Q Instructions Semester Project • Choose a company to research and report on how legal situations discussed in this class have affected the company. Example: Martha Stewart and insider trading. You may also choose a legal issue that you might feel particularly 'passionate' about. Some great topics out there in our society. Dialogue with me on this a few times so we might come up with a suitable topic for you. • Please have the company approved by the instructor. You may not choose Martha Stewart, Facebook, Three Kings Holdings or the company you work for currently. • This assignment is worth 10% of your final grade. • The paper should be at least 3 pages. • Citing references IS required both a works cited page and within your text, wikipedia is NOT an acceptable reference. Use at least three different references, one of them may be your textbook; • MLA or APA format is acceptable. • If plagerism is suspected you will receive a zero! • Two sample papers (1 and 2) and a grading rubric are provided. To view the rubric, just click and view the page. • An outline or rough draft with your works cited page is due by June 25 no later than noon. • Please email as an attachment your completed paper by July 25th no later than noon. • Need assistance writing a paper? Visit Butler's Online Writing Lab! The Semester project over a business topic (you might focus on a legal concept or event, also) is graded according to the rubric, 100 points possible. This assignment is worth 10 percent of your final grade. Due date is the last official day of the semester. Try to work on this throughout the semester. You can dialogue with me per emails if you need direction. Draft is due by mid semester, October 15(or as soon as possible.) Should you be hard pressed for a topic for your project, please let me know and we can dialogue a bit to come up with a topic.