BUSINESS LAW PAPER

BCO125 BUSINESS LAW Final Task brief & rubrics

Task

CASE STUDY COMMENTARY

· 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. Ethical theories, legal cases and case studies may be referred to when providing examples. Cite all sources.
· Students must write in complete sentences and develop paragraphs. No bullet points are allowed. Provide spacing between the sentences.
· Prepare and Introduction, Body, and Conclusion paragraphs.
· Sources must be used, identified, and properly cited.
· Format: PDF submitted through Turnitin

· The answers should analyse the following based on the case study provided below:

1. Explain the concept of intellectual property.
2. Explain to Carmen why it would be a good idea for her to take out a patent on her invention. How could she do this?
3. How could Carmen also protect her intellectual property rights regarding the children’s books?
4. Explain an intellectual property dispute regarding copyright infringement regarding song lyrics or literary works.
5. Carmen is contacted by a customer who states that a number of the cooking utensils have broken while he was eating and on the last occasion
cut his mouth so badly he had to have stiches. Do you believe Carmen could be sued for negligence?
Provide a developed answer, citing a legal case/s in support of your position.
6. Identify and analyse what Carmen can do if she believes the other company has copied her design.

Submission: Week 13 – Via Moodle by Sunday, 9 May 2021 before 23:59. cccc

• Word count: 1000-1500
· 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.

Weight: This task is worth 40% of your overall grade for this subject.

Outcomes: This task assesses the following learning outcomes:
· LO1: understand the role of ethics in a business.
· LO2: identify ethical issues in the decision-making process.
· LO3: identify and analyze the available ethical theories to support a business decision.

CASE STUDY

Carmen has spent the last three years working on creating an environmentally friendly washing-up liquid and cooking utensils to help reduce people’s negative impact on the environmental. The cooking utensils are made from sustainably sourced pinewood. She plans to call her brand CleanStart*. Carmen has also written a number of children’s books introducing the importance of “Starting Clean” from a young age.
Given consumer interest in using green products, Carmen’s inventions have been very successful. So much so that they are sold in major stores and have become the brand for sustainable cleaning products. Moreover, as the products gained more recognition so did the demand for Carmen’s Eco education children’s books, expanding to CleanStart* activity books / online games and stationary.

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 well-documented 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 Legal Theories and Additional Research

25%

Makes appropriate and powerful connections between identified issues/problems and strategic concepts studied in the course readings and lectures; supplements case study with relevant and thoughtful research and documents all sources of information, including ethical theories and virtues

Makes appropriate but somewhat vague connections between identified issues/problems and concepts studied in readings and lectures; demonstrates limited command of the analytical tools studied; supplements case study with limited research, ethical theories and virtues

Makes inappropriate or little connection between issues identified and the concepts studied in the readings; supplements case study, if at all, with incomplete research and documentation.

Makes no connection between issues identified and the concepts studied in the readings; supplements case study, if at all, with incomplete research and documentation.

Rubrics