Business Law Case Study

Course: BCO125 Business Law (Spring 2021) Professor: Lusine Minasyan

 

CASE STUDY 2

 

Task details:

• This is an individual assignment.

• You are asked to write an essay, proving answers to all the questions specified below (see page 2). These answers must be based on corresponding theories.

Make sure you are providing sufficient and relevant arguments sustaining your answers. In case of using real case example(s) in support of your standpoint,

there should be a clear reference to that/those case(s).

• All the sources should be correctly cited, and the theories clearly identified.

• The essay should contain introduction, body(discussion) and conclusion parts. Questions must be answered in an essay format, no bullet points allowed.

• The submission must be in PDF file format.

 

Formalities:

• Wordcount: 500 to 1000 words

• Structure: Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount.

• Font: Arial 11 pts.

• Text alignment: Justified.

• Citation: The in-text References and the Bibliography must be in Harvard’s citation style.

 

Submission: Week 10 – Via Moodle (Turnitin). Due before 19 April 2021 at 23:59.

 

Weight: This task is 15% of your total grade for this subject.

It assesses the following learning outcomes:

• Outcome 1: understand the role of law as a business and management tool.

• Outcome 2: identify different issues and laws applicable in the context of doing business.

• Outcome 3: learn how to address ethical issues in a corporate setting.

 

 

Task:

 

BL Group has a flourishing business exporting garments to the UK. Suddenly, the UK administration banned the imports because

they found that the garments, made of synthetic material, could cause dermatitis, a skin disease. Faced with this debacle, BL Group

explored other markets and found that several African countries may like to import this product. The profits would be lower, but

the company would avert financial disaster.

 

o Who are the parties involved and what facts are relevant to each party?

o What are the ethical issues for each party in the case study?

o What is the possible solution(s) or alternative(s) for each party’s ethical issues?

o Should BL Group export to Africa without confirming that there would be no risk of dermatitis? Why (why not)?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rubrics:

 

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

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.

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.