MBA 630 Project 1 Introduction to the Legal Environment of Business

For this first project, you will complete a skills gap analysis that focuses on the knowledge and skills particularly important for the MBA 630 projects. This includes making decisions that are legal and ethical, determining the best legal and organizational structure for a business, and addressing legal, ethical, and cultural issues involved in managing a global business enterprise.

Please see the attached steps for this Project. Step #1 is completed, following the steps needed in the attachment. Work must be authentic and eject a full scope of knowledge.

The project includes a PowerPoint (voice not required, typed information in not bar is acceptable) and Case Study.

Competencies

Your work will be evaluated using the competencies listed below.

• 1.3: Provide sufficient, correctly cited support that substantiates the writer’s ideas.
• 1.4: Tailor communications to the audience.
• 1.6: Follow conventions of Standard Written English.
• 1.7: Create neat and professional looking documents appropriate for the project or presentation.
• 1.8: Create clear oral messages.
• 2.1: Identify and clearly explain the issue, question, or problem under critical consideration.
• 2.2: Locate and access sufficient information to investigate the issue or problem.
• 2.3: Evaluate the information in a logical and organized manner to determine its value and relevance to the problem.
• 2.4: Consider and analyze information in context to the issue or problem.
• 2.5: Develop well-reasoned ideas, conclusions or decisions, checking them against relevant criteria and benchmarks.
• 5.2: Assess the implications of legal, ethical and cultural (national) standards on an organization’s operations in global markets and make recommendations for appropriate actions.
• 5.3: Create, implement, and evaluate a personal leadership development plan.
• 7.3: Analyze the implications of civil or criminal wrongs and of product or service liability laws, and make recommendations to support business decisions.
• 9.3: Apply the principles of employment law for ethical practices and risk mitigation.

Project 1: Introduction to the Legal Environment of
Business
Step 1: Complete Your Skills Gap Analysis
As instructed by the VP, Kenneth Dodger, use this skills gap analysis instrument to
self-evaluate your knowledge and skills before beginning your work. Submit your
preliminary skills gap analysis to the submission dropbox located in the final step
of this project. Please identify the skills you will be focusing on during this class in
the appropriate column after completing each part of the gap analysis instrument.
In the next step, you will start to review the cases Kenneth Dodger has assigned to
you.
Step 2: Review Case One: Blue Mood Clothing, Inc
Now that you’ve finished your skills gap analysis and GAP survey, you take some
time to collect your thoughts and review the first case Vice President Dodger
assigned to you. First, you need an introduction to the legal environment of
business. Next, you open the Blue Mood Clothing, Inc. case file to assess the
details of this assignment.
Upon completing your initial review of the file, you begin thinking about the legal
issues contained in the file. In the next step, you will gather the information you
need to answer the questions from the VP.
Step 3: Gather and Analyze Information
As you read through the materials, try to begin answering the questions Vice
President Dodger asked you. You will likely encounter many new legal concepts,
so take notes about which sections apply to this case so that you can easily refer
back to them when you begin to write your presentation. The VP’s precise
questions about the legal issues are as follows:
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Can Colossal Corporation terminate Alex without any notice or a hearing?
Why or why not? This question relates to employment-at-will.
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Did Alex, Nick, Bill, or Juanita commit any crimes and, if so, which crimes
did each person commit? Fully explain your answer for each person as you
explore the subject of business criminal law.
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What defenses, if any, might the relevant persons allege in response to the
crimes you identified? Fully explain your answer for each person.
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Did Alex, Nick, Bill, or Juanita commit any intentional torts and, if so,
which intentional torts did each person commit? Read about the law of torts
in order to make your determinations.
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What defenses, if any, might the relevant persons allege in response to the
intentional torts you identified? Fully explain your answer for each person.
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Can anyone collect damages for the intentional torts? Who can collect and
whom would they sue? Detail the specific damages that may be available to
potential plaintiffs as you read about tort damages.
In the next step, you will formalize your thoughts so that they are ready to put into
your presentation.
Step 4: Focus on Your Rationale and Conclusions: Create Your
Outline
You’ve finished your research. You’ve reflected on how the facts and the law come
together in this situation. You’ve analyzed the possible arguments and determined
which seem most reasonable. Now it is time to formulate these arguments,
addressing all the issues raised by the narrative in the Blue Mood Clothing, Inc.
case file Vice President Dodger gave you.
Outline your presentation to the leadership team, either on paper or in a Word
document; don’t make the PowerPoint yet. Review your outline to make certain it
covers all relevant points and progresses in a logical order. Identify the major
bullet points that you will highlight on your slides, and allocate the appropriate
supporting information to each bullet point—make sure that you have adequately
covered all the relevant arguments or reasons needed to support them. In the next
step, you’ll use your outline to create the PowerPoint presentation for the VP.
Step 5: Communicate Your Findings and Conclusions to the Vice
President of Colossal Corporation: Create Your PowerPoint
You have finished getting all of your ideas organized surrounding the Blue Mood
Clothing case when you receive an email with delivery instructions from Vice
President Dodger:
INBOX (1 NEW EMAIL)
From: Kenneth Dodger, Vice President, Colossal Corporation
To: You
Just wanted to check in as you begin to communicate your findings and
conclusions on the Blue Mood Clothing case.
I’d like you to use your outline and research notes from your work on this case to
prepare a narrated PowerPoint for the senior leadership team. As you will not
deliver this in person, it will need to follow the form of an asynchronous
presentation.
Further, here is a list of additional requirements I need you to follow to meet
standard presentation protocol:
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Include a title slide, with your name on it, introducing the presentation.
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On the presentation slides, include only the major bullet points for each
issue.
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Include no more than 20 slides.
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Use your narration to provide the supporting rationale for each major bullet
point.
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Include a script of your narration in the notes section of the PowerPoint.
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Title your files using this protocol:
yourlastname_BlueMoodPowerPoint_date.
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The final slide must present a clear summary of your major conclusions and
any recommendations.
You should be prepared to answer questions about your presentation after you have
submitted it. That should be all for now.
Looking forward to seeing the final product,
Ken
Submit your narrated PowerPoint to the submission dropbox located in the final
step of this project. You should try to have your Blue Mood PowerPoint complete
by the end of Week 2. In the next step, you’ll begin analyzing the second case for
Colossal: the Carz Bazaar Case.
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Complete the business report for the project:
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Download the Project 2 Questions – Report Template
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Read the instructions.
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Answer all the questions.
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Include your recommendations.
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Submit the business report (Word document) and calculation (Excel file) to
the Assignments folder as your final deliverable. Here is the file name
convention for both files:
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P2_Final_lastname_Report_date.docx
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P2_Final_lastname_Calculation_date.xlsx
Step 6: Review Case Two: Carz Bazaar
Feeling proud of your growing knowledge of business law and your work on the
Blue Mood Clothing case, you move on to your next assignment. You open
the Carz Bazaar case file to review the facts of the situation.
Once you have fully assessed the situation in the Carz Bazaar case, proceed to the
next step, where you will gather the information you need to analyze the legal
questions of the case.
Step 7: Gather and Analyze Information
As you read through the materials, try to begin answering the questions posed
below.
You will likely encounter many new legal concepts, so take notes about which
sections apply to this case so that you can easily refer back to them when you
begin to write your analysis.
In all legal cases, there are disputes about the facts and the law. In this case, we can
assume the facts stated in our case file are accurate, so we just need to decide what
law applies and how the law can be interpreted to support the plaintiffs’ and
defendant’s arguments. The issue of who caused the accident has been settled.
Wilson caused the accident, so the issue before us is whether Wilson’s employer
can be held responsible for his actions.
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What are the arguments in favor of the plaintiffs (the accident victims)?
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What are the arguments in favor of the defendant (Carz Bazaar)?
Read about legal responsibilities of agents and employees to help you answer these
questions.
In the next step, you’ll formalize your thoughts so that they are ready to put into
your presentation.
Step 8: Create and Submit Your Legal Analysis
As you begin to finalize your findings from the Carz Bazaar case, you receive an
email from Vice President Dodger:
INBOX (1 NEW EMAIL)
From: Kenneth Dodger, Vice President, Colossal Corporation
To: You
Good to see your continued progress on these cases.
As you prepare to submit your findings for the Carz Bazaar incident, I wanted to
give you some clear delivery instructions.
As in the previous case, I’d like you to use your outline and research notes from
your work on this case to prepare your written analysis.
Maintaining company procedure, I’d also like you to meet the following
requirements for this deliverable:
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Please divide your analysis into two parts: Part I: Arguments for the
Plaintiffs and Part II: Arguments for the Defendant.
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Support your conclusion with references to legal principles and laws. Cite
references to course materials and cases using APA format.
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The analysis should be no more than seven pages (double spaced, 12-point
font; the reference list does not count towards the page limit).
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Title your file using this protocol: yourlastname_CarzBazaar _date.
Following this submission, I would like you to participate in a discussion with your
fellow Colossal Company colleagues to see if we can reach a consensus about the
winner of this case.
I hope your work to this point has been rewarding. I’ve always found that
consideration and appreciation of ethical practice in a global market is the key to
successful business.
Best,
Ken
Submit your Carz Bazaar analysis to the Assignments folder. You should have
your analysis completed and submitted by the end of Week 2.
Step 9: Discuss Carz Bazaar Case Outcome
Discussion with Colleagues
After your careful analysis of the case in the previous steps, Vice President Dodger
would like your opinion on the likely outcome of the case if it were to be brought
to court and decided by a judge. Provide a full legal analysis and explanation for
the outcome you expect. Discuss your opinion with your colleagues so the VP can
evaluate any consensus in the assessment of the facts.
Go to the discussion entitled Carz Bazaar, and create a new topic entitled “Carz
Bazaar [insert your last name].” Decide in favor of either the plaintiffs or defendant
and explain why you made this decision. To complete this step, post your own
decision, read the opinions of your classmates, and respond to at least two of your
classmates’ postings. These posts can be as long or as short as you need in order to
effectively make your points. See MBA Discussion Guidelines before you begin.
Participation in the discussion is due no later than the end of Week 3.
Check Your Evaluation Criteria
Before you submit your assignment, review the competencies below, which your
instructor will use to evaluate your work. A good practice would be to use each
competency as a self-check to confirm you have incorporated all of them. To view
the complete grading rubric, click My Tools, select Assignments from the dropdown menu, and then click the project title.
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1.3: Provide sufficient, correctly cited support that substantiates the writer’s
ideas.
•
1.4: Tailor communications to the audience.
•
1.6: Follow conventions of Standard Written English.
•
1.7: Create neat and professional looking documents appropriate for the
project or presentation.
•
1.8: Create clear oral messages.
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2.1: Identify and clearly explain the issue, question, or problem under
critical consideration.
•
2.2: Locate and access sufficient information to investigate the issue or
problem.
•
2.3: Evaluate the information in a logical and organized manner to determine
its value and relevance to the problem.
•
2.4: Consider and analyze information in context to the issue or problem.
•
2.5: Develop well-reasoned ideas, conclusions or decisions, checking them
against relevant criteria and benchmarks.
•
5.2: Assess the implications of legal, ethical and cultural (national) standards
on an organization’s operations in global markets and make
recommendations for appropriate actions.
•
5.3: Create, implement, and evaluate a personal leadership development
plan.
•
7.3: Analyze the implications of civil or criminal wrongs and of product or
service liability laws, and make recommendations to support business
decisions.
•
9.3: Apply the principles of employment law for ethical practices and risk
mitigation.