Unit BACC2003 Business and Corporations Law
Assessment Type Assignment
Assessment
Number
3
Assessment
Weighting
Assignment – individual OR a group of 2 max
20%
Alignment with
Unit and Course
Unit Learning Outcome Graduate Attributes Assessed
ULO1: Understand and relate the legal
principles and frameworks applying to
usiness processes and practices.
ULO2: Interpret and discuss relevant
sections of the legislation as applied to
various business structures, general
corporate governance issues that
influence internal rules, management,
share capital as well as loan and capital
aising.
ULO3: Identify and apply sections of the
legislation and case law in the areas of
director duties, shareholder remedies and
elate areas of law relevant to setting up,
unning and terminating a company.
ULO4: Work effective as a team in
applying and analysing relevant legal
principles to solve legal problems faced
y companies.
ULO5: Critically analyse and solve legal
issues using a prescribed problem solving
methodology ("ILAC") and communicate
findings in a logical and structured
manner.
GA 1: Communication
GA 2: Collaboration
GA 3: Research
GA 4: Critical Thinking
GA5: Ethical Behaviour
GA 6: Flexibility
Due Date/Time Week 10
via Moodle Turnitin FRIDAY by 5:00pm (AEST)
Assessment
Description
In this project, you will research a relevant topic area to critically evaluate the contemporary
issues faced by businesses. This topic will be allocated to you by your lecturer.
A list of topics will be available on Moodle in Week 5
Research expectation:
• The submission needs to be supported with information by credible sources.
• Credible sources should be varied and included, but not limited to, the Textbook,
Government reports, Industry reports, Newspaper articles, Books, and Journal
articles.
• Use the EBSCO Databases accessed through the Li
ary and Learning Support
page on mMoodle to find journal articles, case studies and more to help you
prepare your assessment. Speak with the li
ary assistants or email
( XXXXXXXXXX) if you require further assistance.
Detailed
Submission
Requirements
• Submission must be limited to 2000 words (not including table of contents, tables,
figures or the reference list).
• Retain the formatting of the template (11 font, 2.5 margins, 1.5 spacing)
• Use Harvard referencing including the reference list
• Students can do this assignment individually or in a group of 2 people maximum
• It is the students’ responsibility to make sure that your group is in good working
order and each member is to contribute fairly, should you elect to do this
assignment in a group of 2. If you are not prepared to step up and do the required
work for the group, then you should elect to do this assignment by
yourself/individually. The choice is yours. Do not blame anybody.
• DRAFT Assignment must be submitted in Week 9 by Friday 5pm. Log onto
Moodle; go to Week 9; click “Draft Assignment Submission” to submit. Draft
assignment is graded as per assessment criteria below. You will receive 0
grade for this criteria if you did not submit the required Draft.
• Students are required to submit the assignment to Turnitin on Moodle page
(under Assessment) for this unit in Week 10 by FRIDAY 5pm.
mailto: XXXXXXXXXX
Misconduct • The assessment will be submitted through Turnitin via your unit page on Moodle.
• Turnitin is plagiarism software, which will identify if you have copied
information and included it in your assessment.
• Copying information from others (i.e. websites, partner company information, or
other students etc.) without the acknowledging the author is classified as
misconduct.
• Engaging someone else to write any part of your assessment for you outside of the
group work a
angement is classified as misconduct.
• To avoid being charged with Misconduct, students need to submit their own work
and apply Harvard Style Referencing (ask your lecturer or the learning support
coordinator ( XXXXXXXXXX) if you do not know what this means, or you
need assistance applying it).
• The AIH misconduct policy and procedure can be read on the AIH website
(https:
aih.nsw.edu.au/about-us/policies-procedures/).
• Use the AIH referencing guide accessible via Li
ary and Learning Support Page
on Moodle.
Late Submission • Any assessment submitted past the specific due date and time will be classified as
Late.
• Any Late submission will be subject to a reduction of the mark allocated for the
assessment item by 5% per day (or part thereof) of the total marks available for the
assessment item. A ‘day’ for this purpose is defined as any day of the week
including weekends. Assignments submitted later than one (1) week after the due
date will not be accepted, unless special consideration is approved as per the
formal process.
Special
consideration
• Students whose ability to submit or attend an assessment item is affected by
sickness, misadventure or other circumstances beyond their control, may be
eligible for special consideration. No consideration is given when the condition or
event is unrelated to the student's performance in a component of the assessment,
or when it is considered not to be serious.
• Students applying for special consideration must submit the form within 3 days of
the due date of the assessment item or exam.
• The form can be obtained from the AIH website (https:
aih.nsw.edu.au/cu
ent-
students/student-forms/) or on-campus at Reception.
• The request form must be submitted to Student Services. Supporting evidence
should be attached. For further information please refer to the Student Assessment
Policy and associated Procedure available on
• (https:
aih.nsw.edu.au/about-us/policies-procedures/).
mailto: XXXXXXXXXX
https:
aih.nsw.edu.au/about-us/policies-procedures
https:
aih.nsw.edu.au/cu
ent-students/student-forms
https:
aih.nsw.edu.au/cu
ent-students/student-forms
https:
aih.nsw.edu.au/about-us/policies-procedures
Assessment
Section
Requirement
s
Weigh
t 20%
HIGH
DISTINCTION
100-85%
DISTINCTION
84-75%
CREDIT
74-65%
PASS
64-50%
FAIL
49-0%
Structure Mark:
5
The assignment
well-structured
with headings
done to a very
high standard.
The assignment
well-structured
with headings
clearly
indicating
structure
The assignment
structured so it
is easy to
follow.
Some structure
with some
headings.
Lack of
structure,
inadequate
headings or
headings
not clear
and not
elated to
content
elow the
heading.
Content &
Research
Mark:
10
An expert
knowledge,
esearch and
thorough
comprehension
of major issues
identified in
egard to
company law
and its relevant
application
An educated
knowledge,
esearch and
good
comprehension
of major issues
identified in
egard to
company law
and its relevant
application
A good
knowledge,
esearch and
good
comprehension
of major issues
identified in
egard to
company law
and its relevant
application
An adequate
knowledge,
esearch and
some
comprehension
of major issues
identified in
egard to
company law
and its relevant
application
Little
esearch with
few
eferences to
legal cases
and/or poor
application of
legal
principles and
contempora
y issue to the
case.
Format,
Grammar,
Presentation
and
Referencing
DRAFT
assignment
must be
submitted on
Moodle in
Week 9 on
Friday by
5.00pm
Mark:
5
Excellent
grammar,
spelling, well
presented and
easy to read
with consistent
(Harvard)
style
eferencing
used
properly
and a good
selection
of high
quality
sources.
Excellent
completion of
all the
equirements.
Well-presented
and prepared,
and the
draft is of
high
quality
Good
grammar,
spelling, well
presented and
easy to read
with consistent
eferencing
used
properly
and a good
selection
of quality
sources.
Very Good
completion of
all the
equirements.
Some
proofreading is
equired to
efine the Draft
assignment
Co
ect
grammar,
spelling,
adequately
presented and
easy to read
with consistent
eferencing
used
properly
and a good
selection
of quality
sources.
Good
completion of
most of the
equirements.
Proofreading is
equired to
efine the Draft
assignment
Adequate
grammar,
co
ect
spelling,
adequately
presented
and able to
e
understood
with
eferencing
and a
number of
sources.
Adequate work
in progress but
lacking the
substantial
completion of
the underlying
equirements of
the assignment
Poorly
written,
difficult to
understand
the points
eing made.
Inadequate
eferencing
and/or
sources.
Draft
assignment is
not
submitted or
little work is
done or
attempted
TOTAL MARK
20
Overall comments: The assignment should be of a professional standard – to achieve
full marks the assignment should be able to be submitted as a draft report in a
professional accounting firm.
RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT TOPICS - COPORATIONS AND ETHICAL CONDUCT
INSTRUCTIONS: Each group (2 MAX) OR each individual is required to select 3 prefe
ed topics
from the topics below and email the lecturer by week 6 deadline ( XXXXXXXXXX).
THE GROUP CHARTER (on Moodle under A3) must be emailed to the lecturer with the required
following details:
1. Members full name & student numbers and contact details;
2. Team Leader
3. Three topics. The actual topic will be allocated to each group on a first come first serve basis.
Any remainder topics will be allocated randomly to any remainder group after