Mba 610 final project part i

Submit your completed memorandum for Final Project Part II. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course.
For additional details, please refer to the Final Project Part Two Guidelines and Rubric.

MBA 610 Final Project Part II Guidelines and Rubric

Overview The second part of the final project for this course is the creation of a memorandum. Legal situations arise frequently in everyday business practice, but the assessment of the key issues is not always clear. A working understanding of essential business law concepts is critical for the successful navigation of complex and diverse business environments. Successfully addressing real-world situations will sharpen your skills in spotting issues, identifying vulnerabilities that you may face as a member of the corporate world, and becoming more sensitive to legal dilemmas that commonly arise in business. For your two-part summative assessment, you will be preparing two professional business memorandums related to the application of business law in specific hypothetical scenarios. For Final Project Part II, you will prepare a five-page professional memorandum for your supervisor in a hypothetical U.S. corporation that is considering doing business overseas. Your findings and critical assessment of the cases will help shape the approach of corporate stakeholders to the legal matters raised, including each company's response to each situation. The project is divided into one milestone, which will be submitted before Final Project Part II to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. This milestone will be submitted in Module Seven. The final submission for Final Project Part II will be submitted in Module Ten. In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

 Assess the impact of business law on organizational decision making for informing strategic legal decisions

 Analyze pertinent facts of business client cases by effectively employing foundational law principles

 Select key legislation and legal precedents that impact client cases for informing legal decisions

 Assess the impact of public perception on companies in legal situations for informing business practices

 Assess the legal and ethical implications of United States companies doing business abroad for informing business decisions that are compliant with applicable domestic laws

Prompt For the second part of your summative assessment, you will assume the role of an employee at a fictional company and prepare an executive memo pertaining to the legal and ethical implications of a company doing business internationally. Scenario You are working for a major U.S. corporation that wants to expand its reach globally and has narrowed the search to either Mexico or Japan. Your supervisor has asked you to prepare a memo that analyzes potential compliance issues with respect to aspects of law and ethics that are specific to one of the two countries. You will choose to prepare your memo for either Mexico or Japan and address the critical elements below. This will help inform the final executive decision.

Because you have some fluency with domestic laws, and given your background and history with the corporation, you have been asked to assess the pros and cons of the decision, and to provide your insights with respect to the ethical and legal implications of the expansion. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. What pertinent aspects of U.S. law should the company be aware of in its goal to do business internationally? II. Assess the legal implications of moving business abroad specific to your chosen country. What are the advantages and disadvantages?

III. What are the ethical implications involved in this business decision? IV. Explain how other domestic companies have managed to comply with the U.S. laws related to this business decision in the past. How did these

companies address potential compliance issues?

Milestones Milestone One: Outline of Memorandum In Module Seven, you will submit an outline of your memorandum highlighting the following concepts: What pertinent aspects of U.S. law should the company be aware of in its goal to do business internationally? Assess the legal implications of moving business abroad specific to your chosen country. What are the advantages and disadvantages of such a move? What are the ethical implications involved in this business decision? Explain how other domestic companies have managed to comply with the U.S. laws related to this business decision in the past. How did these companies address potential compliance issues? This milestone is graded with the Final Project Part II Milestone One Rubric. Final Submission: Memorandum In Module Ten, you will submit your completed memorandum. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded using the Final Project Part II Rubric (below).

Deliverables Milestone Deliverable Module Due Grading

One Outline of Memorandum Seven Graded separately; Final Project Part II Milestone One Rubric

Final Submission: Memorandum Ten Graded separately; Final Project Part II Rubric

Final Project Part II Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your professional business memorandum should adhere to the following formatting requirements: 5 pages (not including title and reference pages), double-spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. You should use current APA style guidelines for your citations and reference list. Generally speaking, the best memos include references to at least two cases for each point of law that is mentioned. Students also earn high marks when they cite cases that appear to support a different legal resolution than the one presented by the student, and then distinguishing that case from the scenario described in this assignment. Such distinctions demonstrate exemplary understanding of the course materials. Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Aspects of U.S. Law

Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a nuanced understanding of the aspects of U.S. laws pertinent to doing business internationally

Analyzes the aspects of U.S. law appropriate for company’s goal to do business internationally

Analyzes aspects of U.S. law for company’s goal to do business internationally, but with gaps in accuracy or detail

Does not analyze the aspects of U.S. law appropriate for company’s goal to do business internationally

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Legal Implications

Meets “Proficient” criteria and shows keen insight into the legal implications associated with doing business in a different country

Logically assesses legal implications of moving business abroad specific to the chosen country, differentiating their advantages and disadvantages

Assesses legal implications of moving business abroad specific to the chosen country, differentiating their advantages and disadvantages, but with gaps in logic or detail

Does not assess legal implications of moving business abroad specific to the chosen country

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Ethical Implications

Meets “Proficient” criteria and shows keen insight into the ethical implications associated with doing business internationally

Logically assesses the ethical implications involved in this business decision

Assesses the ethical implications involved in this business decision, but with gaps in logic or detail

Does not assess the ethical implications involved in this business decision

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Comply

Meets “Proficient” criteria and demonstrates a nuanced understanding of how business decisions with international implications are informed by compliance

Accurately explains how domestic companies complied with U.S. laws related to business decision

Explains how domestic companies complied with U.S. laws related to business decision, but with gaps in accuracy or detail

Does not explain how domestic companies complied with U.S. laws related to business decision

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Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas