body formed to carry out particular laws |
| Business ethics | ethical principles used in making business decisions |
| Business law | group of laws that governs business situations and transactions |
| Case law | made when an appellate court endorses a rule to be used in deciding court cases |
| Civil disobedience | open, peaceful violation of a law to protest its alleged injustice |
| Civil law | group of laws used to provide remedy for wrongs against individuals |
| Code | laws grouped into an organized form |
| Common law | law based on current standards or customs of the people |
| Consequences-based reasoning | form of ethical reasoning that evaluates the results of an action |
| Constitution | document that sets forth the framework of the government and its relationship to the people it governs |
| Constitutional law | law made when the fundamental, supreme law of the land is adopted, amended, or interpreted |
| Criminal law | group of laws that defines and sets punishments for offenses against society |
| Equity | basic fairness |
| Ethics | a collection of standards of conduct and moral judgment forming the basis for a reasoned, impartial decision as to what is right or wrong |
| Fidelity bond | insurance policy that pays the employer money in the case of employees' theft |
| Injunction | court order for a person to do or not do a particular act |
| Integrity | doing what is right even under pressure to act otherwise |
| Jurisdiction | power of a court to decide a case |
| Jury | panel of citizens sworn by a court to decide issues of fact in court cases |
| Laws | enforceable rules of conduct in a society |
| Ordinance | legislation enacted by a town, city, or county board or commission |
| Positive law | law based on the dictates of a central political authority |
| Procedural law | group of laws that define the methods for enforcing legal rights and duties |
| Stare decisis | doctrine that requires lower courts to follow existing case law in deciding similar cases |
| Statute | law enacted by state or federal legislatures |
| Substantive law | group of laws that define rights and duties |
| Unconstitutional | law that conflicts with a constitution and is therefore invalid |
| Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) | widely adopted uniform business law |
| Utilitarianism | an ethical system that evaluates the moral worth of a proposed action by forecasting the consequences of that action and alternatives to it |
