Strategic Plan To Combat Liability Paper

Strategic Plan To Combat Liability Paper

Strategic Plan To Combat Liability Paper

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Strategic Plan Used to Combat Tort Liability Paper

Purpose of Assignment

Businesses must have a strategy in place to combat tort liability. Through the principles of a risk management strategy, liability can be identified and planned for. In this assignment, the student will learn to incorporate risk management in its strategic plan to deal with, among other things, tort liability.

Assignment Steps

Resources: The Legal Environment of Business, Ch. 11: pg. 300-327

Scenario: In the midst of the ongoing rhetoric and movement to achieve Tort Reform, it remains a reality that business tort liability must be acknowledged and planned for. For this assignment, you are a consultant for a legal risk and corporate governance consulting firm. The board of directors has commissioned you to work alongside your CEO and General Counsel to prepare “talking points” for the Board regarding legal risk and corporate governance as it relates to tort liability for the board, the company executives, the employees, and the consultants.

Prepare a 700-word memo addressing the following:

  • Evaluate its impact on the consulting business in general.
  • Determine its growth in the consulting business and discuss the need for tort reform.
  • Assess its impact on corporate liability under the Alien Tort statute.
  • Explain how tort liability can be reduced through the implementation of the risk management process and include a look at the role and structure of the judicial system and how civil procedure impacts the risk management process.

Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references.

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

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FORMAT FOR ALL ASSIGNMENTS

The assignments are to be done in Microsoft Word with Times New Roman 12- point font. Each assignment should use the modified APA 6th edition format. The assignment templates are set up in this modified format. The reference page should be in the APA format for every reference. The word requirement for the assignments are specifically stated in the guidelines of the assignment. The word count is from the first word of the introductory paragraph to the last word of the conclusion paragraph. FYI.

REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS

1- There should be a cited reference for each section of a paper as there are conclusion statements in each section (to meet the grading criteria) so the conclusion should be supported by a reference as the assignments are evidence-based research, clinical papers.

2- Word Count- The word count is done from the first word of the introductory paragraph to the last word of the conclusion. The word count must be within the minimum and maximum word limit stated in the assignment instructions. A 10% – point reduction will be made in the total points for the assignment.

Week 1 and 5 assignments should have SIX studies. Week 5 assignment is a compilation of sections from the week 1, 2 & 3 assignments.

Weeks 2 and 3 need to have at least THREE studies in the form of research studies. Please make sure that you look at the instructions for the assignment as well as the grading rubric. I have also provided templates for ALL assignments. It is in your best interest to use these as it will guide you so that you do not make common formatting errors.

APA FORMAT FOR ASSIGNMENT

Please utilize the resources in the STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER if you have difficulty with APA 6th Edition format, grammar, sentence structure, punctuation or tense structure.

SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS

Always submit the assignment in the drop box for that assignment. I cannot accept any assignment as an attachment to an email sent to my college email. Attaching it to a posting to the Questions to Instructor Forum or the Individual Forum is also not accepted.

I cannot grade any assignment unless it is placed into the drop box by the student per university policy.

Turn-It-In / Lopes Write

This is to be used for the assignments for these three weeks (2, 3 & 5) and it is NOT required for Week 1. All assignments will be placed through Turn It In first and then submitted in the drop box on the course shell. No assignments will be accepted as attachments to emails as this is not the university policy.

Grading Rubric-

The rubric for each assignment is found in the upper right- hand corner of the assignment page under the Forum Tab. Compare the requirements of the rubric with your paper prior to submission into the drop box so you will receive full credit for all graded criteria of the paper.

Late Assignment-

Any assignment that is late will have 10% deducted each day it is late. This is a 5- week class. It is imperative that you ask for help if you are having difficulty with an assignment.

You need to contact me as soon as possible if an assignment will be late prior to the submission deadline.