Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Government Executive, Occupational Safety And Health, Public Health

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Philip King

Document Summary

The legislative branch creates law in the form of statuses and regulations. The executive branch formulates and implements government policy and law. The canadian legal system comprises and regulates the government. Government policy: the central ideas or principles that guide government in its work, including the kind of laws it passes. Constitutional law (supreme law of canada): constrains and controls how the branches of the government exercise power. Any interference with freedom must be justi ed according to the principles of constitutional law. Liberalism: a political policy that emphasizes individual freedom as its key organizing value. The machinery that comprises and governs the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government. The legislative branch of government passes laws that impact on business operations (ex. when the government enacts a law, failure to comply results in nes or penalties, including closure of your business) The executive branch implements and generates policy that may be directed at business (ex.