...assignment will be a task requiring the students to either critically analyse a fact based legal problem or it will be a research paper looking at a legal issue or principle in the Corporations Law area. Students will be expected to correctly identify the relevant legal issues; discuss the law that applies to these issues and correctly apply the relevant legal principles. Students are expected to demonstrate effective research and written communication skills. What does researching the topic mean? Researching the topic requires you to find the information relevant to the question or topic you are required to research and answer. An important starting point is to LOOK at YOUR Prescribed TEXTBOOK to see what it contains on the topic or question. Then go to the library and internet to locate texts, articles and other information on that topic. You are expected to read a sufficient number texts and journal articles to research the topic thoroughly and gathering the necessary information on the topic. As you read try to gain a real understanding of the topic rather than just copy down slabs of the material. You need to be selective in your reading, only taking notes on the material relevant to the topic. Do not hesitate to ask library staff to help you locate texts and journal articles. When you commence work on the assignment (research essay) topic, the first step is to break it down into manageable parts. You need to understand exactly what the question on the topic...
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...Mission of UTM 4 Motto of UTM 4 International Business School (IBS) In Brief 5 Vision of UTM IBS 5 Mission of UTM IBS 5 Core Values 5 Client Charter 6 UTM IBS Organization Chart 7 Postgraduate Administrator 8 Graduate Faculty 9 Enrolment and Duration Of Studies 13 Change of Program Of Study, Type of Registration, And Mode of Study 13 Withdrawal (TD) of a Course 14 Attendance 14 Academic Load 14 Credit Exemption and Transfer 15 Grading System 16 Academic Standing 17 Deferment, Suspension and Termination 18 2 ACADEMIC GUIDELINES ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) 20 21 Introduction MBA Course Structure Programme Specifications and Learning Outcomes 23 Course Synopsis 26 21 DOCTOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (DBA) Programme Specifications and Learning Outcomes DBA Course Structure 38 41 OTHER INFORMATION REFERENCES UTM IBS Postgraduate Student Society (PGSS) 42 43 3 ACADEMIC GUIDELINES OVERVIEW / BACKGROUND OF UTM The main campus of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) is located in a strategic area of 1,177 hectares in the Iskandar Development Region, Johor.UTM has another campus known as the UTM Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Semarak with an area of 18 hectares. The history of UTM began in 1904 as a Treacher Techical School and was later upgraded to a Technical School in 1906. In 1942 the Technical School was upgraded to a TechicalCollege located at High Street (now known as Jalan Bandar)...
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...University of Phoenix Material Article Review Format Guide MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX DATE: 8/26/2014 TO: Jon Croasmun FROM: RE: Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Was the “one-size-fits-all” approach justified? http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.20691 ARTICLE SYNOPSIS In your own words, summarize the article. This article talks about whether or not the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the laws that came along with it were the right solutions for the issues that came out of the WorldCom and Enron bankruptcies. It discusses how different sized businesses are affected by different rules and legislature and the outcomes that arose in which different companies would have to follow because of the SOX act. The author of this article did studies on if fraud of the financial statements had anything do with businesses filing for bankruptcy, this being the case with WorldCom and Enron. The author concluded that the bigger the company that filed, it was more likely general overstatement and fraud litigation occurred. LEGAL ISSUE In 1 to 3 sentences, identify the legal business issues raised in the article. Legal issues were everywhere in this article. One example with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 going into place, Companies could choose to no longer be publically traded just so that they didn’t have to follow the SOX act. This article also explains whether or not it is right to make smaller companies adhere to the same rules and regulations as the larger companies...
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...In this discussion I will provide a synopsis of the article, Complying with U.S. Labor Relations Laws in Non-Union Settings written by Gene Thornton. The article discusses the significance of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) or Wagner Act regulated by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The NLRA is a federal law that protects employee’s right to organize and engage in concerted activities and bargain with their employers. Furthermore, unions can have a sizeable effect on both unionized and non-unionized employees; in addition, to their pay and employment. The article continues to discuss more about how employees and their rights are protected while in the union. Under the NLRA, all private organizations are prohibited from interfering in unfair labor practices and detail and explain employee rights in section 7. Section 7 states that all employees have the right to join or refrain from joining labor organizations and collectively bargain in the United States (Thornton, 2011). Even if a business crosses state lines the employees are still protected or have the right to join or not join a union; this is covered according to article one, section 8 (commerce clause) of the U.S. Constitution. On the other hand, in non-union settings that include agricultural workers, supervisors, independent contractors, and domestic workers are not cover under the Wagner Act or the Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act - LMRA). The federal workers are not even cover...
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...Five Article Review University of Phoenix Contemporary Business Law LAW/421 Valentine Castillo April 29, 2013 University of Phoenix Material Article Review Format Guide MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX DATE: April 29, 2013 TO: Valentine Castillo FROM: RE: Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Was the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach justified? Nogler, G., & Inwon, J. (2011, May/June). Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Was the ’one-size-fits-all’ approach justified? Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance (Wiley), 22(4), 65-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.20691 ARTICLE SYNOPSIS The article discusses whether the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the subsequence laws were the correct solution for the problems that arose from the Enron and WorldCom bankruptcies. The article illustrates how the different rules and legislature affect different size business, and the ramifications that resulted for companies that must follow the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The authors of the article also conducted a study on whether or not fraud of the financial statements was in direct correlation of businesses filing bankruptcy (Nogler & Inwon, 2011, p. 68) like in the cases of Enron and WorldCom. The results found that the larger the company that filed bankruptcy the more likely that securities fraud litigation and general overstatement of the revenue and assets of the company occurred (Nogler & Inwon, 2011). LEGAL ISSUE Legal issues were rampant in the article. For...
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...Article Review Oracle vs. Google Steven Phillips University of Phoenix LAW/421 Mark Rorem June 16, 2014 Article Review: Oracle vs. Google ARTICLE SYNOPSIS Oracle vs. Google is an infringement suit against Google for copyright infringement of Oracle’s Java platform. Due to a convoluted decision by the jury Google may escape the $1 billion suite Oracle is seeking for Google using Java API code. The Jury found that Google did “infringe on the structure of Oracle’s Java copyrights but not the platform in total” and only consisted of 9 lines of code (Oswald 2012). The jury could not agree if Googles use could be considered “fair use”. Googles lawyers see the indecision as grounds for a mistrial calling infringement and fair use are two sides of the same coin (Oswald 2012). LEGAL ISSUE The legal business issues raised in the article is the infringement of Oracle’s Java platform by Google. Google used Java code in the development of its Android mobile operating system. Copyright laws allows for the placement of ownership of creative, but not functional works. According to Oswald, API’s are much more functional than creative being a necessary bit to make software work (2012). MANAGERIAL PERSPECTIVE The legal issues covered by the article covers copyrights and what can be protected using a copyright. As explained by Melvin (2011), certain works cannot be protected such as ideas, procedures, systems, processes and methods of operation. The direction the case is currently...
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...Act ARTICLE SYNOPSIS In relating to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX Act) of 2002, the article defines how personnel that work for companies that are traded publicly or are required to file with the SEC rate protection against retaliation when reporting mail, bank, wire, or securities fraud, regulation and rule violation of the SEC, or violations of other “Federal law relating to fraud against shareholders” (Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 2011). LEGAL ISSUE The article addresses how whistleblowers can defend themselves under SOX; something that has occurred several times over the decades in business. Whistleblowers uncover fraud and deception to the government and, in some cases, the public. This forces businesses to operate in accordance with federal law. MANAGERIAL PERSPECTIVE The affect this protection affords employees of such companies is tremendous. Jeffrey Wigand is one such employee who would have benefitted from this act in 1996. Mr. Wigand disclosed the facts about big tobacco causing a major lawsuit with millions in damages to the public (Salter, 2002). Barron Stone filed a lawsuit under SOX by whistleblowing on Duke Energy for their improper accounting procedures (Ebeling, 2003). In Mr. Wigand’s case he was not protected therefore could not avoid his legal problems. Mr. Stone did benefit from protection under SOX thus avoided legal issues. Both big tobacco and Duke Energy could have avoided legal issues by conforming with the law in the...
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...University of Phoenix Material Article Review Format Guide MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX DATE: November 2, 2015 TO: Jason Johannes FROM: Jasma Phillips RE: The Cost and Benefits of Sarbanes-Oxley/ Forbes ARTICLE SYNOPSIS Sarbanes Oxley Act is “an act passed by U.S. Congress in 2002 to protect investors from the possibility of fraudulent accounting activities by corporations” (“Sarbanes Oxley Act,” 2015). In the review of “The Cost and Benefits of Sarbanes Oxley”, the article started out speaking on how the SOX Act 2002 was designed to protect investors, but many felt as if it was politically motivated. This Act will cause to lose risk takers and competiveness. In today’s business environment, the Sarbanes Oxley Act molded the ethical standpoint to numerous companies. The SOX Act 2002 was designed to keep companies honest. The criminal penalty for this law is a fine and/ or 25 years, but no more than 25 years. The stiff punishment minimized the fraudulent ideas from individuals and firms. The SOX Act 2002 increased the consumer confidence. “We only know that there were benefits in terms of financial reporting and corporate governance; that costs of implementation were higher for smaller companies; and that concerns about risk-taking and investment haven’t come to bear” (“The Cost and Benefit of Sarbanes and Oxley,” 2014, p. 1). This article also goes and talk about the cost and benefits of the Sarbanes Oxley Act 2002. SOX restrictions...
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...University of Phoenix Material Article Review Format Guide MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX DATE: February 09, 2015 TO: Robert Kinsella FROM: Meredith Carty RE: Exclusive: U.S. federal safety regulators seek Takata whistleblowers, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/29/us-autos-takata-regulator-idUSKBN0L22HC20150129 ARTICLE SYNOPSIS The Article is about the U.S. vehicle safety regulators and their ability to discover data about Takata Corp, product defects. The air bags have been linked to Takata Corp, the air bag makers because their products have been linked to five deaths and a dozen injuries. LEGAL ISSUE The legal business issues raised in the article is a company is Takata has been making products that have caused individuals to get injured or have died. Six former Takata employees interviewed by Reuters said they were asked to hide or alter data that showed certain parts and materials did not meet Takata’s specifications or indicated potential issues with key components such as inflators and cushions. The company also manufactured a volatile type of chemical propellant ammonium nitrate the material was not thoroughly tested to make sure it was safe. MANAGERIAL PERSPECTIVE Legal issues affect businesses because, companies face criminal penalties, it can hamper sales, tarnish the business reputation, causing merchants and consumers to buy another product or shop elsewhere. The problems...
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...University of Phoenix Material Article Review Format Guide MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX DATE: April 20, 2015 TO: Michael Carrozzo FROM: Tennile Massey RE: Meyerhoff, A. (2008). Road kill on the deregulation highway. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved from http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/14/opinion/oe-meyerhoff14 Melvin, S. P. (2011). The legal environment of business: A managerial approach: Theory to practice. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. ARTICLE SYNOPSIS Changes in regulation often are more of a benefit to corporations than they are to customers and it has been that way for many years. Corporate deregulation has changed over and over because different Presidents in office. Because of this, some laws have been altered or eliminated so that deregulation could override government regulation. Deregulation relaxes laws so that the industry can self-regulate on the principle that it should be allowed to without government support or sanction. The devastation of Enron, WorldCom and the sub-prime market caused the passing of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by Congress. LEGAL ISSUE The legal issue in this article shows legal business problems due to the deregulation of mistakes that have transpired. These legal business issues include bankruptcy, fraud, lawsuits and ethical issues. MANAGERIAL PERSPECTIVE Legal issues such as those listed can and does feasibly damage consumer, employee and shareholder relations...
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...University of Phoenix Material Article Review Format Guide MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX DATE: 11/10/2014 TO: Michael John FROM: Jaime Quintero RE: Apples Eat Themselves (Macklem, 2006) (Klodt, 2001) ARTICLE SYNOPSIS Despite the competitive social and economic benefits brought by modern technological advancements such as the internet, their continued growth in terms of capabilities and use in the society has brought notable challenges is the areas of rights protection. Of particular concern is the provision of reliable legal protection to internet-based innovations rights (Klodt, 2001). The argument provided by Macklem offers a strong insight into the complex nature of intellectual property right issues on the e-business arena. On the one hand, just like is the case in the physical world, the laws of our society acknowledges and provides for the protection of trademark rights as an intellectual property right in the internet world. LEGAL ISSUE In 1 to 3 sentences, identify the legal business issues raised in the article. This is evident from the previous successful court challenges filed by Apple, the Beatles' record company against Apple, the computer company over the use of the Apple domain. Indeed, previous court challenges on trademark rights witnessed the computer company incur substantial economic liabilities in addition to the entering into an agreement with the record company on the scope of their individual...
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...Fry vs. State Brief Fact Summary. Mr. Frye (Appellant) was convicted of second-degree murder, after the lower court disallowed Appellant from introducing testimonial evidence relating to the results of a deception test Appellant had taken following the crime. Appellant appeals his conviction here. Synopsis of Rule of Law. When a test (such as a systolic blood pressure deception test) has not gained scientific recognition from psychological and physiological authorities, expert testimony regarding the results of such a test is inadmissible. Facts. Appellant was charged with and put on trial for murder. At his trial, Appellant attempted to call an expert witness to testify that Appellant had taken a systolic blood pressure deception test, and to further testify as to the results of the test. The expert testimony was held inadmissible by the lower court, Appellant was convicted of second-degree murder. Held. No; the test results Appellant attempted to introduce into evidence did not meet the requirement that such evidence be “sufficiently established to have gained general acceptance in the particular field in which it belongs,” and therefore the test results were properly excluded by the lower court. Discussion. The court reasoned that although the deception test at issue here has a scientific basis, “[j]ust when a scientific principle or discovery crosses the line between the experimental and demonstrable stages is difficult to define . . . [and] the thing from which the deduction...
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...these assignments are linked! You will be faced with work that advances with a progression from a general basic framework for decision making to more specific analysis and critical thinking about more complex ethical issues. Current Events 5% Conference Posting of articles on IT-related Ethical Global issues (multi-national corporation) The purpose of this assignment is to analyze a current event article on global ethical issues from a multi-national corporation perspective. This assignment is designed to increase your knowledge from a corporate viewpoint and enable you to analyze ethical issues from a current GLOBAL situation or event. This will also enhance your research and writing skills and your critical-thinking abilities. Select a current topic (2010 source or later) and find an appropriate article on the topic. Provide the persistent URL (one that anyone can click on to read the original article) or paste the article in the Conference or provide the article as an attachment. The following elements must be addressed: Summarize its key points Analyze its multi-national and global aspects Determine three critically important questions you would like to address regarding the article Post this assignment into the conference discussion area “Current Events”...
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...Santiago Strayer University Allen, Bob. “Evangelicals 'worse' than Catholics on sexual abuse.” Christian Century 130(22) (2013): 16. This article was written by Mr. Bob Allen in the Christian Century publication. Mr. Allen is a contributing writer. Though very short in length, Allen provides a looking at how Evangelicals handles sexual misconduct by its’ clerics and administrators. The addresses the issue of pedophilia but also how Evangelicals are quick to point out their belief of Catholics being worse than them. Allen provides insight on the level of arrogance, lack of transparency, and accountability amongst Evangelicals. He also makes a point of noting that there isn't a method of tracking pedophiles in the church no is there protection for congregates from bullying by clerics and administrators for exposing deviant behavior. As stated before the article is brief but provides a detailed look of how Evangelical view sexual misconduct in comparison to those in the Catholic clergy. Dreher, Rod. “Sins of the Fathers.” National Review 54(2) 2002): 27-30. In the article Sins of the Father, Rod Dreher provides a brief history of pedophilia in the Catholic Church. Dreher is a former writer for the NY Post and the current senior writer for the National Review. The article begins with a focus on the initial breaking new report Catholic priest James Porter misconduct. He also focuses on the number of years the behavior was known about by the...
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...language. This is the main difference between the two. An executive summary should necessarily have a conclusion. On the other hand a conclusion is not necessary while writing a summary of a play or any scene of a play. An executive summary should ultimately make a business recommendation. No such intention is included in the writing of a summary. An executive summary should contain short and concise paragraphs. On the other hand a summary need not have short and concise paragraphs. On the contrary it can have long paragraphs too. A summary aims at presenting the salient points of any given essay. It is a shorter form of a longer essay. These are the differences between the two terms, namely, a summary and an executive summary. Summary vs Synopsis Writing a summary is a skill that is taught early to students. It is to write a short, condensed version of a...
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