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ASSIGNMENT 1ARGUMENT COMPARISONBASIC INFORMATIONMarks:  10 MarksDeadline: 5pm, 9th November 2012 (via Moodle)WARNING: failure to submit on time due to technical difficulties is not a valid excuse for missing the deadline. Therefore, be prepared to submit in advance of the deadline to ensure that you don’t encounter problems. WARNING: if you do not want to submit through Moodle then you need to hand in a hardcopy version of your assignment to your tutor at the end of the lecture on 9th November.ASSIGNMENT DETAILSFormat:  2 pages, single spacing, and 12-point fontThis assignment involves comparing two arguments in two short articles (see links below). You should think about the differences and similarities between the arguments in the two articles and then compare the strengths and weaknesses of each argument.Two articles: 	The Economist (2012) ‘The endangered public company’, 19 May 2012, accessible online: http://www.economist.com/node/ XXXXXXXXXX 	Diamond, S. (2012) “Occupy Santa Clara! Corporate personhood reconsidered”, Dissent Magazine: http://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/occupy-santa-clara-corporate-personhood-reconsidered  ASSESSMENT CRITERIATo get a good mark you will need to make sure that you aim to meet the following criteria. 	Format (adherence = good) 	Coherence (clarity = good) 	Critical analysis (comparison of perspectives = good) 	Writing style and language (clear = good)  PLEASE NOTE: you need to bring a hardcopy of your assignment to your tutorial in the following week (12-16th November XXXXXXXXXXFailure to do so will count as missing that tutorial.
	
Document Preview: ASSIGNMENT 1ARGUMENT COMPARISONBASIC INFORMATIONMarks: 	10 MarksDeadline:	5pm, 9th November 2012 (via Moodle)WARNING: failure to submit on time due to technical difficulties is not a valid excuse for missing the deadline. Therefore, be prepared to submit in advance of the deadline to ensure that you don’t encounter problems. WARNING: if you do not want to submit through Moodle then you need to hand in a hardcopy version of your assignment to your tutor at the end of the lecture on 9th November.ASSIGNMENT DETAILSFormat: 	2 pages, single spacing, and 12-point fontThis assignment involves comparing two arguments in two short articles (see links below). You should think about the differences and similarities between the arguments in the two articles and then compare the strengths and weaknesses of each argument. Two articles:The Economist (2012) ‘The endangered public company’, 19 May 2012, accessible online:   HYPERLINK "http://www.economist.com/node/ XXXXXXXXXX" http://www.economist.com/node/ XXXXXXXXXX Diamond, S. (2012) “Occupy Santa Clara! Corporate personhood reconsidered”, Dissent Magazine:   HYPERLINK "http://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/occupy-santa-clara-corporate-personhood-reconsidered" http://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/occupy-santa-clara-corporate-personhood-reconsidered ASSESSMENT CRITERIATo get a good mark you will need to make sure that you aim to meet the following criteria.Format (adherence = good)Coherence (clarity = good)Critical analysis (comparison of perspectives = good)Writing style and language (clear = good)PLEASE NOTE: you need to bring a hardcopy of your assignment to your tutorial in the following week (12-16th November XXXXXXXXXXFailure to do so will count as missing that tutorial.

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Business and society 1 
 
Running head: BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
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Business and society 2 
 
Introduction 
Should a business venture choose to be a public company, state owned corporation, family run 
business or a private company? In the current economic environment, arguments for and against 
various business venture are propagated by a number of people. What are the pros and cons of a 
public company and how are these addressed in the articles? The need to study companies is 
necessary because there are arguments for and against such undertakings in terms of their 
formation, undertaking, performance and powers. The history of company formation dates back 
to 1886. The way companies have been undertaking their activities in the past and at the moment 
require a clear understanding because of the powers vested to them by the statute. This paper will 
discuss public companies in terms of their formation, operations, powers and arguments for and 
against such undertakings. The paper starts with an introduction of the attributes of a company 
then the history and finally arguments for and against companies.  
Attributes of a company 
According to Diamond (2012), a company is an artificial person and critics argue that this 
statement needs reforms. The critics argue that if a company is an artificial person, then such 
should be executable. The economist (2012) argues that public corporations are the drivers of 
capitalism because they are at the base of the global economy. The article says that corporations 
seem to have gained popularity in the 1990s. During this time, they had the potential of spread 
all over the world and hindering any other business venture. The old forms of business like 
partnership and state owned entities seemed to be engulfed by public companies during this 
period.  The economist (2012) also notes that public companies succeed because of the following 
three factors;

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