MODULE SPECIFICATION AND MODULE DESCRIPTOR

1. Module Specification

This module
Module Title:specification contains the material information
Business Law andabout the module which should not be
Ethics
changedCode
Module without following
(if already the module modification process.
approved):
Parent Programme Title (if applicable): BA (Hon) Business Studies
Faculty and School: Faculty of Sciences, engineering and Social Sciences.
Canterbury Christ Church Business School
Level: 4
Credit Rating: 20
Semester / Trimester of Delivery: 3
Year of Delivery: B.A. Year 1.
Pre-Requisites: N/A
Co-Requisites: N/A
Programmes for which this is a core BA Business Studies with Foundation Year
module
PSRB requirements N/A

Assessment

Using the table below, indicate the Activity type, descriptor and weighting. If your assessment strategy for a
module consists of more than one component each assigned an individual mark (even if these are aggregated
later to form an overall module mark), then you must record each component separately under their
appropriate activity type. For further guidance please contact your Faculty Director of Learning and Teaching.

Please use activity types and descriptors in the Assessment Types List and Guidance available to
download HERE.

Where the submission of the same piece of work in an improved form, for reassessment purposes, is not
possible, students will be permitted to be reassessed by a different form than that undertaken for the original
assessment. Please also summarise the alternative form of reassessment.

Length / Alternative Week Due

Activity Type Activity Descriptor Weighting
Duration Assessment
Written Report Individual Report 50% 2000 words None 22/05/2023
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 Individual Essay 50% None 05/06/2023
Review/ Critical
(Critical review of 2000 words
Review
identified materials)

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Assignments

Assessment One
Adam has just graduated from the University of Business and has applied for a three-week
internship with a business consultancy firm called London Business Advisory (whose main
clients are large business sellers of products and commodities).

Adam has just found out that he has received an invitation to interview for an internship.
Adam is aware that if he impresses members of the various departments at London Business
Advisory, it may lead to a training contract at the firm. Adam has been told by Deb, the HR
Manager at London Business Advisory, that during the internship, the successful candidate
would spend time in the Client Corporate Advisory Division. As part of the interview
process, Adam is given a set of questions.

Adam is asked the following:

1 Discuss the rules regarding the formation of a contract and indicate whether you think
these rules might be more in favour of your clients (ie. large business sellers) or the
buyers (ie. the general public). (in your answer, ignore reference to consumer law).

2 Discuss the main business structures in the UK (eg. limited liability companies,
partnerships, sole traders and limited liability partnerships) when advising clients on
the most appropriate business structures for them.

(total 2000 words)

Formatting and Layout

Please note the following when completing your written assignment:

1. Writing: Written in English in an appropriate business/academic style

2. Focus: Focus only on the tasks set in the assignment.
3. Document format: Report
4. Ensure a clear title, course, and name or ID number is on a cover sheet and a
bibliography using Harvard referencing throughout is also provided.
5. Research: Research should use reliable and relevant sources of information e.g.
academic books and journals that have been peer reviewed.

The use of a range of information sources is expected – academic books, peer reviewed
journal articles, professional articles, press releases and newspaper articles, reliable
statistics, company annual reports and other company information. All referencing
should be in Harvard style.

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Assessment Two

Critically discuss the extent to which businesses take Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) seriously.

Please read and analyse the following 3 articles. Your answer amongst other things, should
draw from the 3 articles below as well as refer to wider UK and international frameworks for
CSR. We will also look at these articles during the course.

The 3 articles:
Asset managers told to clean up greenwashing and net zero claims (Financial Times, 2022)
https://www.ft.com/content/f1367ab4-ac6f-486d-8bd2-e7659448055d

Volkswagen and the Failure of Corporate Social Responsibility (Forbes, 2015)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriquedans/2015/09/27/volkswagen-and-the-failure-of-
corporate-social-responsibility/

The Truth About CSR (Harvard Business Review, 2015)

https://hbr.org/2015/01/the-truth-about-csr

(total 2000 words)

Formatting and Layout

Please note the following when completing your written assignment:

1. Writing: Written in English in an appropriate business/academic style

2. Focus: Focus only on the tasks set in the assignment.
3. Document format: Essay
4. Ensure a clear title, course, and name or ID number is on a cover sheet and a
bibliography using Harvard referencing throughout is also provided.
5. Research: Research should use reliable and relevant sources of information e.g.
academic books and journals that have been peer reviewed. The research should
be extensive.

July 2020 Module Template