business law reseach paper

Business Law Paper Requirements

Thirty percent of your grade in this course will be awarded for producing a well researched, well organized paper on a topic from business law that interests you. In a separate document in this folder you will find a list of potential topics you may choose from. All topic choices need to be declared in LMS If you want to write on a topic not on the list I need to approve that topic. The paper requirements include:

· Minimum of 5 pages, no more than 6.

· Times New Roman Font

· 12 Point Size

· Title page with name, topic and date only

· No biographical information should appear on the first page. Thus, the paper

must start at the top of the page after the title page. You do not need to write an abstract.

· Double-space with 1” Margins

· Proper citations in the body of the paper and Reference (Works Cited) pages are mandatory using APA Format

For more information, please refer to: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

· You must have a minimum of 6 credible sources of information on your topic. Merely searching your topic on Google and giving me URL’s will not be acceptable. Use good business sources obtained from a Library search of Business Data Bases. Remember you can often get the Citation right from the library page. If you are not familiar with using Business Data Bases the reference librarian is there to assist you.

· You must use proper English grammar and spelling and punctuation. I will not edit you paper so that I can read it. If you have problems writing English, you must get tutoring assistance. You can even get tutoring assistance on line—talk to the Librarian or people in CLAS. Failure to produce a well written paper free of spelling and grammatical errors will cost you points. (See rubric)

· For 5 extra credits on your paper, you may submit an outline or a concept map the week before the paper is due (Sunday --Week 6) and I will provide some feedback on your submission.

Paper Outline:

1. This paper must be organized around some statement regarding your topic. Simply summarizing 6 or 7 unrelated articles or failing to tie your research together is not an organized paper and you will lose points for lack of a theme.

So, make a statement regarding your topic, for example:

Businesses who do not take cyber security seriously expose themselves to a huge risk for failing to protect their customers’ information.

Describe what you mean by your statement in greater detail.

Why don’t businesses make this a priority?

How does this happen?

Who is liable?

These types of breaches are on the rise/decline.

2. Compile your research (in this case I would recommend you discuss the large security breaches that happened at TJX Corporation, and recently at Target or any other information you uncover in your research regarding cyber security.

3. What should Businesses do to protect or defend themselves against law suits in this area?

4. How does this relate to business law? What laws govern in situations like this? Tie the topic to the Course. I know that any discussion of law is related to the course but I want you to be specific in making the link. For example, I chose this topic because in Business Law we studied . . . . and I wanted to delve into this in greater detail because . . . . . . .

5. Conclusion.

A Concept map would be putting this outline in some sort of pictorial representation.

Business Law Paper Topics:

1.

2. Intellectual Property

3. White Collar Crime

4. Corporate Tax Evasion

5. Gender Pay Gap

6. Executive Pay

7. Cyber Security

8. Sweat Shops

9. Privacy and employee monitoring

10. Privacy and E-commerce

11. Bankruptcy Fraud

12. Medical Malpractice

13. Workman’s Compensation (Fraud)

14. Tort Reform

15. Alternate Dispute Resolution

16. Negligence and faulty products

17. An closer examination of the one of the Amendments in the Bill of Rights

18. Gun Control

19. A closer examination of (any of the laws discussed in the curriculum)

20. Laws governing the Landlord Tennant relationship

20. The legalization of marijuana and the impact on drug and alcohol policies in the workplace

21. Edward Snowden—criminal or NSA whistleblower?

22. Social Responsibility of Business

23. The Affordable Care Act

24. Lockouts as a management tool

25. Do Unions serve a purpose in 2015?

26. Laws that regulate the Entertainment Industry

27. Laws that regulate the Fashion Industry

28. Laws that regulate the Health Care Industry

29. The Justices of the Supreme Court

30. Laws that regulate International Business

Writing Structure	D	C	B	A
Topic presentation	Does not articulate topic at beginning of paper	Vaguely articulates topic but topic focus is unclear	Topic is articulated but explanation is weak	Topic is clearly articulated and explained
Paper Organization	Paper lacks organization and is very confusing	Paper is somewhat organized but still somewhat confusing	Ideas have some organization but the flow of ideas is confusing	Ideas are well organized and flow smoothly from one to the next
Paragraph Focus	Paragraphs lack focus	Many paragraphs do not have focus	Some paragraphs lack focus	Every paragraph has a focus and does not deviate
References
Reference Mechanics	Excessive errors in APA citations, or did not use APA	APA usage but more than 5 errors	APA usage with 1-5 errors	Citations are free from errors
Reference Page	Reference Page is not APA	Page is APA but more than 5 errors	Page is APA with 1-5 errors	Page is free from errors
Quality of References	Random web pages used as the source of information	A mix of random web pages with one or two credible sources	More credible sources but weak web pages included	All credible sources from good business reference material
Writing Style
Business Language	Fails to use business terminology	Some business terminology mixed with common language	Business terminology used, some inappropriately	Always uses formal business language appropriately
Sentence Variety	All sentence structure is the same and uninteresting	Some variety added but not enough to make the reading interesting	Some sentence variety adding some interest	Varies sentence structure making the reading interesting.
Sentence Structure	Sentences are wordy or incomplete	Some sentences are wordy or incomplete	Majority of sentences are direct and written simply	All sentences are simple and direct
Writing ability
Agreement	More than 8 errors	4-7 errors	1-3 errors	No errors
Punctuation	More than 8 errors	4-7 errors	1-3 errors	No errors
Spelling	More than 8 errors	4-7 errors	1-3 errors	No errors
Grammar	More than 8 errors	4-7 errors	1-3 errors	No errors
Course Link
Topic linked specific laws or to concepts studied in Business Law	Failed to link topic to concepts studied in business law	Referenced business law but sometimes inappropriately	Loosely links topic to concepts studied in business law	Clearly links topic to concepts studied in business law

21.

Name:

Paper:

Writing Structure __________ (25)

States topic appropriately

Explains topic clearly

Ideas are organized

Paragraph are Focused without repeating ideas

References __________ (15)

Reference Mechanics (Citations in the body of the paper)

Reference Page (Works Cited)

Quality of References

Writing Style __________ (15)

Business Language

Sentence Variety

Sentence Structure

Writing Ability __________ (15)

Agreement (noun/verb)

Punctuation

Spelling

Grammar

Link of topic to specific laws or concepts studied in Business Law __________ (30)

Why did you choose this topic? Why was this something you wanted to know more about? How does this topic relate to you personally? Most importantly, how does this topic relate to one or more concepts we covered in this course?

This part is worth 30 points so you really need to be thorough in this section. I expect there will be close to one page devoted to this section.