Business Ethics Case Study.

Legal and Professional Responsibilities within the Business Sector: A Case Study

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Assessment Information

This assignment is designed to assess learning outcomes:

1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the range and scope of legal and professional responsibilities within the business sector

2. Identify and understand the key concepts of contract and how they relate to business organisations and professional behaviour

3. Demonstrate an ability to use legal authority appropriately and apply relevant law to a range of business scenarios

This assignment is an individual assignment.

Simon has enjoyed significant success with his TV Show “You’re Hired” where aspiring business professionals compete for the role of CEO of his UK based TV Production Company. Intending to expand the brand overseas,

He decides to appoint a new legal advisor and feels that Kim, a former celebrity currently studying law would be ideal as her high profile would help raise viewing figures and advertising revenue.

For this reason, Simon anticipates Kim will receive a number of job offers and subject to her passing her final exams, is keen to secure her services as soon as possible so he can begin planning his legal strategy with her and other members of his legal team.

As Simon’s senior legal advisor advise him of the requirements of a binding contract under UK law And Whether he is able to make the contract conditional upon her passing her final legal exams.

Criteria for Assessment:

70	– 100%	In order to secure a mark in this range, a candidate must submit an outstanding answer that could hardly be bettered. In addition to the criteria identified below , for a mark of 70% or above the advice would show an excellent level of understanding and critical/analytic skills
		Work in this range will demonstrate a strong understanding of the concepts and issues relating to the formation of a contract under
		UK law. There will be evidence of wide-ranging application of academic law and case law to the facts
		The assignment must be written in a clear, well-structured way with a coherent and seamless flow and show evidence of independent, critical thought. It must show intelligent use of the material to present well-balanced and well-argued advice. For example, the student will have considered a range of relevant issues and be able to assess the strength and weaknesses of various approaches/arguments and put forward a confident and articulate view of their own which is fully supported by appropriate legal sources
60	– 69%	Advice in this mark range will demonstrate a good understanding of the requirements of the assignment and of concepts and issues relating to the formation of contract. An assignment in this percentage range will include a balanced discussion showing critical thinking and extensive evidence of understanding of contractual terminology, application of relevant principles and use of case law under UK law.
		The answer will be contain few errors and little, if any, irrelevant material. All sources should be of relevant academic merit
		Unreferenced material from non-credible internet sources and non
		UK legal systems MUST be avoided.
		All sources must be included and properly referenced in the references. The assignment will be well-organized and clearly written/presented overall.
50	– 59%	The advice will demonstrate reasonable understanding of relevant concepts and issues relating to the application of the components of offer, conditional offer, acceptance, consideration and intention under UK law with some minor errors of law, fact or understanding.

		The assignment will not be based on an extensive range of sources, or much evidence that they have been read closely or well-understood. For example, the assignment will retell sources rather than analyze them. The assignment may be quite general in part. Some errors may be present and some irrelevant material may be included. The advice may not be particularly well-structured, and/or clearly presented and contain some spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. A few sentences may be unclear.
40	- 49%	A mark within this percentage range will be given to advise which: - Shows some limited basic understanding of the formation of contract under UK law but is incomplete. For example, if it answers one part of a question but not the rest. - Makes only very general statements - Includes some factual errors or misunderstandings e.g. confusion between different legal concepts or misuse of certain key legal terms. - Shows limited use and understanding of material, not all of which are included in the references - Includes spelling mistakes, is poorly structured with no clear argument and grammar mistakes making it difficult to understand. - Includes some irrelevant material.
35	– 39%	A mark within this percentage range will be given to an assignment which: - Includes only a limited and/or simplistic amount of relevant material. - Shows little evidence of reading the course materials on the topic. - Shows only a very basic understanding and /or application of the law relating to formation of contract under UK law. - Is poorly presented with bad grammar, some spelling mistakes and an incomplete reference list. - Has a poor structure and does not flow e.g. if there is no conclusion or new facts are introduced in the conclusion rather than introduction or main discussion. - Contains some fundamental errors.
20	– 34%	A poor fail on this assignment means the assignment submitted: Is poor and suggests that the student has spent very little time on it e.g. if the answer is considerably under the word requirement and/or presented in note form rather than as a fully written up piece of advice. Bears little relation to the assignment topic.