I need it by tomorrow night, or Thursday morning is the latest to be able to fix if it needs anything. 1000words. The assignment is about crowd-sources-funding for Pty companies.
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
QUT Business School
School of Accountancy
AYB230 Corporations Law
SEMESTER 2, 2019
ASSESSMENT 2: Problem-solving assignment
(Weighting Total – 20%)
Due: Thursday 10th October 2019, 11.59pm
Submission: Turnitin via Blackboard (submit one answer file only)
Type: Individual
Length: 1000 words
Task
Based on all of the publicity around the Shebah start up and its successful crowd-sourced funding
campaign, write an essay describing and explaining the features of Australia’s crowd-source funding
regime for proprietary companies. Structure your essay as follows:
a) Provide a brief summary of the crowd-sourced funding (CSF) regime for proprietary
companies, the relevant law and legal principles involved (as apply under Part 6D.3A
Corporations Act). (That is, from a company’s perspective, not investors’ perspective.)
b) Identify the advantages to proprietary companies in using CSF.
c) Identify the disadvantages to proprietary companies in using CSF.
d) Analyse the Sheba case study and provide an opinion (conclusion) on why CSF was an
appropriate fundraising mechanism for Shebah.
e) Conclude your essay with one powerpoint slide summarizing your main message as to the
benefits of the CSF regime for proprietary companies.
A couple of points to think about before you start:
? Although we cover company fundraising in Topic 10, we do not have time to cover Part 6D.3A.
Therefore, everyone has to engage in some independent research and reading.
? QUT encourages authentic assessment exercises; in using Shebah as a case study, this is not an
endorsement of the products, services or investments offered by the case study entity.
? If you prefer to base your assignment answer on a different CSF campaign for an Australian
proprietary company, please do so - let your lecturer (Prof Ellie Chapple) know prior to submission
to ensure that your case study is suitable for this assessment.
? This may seem challenging to start with, but begin with basic principles. It will be a very fun and
interesting journey of discovery for you.
? Format your answer as one file (Turnitin only allows you to upload one file as your answer).
A couple of resources to get you started:
1. Corporations Act 2001 Part 6D.3A—Crowd-sourced funding (as amended 21 September 2018
by inserting Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding for Proprietary Companies) Act
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2018 – make sure you consult the latest version of the Act.
2. ASIC website on CSF, especially Regulatory Guide 261 Crowd-sourced funding: Guide for
companies (at the time of writing: https://asic.gov.au/regulatory-resources/financial-
services/crowd-sourced-funding/).
3. Yolanda Redrup, “Uber competitor Shebah cracks crowdfunding record” 2.4.19 Australian
Financial Review
4. The Sheba offer on the Birchal CSF platform: https://www.birchal.com/company/shebah
Assignment Overview
This assessment requires each student to submit a written answer to a problem style question. The
assignment builds on the skills learned in tutorials. It provides another opportunity for further feedback
on your problem solving ability prior to the final exam.
? Use the ILAC method.
? You are expected to do additional, independent research beyond the textbook and lecture
material in order to complete the assignment.
? You must cite legislation and case law (as appropriate) to support statements of law and your
application to the facts. Present your argument / application in a clear, concise and logical
manner. Make sure that you reach a conclusion. Please refer to the assessment criteria sheet
for further information.
? Try to avoid making assumptions (especially about the law). If you do not understand the facts,
undertake additional research prior to asking for clarification. Any general queries about the
assignment should be raised through the discussion board on Blackboard.
? For assistance with essay writing, see the QUT cite|write website at www.citewrite.qut.edu.au
Referencing
You are expected to reference your work and provide a bibliography or reference list. You can choose
whether to use the QUT cite/write or QUT APA or QUT Legalreferencing systems. Whatever you choose,
you should be consistent and proficient. If you use footnotes, the footnotes must be sequential, not
contain substantial material or argument (which should appear in the body of your assignment).
Footnotes / end notes if you use them are not included in the word count.
Case Citations
You must cite a reference, case or legislative section as authority to any primary source legal principles.
All cases cited should include the full name of the case and its citation, in the first instance it is referred
to. The citation can be given straight after the case name, or referenced in a footnote. Any case names
or legislation titles should be in italics. You do not need to refer to the Corporations Act repeatedly. It
will be assumed that sections mentioned are from that Act, unless otherwise indicated. The assignment
is based on Australian law so only refer to the current version of the Australian Corporations Act.
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Formatting
You must present your problem solving task in a professional format. A professional format includes
submitting a Word or PDF document in an easily readable font with appropriate margins and headings.
Include a title page with your name and student number, word count, and a title for your assignment
that describes the problem that the assignment addresses. Insert page numbers.
Style
Please use plain English, as this will help you to be concise. The use of colloquial expressions and jargon
is inappropriate. The use of ‘SMS speak’ (for example, the letter ‘u’ instead of ‘you’) is particularly
inappropriate for formal business communication – use correctspelling and grammar. The use of tables,
diagrams etc to communicate your answer is permitted.
Submit – upload through Blackboard
You must upload your answer to Turnitin via the AYB230 Blackboard site by the due date. Note QUT’s
policy on late assignments and extensions: late assignments are not accepted and if not submitted by
the due date and time, the student will be awarded a mark of zero.
Please make sure that your answer that you upload to Turnitin comprises one file and includes both
your name and student number on the title page.
This assessment item assesses the following unit learning AOL goals.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.2 Exercise independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills for
effective planning, problem solving and decision making in diverse contexts.
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of ethical and legal principles and practices in analysing and
responding to business issues

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Frequently asked questions
1. What is included in the word limit and is it plus 10%?
Yes. There is a policy to allow a general tolerance up to 10%. Word count does not include any figures,
tables, footnotes, and reference list. The words on your PowerPoint slide are not included in the word
count. (Note you cannot have any argument in the footnotes. The only material in the footnotes
should be legislative references and case names).
2. How do I cite the law?
If you are referring to legislation, you only need to state the section number. If you are referring to
case law, you should use the case name and the legal principle the case stands for. It is unlikely that
case law will be relevant for this assignment question.
For example,
? S 140 legislates that a constitution is a statutory contract between member and company.
? A company is a separate legal entity (Salomon v A Salomon & Co Ltd [1897] AC 22.)
3. Can I use dot points and other visual aids in my assignment?
The assignment is required to be presented in a professional format. It is up to you what you consider
to be a professional format. This may include dot points, tables, figures, graphs, infographics etc. The
main point is that you are able to communicate with the marker in a clear and concise manner.
4. How do I write the issue?
When you are writing the issue, it should be general. Simply writing out the question is not the same
as identifying the issue.
5. Do I need a reference list?
As you are required to do independent research, your reference list should include around eight
references.
6. Do I use ILAC headings?
ILAC is a problem solving tool that we suggest that you use to structure your answer; however for an
essay you should aim to use more descriptive headings to help the reader understand the material
(that is, it is unlikely that using the headings “issue”, “law” etc will be useful here.)
7. What topic/s are covered?
The assignment is based on a combination of topics 2, 4 and topic 10 material. (Do not be concerned
about the timing of the Topic 10 lecture. We will not have time to go into detail on CSF in class.)