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The a-s-s-e-s-s-m-e-n-t willbe 2000 words long.Please see the questions shown in the screenshot. I will send you all the info after being hired, eg PPTs, student access etc. Please send a draft in 12hrs -1 day time, day 2, and day 3 as well. + Will need to draft some questions to ask the teacher and revise base on feedback (Send bk ard in 1 day max)
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BLAW1002 – TRIMESTER 3A 2023 STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS AND CASE STUDY QUESTIONS
For this third assessment, students are to apply the concepts taught in the law modules for the unit (modules 9, 10 and 11) to a case study (Rio Tinto: A Canary
in the Coal mine) and answer four short answer questions. To best answer these questions, students will be required to research beyond the principles taught
in the lectures and tutorials, and will be required to reference any external material that is used to form the substance of their answers.
In breaking down the marks that are available for this assessment, each question is worth 9 marks for a total of 36 marks for the content portion of the
assignment. The remaining 4 marks are awarded for the use of referencing and the structure / presentation of assignment submissions. Students are to
integrate a completed cover page (a template is provided on blackboard) into their assignment document and submit their assignment file in soft copy format
to a turnitin link in blackboard. A hard copy version of your assignment is not required to be submitted to your lecturer or tutor.
Assessment Questions
Read the Rio Tinto: A Canary in the Coal mine case study and answer the following questions:
1. What areas of law are pertinent to this case study? Describe what the identified areas of law cover, and explain how they are relevant to the issues raised
in the case study. (500-600 words) (9 marks) (Question requires a review of the content from Module 9 – The nature of law and sources of law)
2. What role did regulatory bodies have in investigating the conduct of Rio Tinto in the case study, and what were their findings against the mining giant?
(500-600 words) (9 marks) (Question requires a review of the content from Module 10 – Regulation, Governance and Social Responsibility)
3. Discuss how the corporate culture at Rio Tinto contributed to the problems identified by the case study. To what extent do you think weaknesses in risk
management, compliance and good governance were contributing factors to the problems at Rio Tinto? (500-600 words) (9 marks) (Question requires a
review of the content from Module 10 – Regulation, Governance and Social Responsibility)
4. What is the business structure utilised by Rio Tinto and what are its main features? How does the principle of separate legal existence apply to prevent the
directors, employees and shareholders of Rio Tinto from being personally liable to the organisation’s stakeholders for the type of conduct engaged in? (500600 words) (9 marks) (Question requires a review of the content from Module 11 – Business Structures)
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Below is the marking rubric which will be used to grade your submission:
Question 1 – 0 – 2 marks
Relevant areas
of law
Very
limited
knowledge of topic
with
significant
gaps between what
was covered and
what
answer
should
have
addressed.
Answer shows no
conceptual
understanding, or
ability to apply
those concepts in
answering
the
question.
Question 2 – 0 – 2 marks
Regulatory
bodies
Very
limited
knowledge of topic
with
significant
gaps between what
was covered and
what
answer
should
have
addressed.
Answer shows no
conceptual
understanding, or
ability to apply
2 – 4 marks
Limited knowledge
of topic and will not
have
discussed
relevant points in
much detail.
Answer shows a
general lack of
conceptual
understanding, or
ability to apply
those concepts in
answering
the
question.
2 – 4 marks
Limited knowledge
of topic and will not
have
discussed
relevant points in
much detail.
Answer shows a
general lack of
conceptual
understanding, or
ability to apply
those concepts in
4 – 5 marks
Reasonable
knowledge of topic
but may not have
discussed all relevant
points in answer, or
what was discussed
often lacks detail.
Demonstrates
a
reasonable
conceptual
understanding and a
sound ability to apply
those concepts in
answering
the
question.
4 – 5 marks
Reasonable
knowledge of topic
but may not have
discussed all relevant
points in answer, or
what was discussed
often lacks detail.
Demonstrates
a
reasonable
conceptual
understanding and a
sound ability to apply
5 – 7 marks
Good knowledge of topic but
may not have discussed all
relevant points in answer, or
will have discussed all
relevant points but will
occasionally lack detail.
Mostly demonstrates a high
level
conceptual
understanding and a very
good ability to apply those
concepts in answering the
question.
5 – 7 marks
Good knowledge of topic but
may not have discussed all
relevant points in answer, or
will have discussed all
relevant points but will
occasionally lack detail.
Mostly demonstrates a high
level
conceptual
understanding and a very
good ability to apply those
concepts in answering the
question.
7 – 9 marks
/
Comprehensive/detailed 9
knowledge of topic with
discussion of all relevant
points in answer.
Consistently
demonstrates
an
excellent
conceptual
understanding and an
outstanding ability to
apply those concepts in
answering the question.
7 – 9 marks
/
Comprehensive/detailed 9
knowledge of topic with
discussion of all relevant
points in answer.
Consistently
demonstrates
an
excellent
conceptual
understanding and an
outstanding ability to
apply those concepts in
answering the question.
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those concepts in answering
answering
the question.
question.
0 – 2 marks
2 – 4 marks
Question 3 –
Corporate
culture and risk Very
limited
management
knowledge of topic
with
significant
gaps between what
was covered and
what
answer
should
have
addressed.
Answer shows no
conceptual
understanding, or
ability to apply
those concepts in
answering
the
question.
Question 4 – 0 – 2 marks
Business
structure of Rio Very
limited
Tinto
knowledge of topic
with
significant
gaps between what
was covered and
what
answer
should
have
addressed.
Answer shows no
conceptual
understanding, or
the those concepts in
answering
the
question.
4 – 5 marks
5 – 7 marks
Limited knowledge
of topic and will not
have
discussed
relevant points in
much detail.
Answer shows a
general lack of
conceptual
understanding, or
ability to apply
those concepts in
answering
the
question.
7 – 9 marks
/
Comprehensive/detailed 9
knowledge of topic with
discussion of all relevant
points in answer.
Consistently
demonstrates
an
excellent
conceptual
understanding and an
outstanding ability to
apply those concepts in
answering the question.
Good knowledge of topic but
may not have discussed all
relevant points in answer, or
will have discussed all
relevant points but will
occasionally lack detail.
Mostly demonstrates a high
level
conceptual
understanding and a very
good ability to apply those
concepts in answering the
question.
2 – 4 marks
Reasonable
knowledge of topic
but may not have
discussed all relevant
points in answer, or
what was discussed
often lacks detail.
Demonstrates
a
reasonable
conceptual
understanding and a
sound ability to apply
those concepts in
answering
the
question.
4 – 5 marks
5 – 7 marks
7 – 9 marks
Limited knowledge
of topic and will not
have
discussed
relevant points in
much detail.
Answer shows a
general lack of
conceptual
understanding, or
ability to apply
those concepts in
Reasonable
knowledge of topic
but may not have
discussed all relevant
points in answer, or
what was discussed
often lacks detail.
Demonstrates
a
reasonable
conceptual
understanding and a
Good knowledge of topic but
may not have discussed all
relevant points in answer, or
will have discussed all
relevant points but will
occasionally lack detail.
Mostly demonstrates a high
level
conceptual
understanding and a very
good ability to apply those
/
Comprehensive/detailed 9
knowledge of topic with
discussion of all relevant
points in answer.
Consistently
demonstrates
an
excellent
conceptual
understanding and an
outstanding ability to
apply those concepts in
answering the question.
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Referencing/str
ucture/
presentation
ability to apply answering
those concepts in question.
answering
the
question.
0 marks
1 mark
Cover page not
included.
Incoherent writing
style with structure
not appropriate to
short
answer
format. Recurrent
grammar,
formatting
and
spelling mistakes.
No
in-text
referencing
or
reference
list
provided.
the sound ability to apply concepts in answering the
those concepts in question.
answering
the
question.
2 marks
3 marks
4 marks
Cover page not
included. Largely
incoherent writing
style with structure
not appropriate to
short
answer
format. Recurrent
grammar,
formatting
and
spelling mistakes.
Either
in-text
referencing
or
reference
list
missing.
Cover page may /
may not have been
included.
Good
writing style with
structure
appropriate to short
answer
format.
Inconsistent
grammar, formatting
and spelling applied.
In-text referencing
and reference list
incomplete
or
contains errors.
Cover page included. Very
good writing style with
structure largely appropriate
to short answer format.
Grammar, formatting and
spelling mostly accurate. Intext
referencing
and
reference list provided that
accords
with
Chicago
referencing system.
/
Cover page included. 4
Fluent writing style with
structure appropriate to
short answer format.
Grammar,
formatting
and spelling accurate
(little to no mistakes).
In-text referencing and
reference list provided
that
accords
with
Chicago
referencing
system.
Referencing and appropriate acknowledgement of sources
Most often errors in referencing are incidental or clearly inadvertent. In the event of a level one incident of plagiarism occurring, a student may be contacted
by the University and required to undertake further training or remedial work in relation to referencing. Where the lack of correct referencing appears to
contravene the University policy on plagiarism, the student’s paper will be referred to the Unit Coordinator and dealt with according to University policy. This
may amount to academic misconduct.
An important aspect of the University Plagiarism Policy is recognition that not all plagiarism incidents are intentional or involves cheating. If students are not
learning as expected, they will be made aware of their difficulties and helped to improve. Those who deliberately choose to cheat by way of plagiarism,
however, will be identified and dealt with accordingly.
Students are strongly advised to understand their responsibilities in relation to correct referencing and should consult the unit outline and the referencing
information in the Learning Hub section of the Blackboard site.
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IMPORTANT: As a part of the plagiarism monitoring process for this assessment, investigations are made into whether students have used contract
cheating websites such as Chegg or Course Hero, or AI assisted technologies such as ChatGPT. The use of these websites in connection with this and the
other assessments for the unit is strictly prohibited and the university has an account with these platforms to enable them to view postings of any
assessment questions and identify which students have posted them. Any aspect of the student’s submitted work that matches an answer to any of the
assessment questions that appear on these websites (as verified by the similarity report for the submission) will result in an automatic fail for this piece
of assessment.
Format of assignments
Assignments cannot be handwritten and must comply with the following format requirements below.
Document type: Word or pdf (pdf preferred).
Font: Arial or similar font – no smaller than 12 point in size.
Pages: Numbered in top or bottom margin.
Spacing: Appropriate line spacing and paragraph spacing.
Margins: At least 2.5 cm top, left, right & bottom.
Labelling of assignment file: Should include student’s Curtin ID number, their first and last names, and the title of the assignment (BLAW1002 – Legal Case
Study).
Presentation
A well-presented assessment will consider and meet the following criteria:
• Cover sheet (located on Blackboard under the ‘Assessment’ tab) must be completed and integrated into your assignment document (The system will
only allow you to submit one file so you won’t be able to submit your cover page and assignment document separately).
• Appropriate sentence structure.
• Correct grammar, spelling and punctuation.
• Paragraph size and breaks appropriate.
• Consistent format.
• Appropriate use of headings and sub-headings.
• Within acceptable word limit.
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Appropriate referencing and acknowledgment of sources.
Word Limit
The total assignment should be a minimum of 2,000 words and not exceed 2,400 words.
Please provide a word count on your cover sheet. A penalty of 10% will be imposed on assignments that exceed the word limit. The assignment will not be
assessed if it exceeds 2,600 words and will result in a ZERO mark.
The word count does not include the following:
• cover sheet;
• in-text referencing;
• referencing list; and
• headings or sub-headings.
Submission of Assessment Document
Please read the submission process carefully.
All assignments must be submitted by Friday, 19th January 2024 by 11.59PM (WST). Students are required to submit their assignment to Blackboard through
a link provided in the ‘Assessments’ folder titled ‘A3 Legal Case Study Submission’. The assignment will automatically be submitted to the plagiarism detection
program, Turnitin.
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