This is the 17th UCC Edition (and the twenty-second overall edition) of a business law text that first appeared in 1935. Throughout its 80 years of existence, this book has been a leader and an innovator in the fields of business law and the legal environment of business. One reason for the book’s success is its clear and comprehensive treatment of the standard topics that form the traditional business law curriculum. Another reason is its responsiveness to changes in these traditional subjects and to new views about that curriculum. In 1976, this textbook was the first to inject regulatory materials into a business law textbook, defining the “legal environment” approach to business law. Over the years, this textbook has also pioneered by introducing materials on business ethics, corporate social responsibility, global legal issues, and e-commerce law. The 17th Edition continues to emphasize change by integrating these four areas into its pedagogy. Martin A. McCrory, Associate Professor of Business Law, joined the faculty in 1995.  He is also the former Vice Provost for Educational Inclusion and Diversity at Indiana University's Bloomington campus. As such, he was the chief diversity officer for Indiana University-Bloomington. Additionally, he was the university’s Associate Vice President of Academic Support and Diversity for all eight campuses. Prior to his academic career, he was a litigation attorney with the United States Department of Justice (the Environment and Natural Resources Division). During his tenure at the Department of Justice, he received the Department’s Special Commendation Award for Outstanding Service. Professor McCrory was also a senior attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council and later its Director of Public Health. He was a member of the Environmental Protection Agency’s seven-member National Environmental Justice Task Force. He also sat on the Board of Directors for Friends of the Earth and chaired the organization’s litigation committee. He has co-authored or edited several federal and state bills, has testified before Congress, and has worked with the White House on environmental legislation and regulations. Focusing on environmental law (and environmental justice), sustainable development, corporations (and business organizations), contracts, secured transactions, commercial paper, and negotiations, Professor McCrory has taught courses in the graduate and undergraduate programs. He also served as chair of the Kelley School’s Undergraduate Honors Program and was the Arcelor-Mittal Faculty Fellow. He has won numerous teaching awards. Professor McCrory’s articles have been published in law reviews such as the American Business Law Journal, the S tanford Environmental Law Review , the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy , the Vermont Law Review and the University of Colorado Law Review . Professor Emeritus of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Bloomington. He previously served as Dean of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and as Professor of Law in the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and has taught business law in the business schools at both Indiana University and Georgetown University. He has won teaching awards in both the School of Business and the law school. His teaching interests include commercial law, environmental law, alternative dispute resolution, law and public policy, and ethics and the public official. He is the co-author of several leading books on business law. From 1985 to 1988, Professor Barnes served as the deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. From 1983 to 1985, he was the EPA general counsel, and in the early 1970s he served as chief of staff to the first administrator of the EPA. Professor Barnes also served as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice and as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For six years, from 1975 to 1981, he had a commercial and environmental law practice with the firm of Beveridge and Diamond in Washington, DC. Professor Barnes is a Fellow in the American College of Environmental Lawyers and a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. From 1992 to 1998, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO). From 2004 to 2010, he chaired the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Finance Advisory Board. He was a member of the Department of Energy's Environmental Management Board from 2005 to 2011. Jamie Darin Prenkert, Professor of Business Law and Arthur M. Weimer Faculty Fellow, joined the faculty of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business in 2002. He has served as chair of the Department of Business Law & Ethics since 2014. Professor Prenkert is a former Editor in Chief of the American Business Law Journal and member of the executive committee of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. His research focuses on issues of employment discriminat