Everyday Legal Rights and Responsibilities

This unit examines common legal situations students will encounter at work, on the road, in managing personal data, and as consumers or small business operators. Students build practical skills to recognize rights and obligations, respond to legal problems, and prepare for deeper legal analysis in later units.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze workplace legal rights and obligations by applying laws and policies related to discrimination, sexual harassment, workplace safety, employer information rights, hiring/firing, and employee screening to case studies and scenarios
• Demonstrate knowledge of motor vehicle law and procedures by correctly explaining requirements for obtaining a driver’s license, rules of the road, handling traffic stops, citations, accidents, DUIs, and vehicle ownership responsibilities
• Apply federal privacy and identity-protection statutes (including the Federal Privacy Act, Right to Financial Privacy Act, identity-theft laws, HIPAA, and relevant post‑9/11 provisions) to real-world scenarios and recommend steps to safeguard personal information
• Evaluate consumer finance and small-business legal protections by comparing remedies and compliance options related to credit, debt collection, bankruptcy, taxes, intellectual property, online/mail order purchases, warranties, door-to-door sales, and fraud prevention, and propose appropriate courses of action