Business law homework

BCO 125

Business Law

Make-up Midterm Task brief & rubric

· Individual written task in Harvard style format, cover page, Table of Contents, text alignment and Reference list.

· The student must build a coherent discussion or argument in essay format, analyzing theories and models. Law cases and case studies may be referred to when providing examples.

· Students must write in complete sentences and develop paragraphs. No bullet points are allowed.

· Prepare and Introduction, Body, and Conclusion paragraphs.

· Sources must be used, identified, and properly cited.

· Format: Word document (no pdf) submitted through Turnitin

Task

1. Provide a brief description of the key areas of law dealt with in the case study. Your answer must be given in full sentence/s, not bullet points.

2. Under contract law what is the weight of an advertisement?

3. Outline the contractual relationship of both Jenny and Mandy and the parents that hire them to tutor their children.

4. Imagine that Jenny and Mandy hire the services of the web designer, but do not pay for the services given. What can the web-designer do to get her money back?

5. In relation to the work done for the elderly neighbour, time goes by and the she does not pay the girls. Do the girls have a legal right to be paid?

 Case Study

Jenny (18) and her sister Mandy (16) are both excellent students and have decided to try to make some extra money offering tutoring in math and English. They have put up advertisements in shops in their neighbourhood and are getting a lot of positive response, so much so that they are thinking of offering the classes online. The got in touch with a web designer who has provided them with a proposal of the work that she could do and the cost.

Both girls are known in the neighbourhood for being open and friendly. One day after teaching a class Jenny’s elderly next-door-neighbour stops her and asks her to sweep up the leaves and generally tidy up the garden. Jenny gets her sister Mandy to help her. The neighbour is extremely happy and says she will pay them the next time she sees them.

Formalities:

· Wordcount: 800 - 1000

· Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total word count.

· Font: Arial 11 pts.

· Text alignment: Justified.

· The in-text References and the Bibliography must be in Harvard’s citation style.

Submission: Sunday, 14th February 2021 – Via Moodle (Turnitin) by 23:59. Task 1 is worth 15% of your overall grade.

It assesses the following learning outcomes:

· LO1: understand the role of law as a business and management tool

· LO2: identify different issues and laws applicable in the context of doing business

· LO3: apply theoretical knowledge and understanding of business law to practical issues and challenges.

Rubrics

	Exceptional 90-100	Good 80-89	Fair 70-79	Marginal fail 60-69
Identification of main Issues/Problems 25%	Identifies and demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of the main issues / problems in the case study	Identifies and demonstrates an accomplished understanding of most of the issues/problems.	Identifies and demonstrates acceptable understanding of some of the issues/problems in the case study	Does not identify or demonstrate an acceptable understanding of the issues/problems in the case study
Analysis and Evaluation of Issues / Problems 25%	Presents an insightful and thorough analysis of all identified issues/problems	Presents a thorough analysis of most of the issues identified.	Presents a superficial analysis of some of the identified issues.	Presents an incomplete analysis of the identified issues.
Development of Ideas and Opinions 25%	Supports diagnosis and opinions with strong arguments and welldocumented evidence; presents a balanced and critical view; interpretation is both reasonable and objective.	Supports diagnosis and opinions with limited reasoning and evidence; presents a somewhat one-sided argument; demonstrates little engagement with ideas presented	Little action suggested and/or inappropriate solutions proposed to the issues in the case study.	No action suggested and/or inappropriate solutions proposed to the issues in the case study
Link to case law, legislation and Additional Research 25%	Makes appropriate and powerful connections between identified issues/problems and legal concepts and legislation studied in the course; supplements case study with relevant and thoughtful research and cites all sources of information	Makes appropriate but somewhat vague connections between identified issues/problems and legal concepts and legislation studied in the course; supplements case study with limited research and citation of sources of information.	Makes inappropriate or little connection between issues identified and the legal concepts and legislation studied in the course; supplements case study, if at all, with incomplete research and citation of information.	Makes no connection between issues identified and legal concepts and legislation studied in the course; little to no research or documentation.