This is for Canadian Business Law
Choose an organization with which you work or with which you are familiar. Assume that the organization has asked you to carry out the same risk analysis as you did with Widgeridoo, except that you have been asked to not limit yourself to just contracts. In other words, you are now to carry out a comprehensive legal risk analysis with respect to the organization you have chosen. This means you should consider the possible applications of all the areas of law and legal principles you have studied in this course.
Think “big picture,” applying everything you have learned in the course in terms of identifying issues, but use the same model as is set out in chapter 3 of the textbook for this project. You will be looking at not only contracts but also tort liability, employment, privacy, regulatory issues, litigation, any and all relevant legal issues, and all areas of legal risk. You would be well advised to go through the textbook and look for areas of the law that might be applicable to the specific situation of your organization.
Every organization is different, so what might be a significant risk for one might not be as significant for another—it might not even be a risk. However, think through the possibilities. For example, a corner convenience store might not worry about its intellectual property being infringed, although its “brand” or trademark comes to mind as something to consider. However, the same store might have to worry about infringing the patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights of others if it purchases, for example, goods that are “knock-offs” or otherwise infringing or violating third-party rights.
All of the same principles from the first project apply here as well, except now you are working with a real-world organization and all its issues, not just contractual issues.
You will need to set out a thorough summary of the current status of the organization so that the reader (and marker) will be able to see your identification of the risks, your reasoning, and your understanding and application of the model set out in chapter 3 of the textbook. If you make any assumptions, please state clearly what they are. If you conclude that a particular area of the law is not associated with any significant legal risk, you probably should still identify it and then state why it is not a risk. The factual background and description of the organization should be brief but sufficiently clear that your application of the risk-management model will be clearly related to those facts and current situation.
Your answer should be between 3,000 and 5,000 words, exclusive of the title page, executive summary, bibliography, appendices, and footnotes. This project is worth 40 percent of your final mark. Again, parts of the project may be presented in table form, and nonessential details may be placed in appendices.
Choose an organization with which you work or with which you are familiar. Assume that the organization has asked you to carry out the same risk analysis as you did with Widgeridoo, except that you have been asked to not limit yourself to just contracts. In other words, you are now to carry out a comprehensive legal risk analysis with respect to the organization you have chosen. This means you should consider the possible applications of all the areas of law and legal principles you have studied in this course.
Think “big picture,” applying everything you have learned in the course in terms of identifying issues, but use the same model as is set out in chapter 3 of the textbook for this project. You will be looking at not only contracts but also tort liability, employment, privacy, regulatory issues, litigation, any and all relevant legal issues, and all areas of legal risk. You would be well advised to go through the textbook and look for areas of the law that might be applicable to the specific situation of your organization.
Every organization is different, so what might be a significant risk for one might not be as significant for another—it might not even be a risk. However, think through the possibilities. For example, a corner convenience store might not worry about its intellectual property being infringed, although its “brand” or trademark comes to mind as something to consider. However, the same store might have to worry about infringing the patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights of others if it purchases, for example, goods that are “knock-offs” or otherwise infringing or violating third-party rights.
All of the same principles from the first project apply here as well, except now you are working with a real-world organization and all its issues, not just contractual issues.
You will need to set out a thorough summary of the current status of the organization so that the reader (and marker) will be able to see your identification of the risks, your reasoning, and your understanding and application of the model set out in chapter 3 of the textbook. If you make any assumptions, please state clearly what they are. If you conclude that a particular area of the law is not associated with any significant legal risk, you probably should still identify it and then state why it is not a risk. The factual background and description of the organization should be brief but sufficiently clear that your application of the risk-management model will be clearly related to those facts and current situation.
Your answer should be between 3,000 and 5,000 words, exclusive of the title page, executive summary, bibliography, appendices, and footnotes.
