Dealing with Administrative Law

You will investigate administrative agencies. Whether you work for a large corporation or own a small business, you will be dealing with multiple aspects of administrative law. All federal, state, and local government administrative agencies create rules and regulations that have the force of law. As a business person or manager you probably will need to pay more attention to administrative rules and regulations than to laws passed by local, state, and federal state legislatures.

Note, for questions 1-8, you do not need to answer the questions; you only need to identify the relevant agency. (Question 9 requires you to present 5 additional potential risks that your company might face. Your answers should be presented in a format which is similar to those questions presented in 1-8.) For Questions 1-8, you may choose from the following agencies:

• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Environmental Protection Administration
• Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
• Federal Trade Commission
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Food and Drug Administration
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Securities and Exchange Commission.

1. There is a gas leak at one of your factories. Are the workers required to wear respirators?

2. The animal waste from one of your farms pollutes one of the local rivers due to all of the recent rains. Are there regulations about how you must dispose of any waste products from your factories?

3. You want your baby food products to be advertised in a marketing campaign that will claim that eating your products will make babies healthier and smarter. Could any legal problems arise from this campaign?

4. Parents have brought a law suit against your company because their son went into anaphylactic shock while ingesting one of your baby food products. What kind of labeling must you put on your baby food products?

5. One of your furniture products is baby cribs. You are aware of a recent recall of Bassett cribs because the hardware on the cribs can become loose and detach, creating a gap where infants and toddlers can become trapped, posing risks of suffocation and strangulation. Are there any safety standards that you must follow in manufacturing and testing the cribs?

6. You've decided not to hire anyone who has ever been arrested or convicted of a crime. Could that policy cause a problem for the business?

7. If the business becomes successful, you are thinking about opening a megastore and having a store branded credit card. Statistics indicate that the credit card delinquency rate is higher than ever, with many cash strapped borrowers defaulting on their credit card debt. What issues do you need to consider?

8. Your company is facing financial hardship due to the impact of Covid-19. Although you are reluctant to give up some level of control, you decide to sell shares of stock in your new company to raise capital. Will you have to do some sort of filing with the government? 9. Risks are a part of life and running a business is an occupation that is fraught with many different types of risk. Discuss at least five additional risks that your company might face.