Class Presentation – Group Exercise (20%): 4 x student group exercises with specialised scenarios based on structured set questions to be completed on each day of intensive classes. This is a group exercise and the exercise question will be posted on Canvas before the class.

The assessment is based on the group's performance as a whole and the same assessment mark will be given for each group member which will  reflect the level of collaboration and individual effort against all the Learning Outcomes as evident during the presentation.

Your final mark will be the best mark you achieve of the Exercises you attempt in that you will have 4 opportunities to achieve the best possible mark overall.

This task will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 1 by requiring students to demonstrate an understanding of the central role of the board of directors in corporate governance and corporate law. It will achieve the Unit Learning Outcome 2 by requiring students to demonstrate an accurate understanding of the key themes and theories of contemporary corporate social responsibility discourse. It will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 3 by requiring students to demonstrate a high level of skill in evaluating critically and in a nuanced manner, claims about the legal status of
corporate social responsibility. It will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 4 by requiring students to demonstrate a nuanced understanding of different approaches to stakeholder protection in corporate law during class discussion and in completing assessment tasks. It will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 5 by requiring students to demonstrate a defensible view on questions of theory and policy concerning the social responsibilities of corporations and corporate personhood, and to be able to defend this view effectively in class discussions and activities.

Discussion Board Submissions (20%): 4 x 500 words individual student Discussion Submissions on the Unit Discussion Board are due by 5pm (Sydney time) at the conclusion of each class day (due Day 1, 2, 3 and 4 of intensive classes). Late submissions of online postings will NOT BE accepted. This is an individual exercise in posting a thoughtful comment, observation or reflection on the material covered in the lecture sessions for that day. Alternatively, you may post a thoughtful response or added comment, observation or reflection to another student’s post of their thoughtful comment, observation or reflection. The posts to the Discussion Board are to be no longer than 500 words (maximum).

Guidance on what constitutes a thoughtful comment other than the marking criteria also includes a critical analysis of the key themes of the day’s topics, based and connected to the day’ s readings, on contentious matters of law/policy/and reform issues.

• The 4 Discussion Board Posts (1 per day) are based on the Exercises (presented by fellow students), the lectures and required readings for that day. The lecture/s will focus on certain key areas of the readings.
• Each post on the Discussion Board will be assessed and general feedback given the following day in class, with the highest mark being weighted to the assessment.
• The Discussion Board posts task is a continuous assessment task to allow you to demonstrate an ongoing engagement with the unit materials and with your peers’ perspectives. The posts are to be respectful and adhere to the University’s on-line etiquette, policy and guidelines.

This task will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 1 by requiring students to demonstrate an understanding of the central role of the board of directors in corporate governance and corporate law. It will achieve the Unit Learning Outcome 2 by requiring students to demonstrate an accurate understanding of the key themes and theories of contemporary corporate social responsibility discourse. It will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 3 by requiring students to demonstrate a high level of skill in evaluating critically and in a nuanced manner, claims about the legal status of
corporate social responsibility. It will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 4 by requiring students to demonstrate a nuanced understanding of different approaches to stakeholder protection in corporate law during class discussion and in completing assessment tasks. It will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 5 by requiring students to demonstrate a defensible view on questions of theory and policy concerning the social responsibilities of corporations and corporate personhood, and to be able to defend this view effectively in class discussions and activities.

Short-release final assignment (60%): The assignment will be a duration of 72 hours with a maximum word length of 4,000 words and will be based on one or more hypothetical scenarios. The assignment will be released on Tuesday 23 May at 12noon and due for submission on Friday 26 May at 6pm and must be submitted via Canvas. The outcome of a successful Special Consideration application is at the discretion of the lecturer.

This task will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 1 by requiring students to demonstrate an understanding of the central role of the board of directors in corporate governance and corporate law. It will achieve the Unit Learning Outcome 2 by requiring students to demonstrate an accurate understanding of the key themes and theories of contemporary corporate social responsibility discourse. It will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 3 by requiring students to demonstrate a high level of skill in evaluating critically and in a nuanced manner, claims about the legal status of
corporate social responsibility. It will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 4 by requiring students to demonstrate a nuanced understanding of different approaches to stakeholder protection in corporate law during class discussion and in completing assessment tasks. It will achieve Unit Learning Outcome 5 by requiring students to demonstrate a defensible view on questions of theory and policy concerning the social responsibilities of corporations and corporate personhood, and to be able to defend this view effectively in class discussions and activities.

Assessment requirement to pass a unit of study

A student must make a genuine attempt at all assessment tasks set out in this Unit of Study in order to obtain a Pass mark and grade (or above); otherwise an Absent Fail grade will be recorded as the student’s result for this Unit of Study.

Use of editors or proof-readers

The use of assistance in preparing and editing assessment tasks in this unit of study is strictly prohibited. Assistance includes human and automated writing tools (not including spell checking).

Word limit penalty

A piece of assessment which exceeds the prescribed word limit will attract a penalty of 10% of the total marks available for the piece of assessment for every 100 words, or part thereof. The total word count for essay and other written assessments will exclude all footnotes and any bibliography (if required).