School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Corporations Law
  • Unit Code

    LAW3102
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Cecilia ANTHONY DAS

Description

This unit examines rules and regulations governing Australian corporations. It aims to familiarise students with amongst others the concept of corporate governance and its practical relevance in the corporate sector particularly in light of recent national and international corporate failures which impacts the society.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed LAW1212 and LAW1218.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge of legislations applicable to the relevant business organisations in Australia.
  2. Evaluate the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and relevant case laws applicable to corporations.
  3. Use skills and knowledge to solve corporate challenges of relevance to the business environment.
  4. Explain the roles, functions and duties of director, shareholders/members and other stakeholders.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to business organisations in Australia
  2. Introduction to Corporations, Promotion, Registration and Its effects
  3. Internal Management
  4. Companies Relationship with Third Parties
  5. Directors Duties – Duty of Care and Diligence and Insolvent Trading
  6. Directors Duties – Duty to Act in Good Faith and Proper Purpose
  7. Directors Duties – Duty to Avoid Conflict of Interest and Disclosure
  8. Members Remedies
  9. Meetings
  10. Share Capital and Fund Raising
  11. External Administration
  12. Liquidation
  13. Liquidation: an overview of the Winding Up of Corporations.
  14. Officers: the appointment, termination and nature of the Offices in a Corporation.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationGroup Presentation10%
Case StudyProblem Based Case Study25%
Reflective PracticePersonal Reflective Essay15%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationGroup Presentation10%
Case StudyProblem Based Case Study25%
Reflective PracticePersonal Reflective Essay15%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Corporations Law
  • Unit Code

    LAW3102
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Cecilia ANTHONY DAS

Description

This unit examines rules and regulations governing Australian corporations. It aims to familiarise students with amongst others the concept of corporate governance and its practical relevance in the corporate sector particularly in light of recent national and international corporate failures which impacts the society.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed LAW1212 and LAW1218.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge of legislations applicable to the relevant business organisations in Australia.
  2. Evaluate the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and relevant case laws applicable to corporations.
  3. Use skills and knowledge to solve corporate challenges of relevance to the business environment.
  4. Explain the roles, functions and duties of director, shareholders/members and other stakeholders.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to business organisations in Australia
  2. Introduction to Corporations, Promotion, Registration and Its effects
  3. Internal Management
  4. Companies Relationship with Third Parties
  5. Directors Duties – Duty of Care and Diligence and Insolvent Trading
  6. Directors Duties – Duty to Act in Good Faith and Proper Purpose
  7. Directors Duties – Duty to Avoid Conflict of Interest and Disclosure
  8. Members Remedies
  9. Meetings
  10. Share Capital and Fund Raising
  11. External Administration
  12. Liquidation
  13. Liquidation: an overview of the Winding Up of Corporations.
  14. Officers: the appointment, termination and nature of the Offices in a Corporation.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationGroup Presentation10%
Case StudyProblem Based Case Study25%
Reflective PracticePersonal Reflective Essay15%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationGroup Presentation10%
Case StudyProblem Based Case Study25%
Reflective PracticePersonal Reflective Essay15%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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