Equity in education is important at all levels, and I am grateful for the opportunity to provide a free resource to the students of BUSN 201, and others that choose to adopt it.  This resource is a culmination of work by many, and I would be remiss if I did not share my appreciation for the efforts of those cited below.  While labeled as sources, it must also be said that without their work, and willingness to allow open access to it, this resource would not be what it is.  I also want to extend my sincerest thanks to Jessica Kirschner, OER Librarian at VCU.  Jessica has been an immensely valuable partner on this project from the beginning vision to the current state. Jessica’s advocacy and passion for equity and access in education is contagious, and I appreciate her willingness to share her expertise, time, and effort with me and the future students of 201.

Sources

This book is an adaptation of Foundations of Business by Manika Avasthi, which is, in turn, draws on three open textbooks. The original sources of this text are as follows:

“Fundamentals of Business, Second Edition (2018)” by Stephen J. Skripak (VT Publishing) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

• Chapter 1, Sections 1.1-1.4
• Chapter 2, Sections 2.1-2.5
• Chapter 3, Section 3.1
• Chapter 5, Sections 5.1-5.6

Fundamentals of Business, 3rd edition by Stephen J. Skripak and Ron Poff is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License,

• Chapter 4, Sections 4.1-4.6
• Chapter 7, Sections 7.1-7.6
• Chapter 8, Sections 8.1-8.4
• Chapter 9, Sections 9.1-9.5
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 12, Sections 12.1-12.6

“Introduction to Business” by Lawrence J. Gitman, et al (OpenStax) is licensed under CC BY 4.0

• Chapter 1, Section 1.5
• Chapter 3, Section 3.9 (Hot Links Address Book)
• Chapter 5, Section 5.7
• Chapter 6, Section 6.9 (Hot Links Address Book)
• Chapter 8, Section 8.5
• Chapter 9, Section 9.6
• Chapter 11, Section 11.6
• Chapter 12, Section 12.6
• Chapter 16, Section 16.8 (Hot Links Address Book)
• Chapter 17

“Exploring Business “ by University of Minnesota is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

• Chapter 2, Section 2.6
• Chapter 3, Sections 3.2-3.9
• Chapter 4, Section 4.7
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7, Section 7.7
• Chapter 13
• Chapter 14
• Chapter 15
• Chapter 16
• Chapter 18
• Chapter 19
• Chapter `20

“Business Ethics” by Stephen M. Byars and Kurt Stanberry (OpenStax) is licensed under CC BY 4.0

• Chapter 11, Sections 11.1-11.5

Chapter 21 was contributed by Bryan Rose of the VCU School of Business Career Services and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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