Assignment task:
The paper is to be written in APA (American Psychological Association) style. These styles and formats may be accessed on the Internet if you are unfamiliar with the requirements.
Note: This is a professional business law class. Your professional writing style, legal perspectives, laws in questions, legal issues, facts, legal background, precedent setting cases, etc. Paper organization, grammar, spelling and presentation of facts and opinions will be graded for correctness and accuracy.
Project Requirements are as follows:
Topic - Select and topic and send it to the instructor for approval. Topic suggestion are provided below
Format - Written in APA format. Include a cover page and reference page
Content Minimum - Minimum of 4 full pages of researched content (not including title page or citations)
Sources - Use at least five academic and/or professional sources plus your text to support the paper. Use the databases available to you through MJC's Online Library.
Writing - Your writing should reflect the issue, the relevant laws, your observations and what you discovered through your research (MJC takes a very dim view of plagiarism and it will not be tolerated)
Citations - Citing sources in the body of your text as well as on your reference page is required. Cites should meet APA requirements.
Paper Presentation - Your paper should be well organized, and professionally written. An introduction and conclusions should be included. Your introduction should outline the issue(s), the body of the paper should discuss and support the opening statements and end with a conclusion. A title page should be first, a reference page should be last and should correctly cite all the sources used.
Final Paper Topics can be chosen from the topics covered in our text. You are not limited to those and may propose a topic of your interest for approval. Some examples are below, but you are by no means limited to these:
- Workman's Compensation Law
- Discrimination in the workplace (select ONE form of discrimination)
- Harassment in the workplace
- Federal Fair Labor Standards
- Recent or Pending Supreme Court Rulings
- Environmental Protection
- Health & Safety in the workplace (OSHA)
- Food & Drug Administration / Laws
- Water Conservation
- Other Conservation Efforts
- Climate Change
- Pollution Control