Bco 125 business law make up midterm task brief & rubric ·

1. BCO 125
Business Law
Make-up Midterm Task brief & rubric
· Individual written task in Harvard style format, cover page,
Table of Contents, text alignment and Reference list.
· The student must build a coherent discussion or argument in
essay format, analyzing theories and models. Law cases and
case studies may be referred to when providing examples.
· Students must write in complete sentences and develop
paragraphs. No bullet points are allowed.
· Prepare and Introduction, Body, and Conclusion paragraphs.
· Sources must be used, identified, and properly cited.
· Format: Word document (no pdf) submitted through Turnitin
Task
1. Provide a brief description of the key areas of law dealt with
in the case study. Your answer must be given in full sentence/s,
not bullet points.
2. Under contract law what is the weight of an advertisement?
3. Outline the contractual relationship of both Jenny and Mandy
and the parents that hire them to tutor their children.
4. Imagine that Jenny and Mandy hire the services of the web
designer, but do not pay for the services given. What can the
web-designer do to get her money back?
5. In relation to the work done for the elderly neighbour, ti me
goes by and the she does not pay the girls. Do the girls have a
legal right to be paid?
Case Study
Jenny (18) and her sister Mandy (16) are both excellent students
and have decided to try to make some extra money offering
tutoring in math and English. They have put up advertisements
in shops in their neighbourhood and are getting a lot of positive
response, so much so that they are thinking of offering the
classes online. The got in touch with a web designer who has
provided them with a proposal of the work that she could do and

2. the cost.
Both girls are known in the neighbourhood for being open and
friendly. One day after teaching a class Jenny’s elderly next-
door-neighbour stops her and asks her to sweep up the leaves
and generally tidy up the garden. Jenny gets her sister Mandy to
help her. The neighbour is extremely happy and says she will
pay them the next time she sees them.
Formalities:
· Wordcount: 800 - 1000
· Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are
excluded of the total word count.
· Font: Arial 11 pts.
· Text alignment: Justified.
· The in-text References and the Bibliography must be in
Harvard’s citation style.
Submission: Sunday, 14th February 2021 – Via Moodle
(Turnitin) by 23:59. Task 1 is worth 15% of your overall grade.
It assesses the following learning outcomes:
· LO1: understand the role of law as a business and management
tool
· LO2: identify different issues and laws applicable in the
context of doing business
· LO3: apply theoretical knowledge and understanding of
business law to practical issues and challenges.
Rubrics
Exceptional 90-100
Good
80-89
Fair
70-79
Marginal fail 60-69
Identification of main

3. 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
welldocumented evidence; presents a balanced and critical
view; interpretation is both reasonable and objective.
Supports diagnosis and opinions with limited reasoning and

4. 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 case law, legislation and
Additional
Research
25%
Makes appropriate and powerful connections between identified
issues/problems and legal concepts and legislation studied in
the course; supplements case study with relevant and thoughtful
research and cites all sources of information
Makes appropriate but somewhat vague connections between
identified issues/problems and legal concepts and legislation
studied in the course; supplements case study with limited
research and
citation of sources of information.
Makes inappropriate or little connection between issues
identified and the legal concepts and legislation studied in the
course; supplements case study, if at all, with incomplete
research and citation of information.
Makes no connection between issues identified and legal
concepts and legislation studied
in the course; little to no research or documentation.