Assignment Details
Assignment Instructions
Course Objectives:
CO1 Define the legal environment that is applicable to the business world.
CO2 Review basic business law concepts
CO3 Describe the litigation system in the United States
CO4 Apply legal concepts to business to business scenarios
CO5 Analyze the differences between major forms of intellectual property protection and current ethical issues that arise under intellectual property law
CO6 Identify antitrust issues in business decisions
CO7 Analyze what a contract is how a contract is formed the types of law that govern contracts the elements of common-law contract formation and defenses to contracts
CO8 Identify various forms of business structure
CO9 Evaluate employment laws affecting business
CO10 Define ethical environment that is applicable to the business world.
CO11 Identify means to avoid alter ego liability
CO12 Evaluate how the Sarbanes Oxley Act applies to business.
Instructions:
The essay is due no later than the end of week seven. Students are encouraged to submit the essay before the due date.
Essay topic: Reflecting on the concepts you have studied in the course discuss the legal and ethical issues surrounding Solyndra the California based solar panel manufacturer. You will need to research the company through the University library. Your essay should include the following:
1) Incorporate two to three specific laws that apply to the situation.
2) Apply three general legal concepts that were discussed in the required readings i.e. Appendix B or other materials from the required readings. Make sure you include in-text citations to the course materials as failing to cite your sources will result in no credit in this section.
3) Discuss how the philosophy of economist Milton Friedman may have influenced the executives of the company.
4) Identify an ethical framework other than Free Market Ethics that applies to this situation and discuss how it may have influenced the executives of the company.
Your essay should be 1800 – 2450 words and in APA format. Use at least seven credible sources for your essay including at least two new sources from the University library (in addition to the course materials.) Submit this essay as a Microsoft Word attachment in the Assignmentsection of the class no later than Sunday of week seven.
You must support your statements with materials from the required readings in the course as well as outside research. Cite your sources in APA format. An abstract is not needed. A great source for those unfamiliar with APA formatting is http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx. All material must be appropriately cited with an in-text citation (author date) and a reference page listing.
Please do not name your file Solyndra.docx. Include your last name in the file name. For instance if your name is Jane Smith your document should be saved as Smith_JSolyndra.docx
The focus on this essay should be on the legal concepts. Your discussion of the history of Solyndra should consist of no more than one page of the essay.
Unoriginal Content:
Your essay may contain no more than 10% quotes from other sources. Paraphrase what you read instead of copying and pasting. You may not re-use work that you have submitted in previous classes. All work in this class must be original.
Essays that contain more than 50% unoriginal content will not earn any credit. Essays that contain between 10% – 49% unoriginal content will receive a substantial point deduction. Paraphrase instead of copying and pasting. Please note there is a difference between unoriginal content and plagiarism. Unoriginal content is correctly quoted and cited. Plagiarized sentences and paragraphs are not correctly quoted or cited. Plagiarism will result in an automatic zero for this assignment.
Clearly identified legal concepts using the course materials
25 points
Identified applicable legal codes
25 points
Discussed Milton Friedman
10 points
Applied an ethical framework
10 points
Essay is 1800 – 2450 words
5 points
Provided research to support arguments
10 points
APA Formatting
5 points
Mechanics
5 points
Format
5 points