Programme: BA(Hons) Business and Finance
Programme: BA(Hons) Business and Finance
Module: Risk in Financial Services (ACCT09017)
Assessment Type: Coursework Essay
Weighting: 50% of the overall marks
Submission date: 4th of November 2024
COURSEWORK ESSAY
The scandals of the last 25 years have underscored the ongoing need for guidance in effectively managing the various risks and problems that can arise in organisations' governance systems.
As the Chief Risk Officer at Paisley Consulting, your role is pivotal in discussing the features of poor corporate governance. Moreover, one of your clients sought your expertise to understand the risks associated with poor corporate governance.
You are required to:
Critically analysed the features of poor corporate governance and
Evaluate the risks associated with poor corporate governance. (100 marks)
Please note that this is an individual assignment.
Submission: on or before 14:00 hrs on 25th of October 2024 Via Turnitin in Aula Space for the Module.
Instructions:
Your answer should be in the form of a fully referenced academic essay and should not exceed 2,000 words.
Refer to the marking schedule on the next page for mark allocation guidance.
Penalties for late submission apply (see UWS regulations).
Please refer carefully to the university regulations on Cheating and Plagiarism.
A minimum of 10 sources are required and will be graded on quality, quantity and accuracy.
Cite Them Right Harvard (CTR) method of referencing should be used for all submissions. You may wish to refer to Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2019) Cite them right: the essential referencing guide. 11th edn. London: Red Globe Press / Macmillan International Higher Education. You can access this text electronically via the librarys one search function.
This coursework should be word processed in Arial font size 12.
You are required to submit coursework via the Turnitin Dropbox setup on the modules Aula space.
This essay is assessing Learning Outcomes 1 from your module handbook.
Risk in Financial Services World (ACCT09017)
Coursework Term 1 Academic session 2024-25
Proposed Marking Schedule/ Feedback sheet
Mark
Comments Possible Attained
Introduction, background information about the features of poor corporate governance and the risks of poor governance 10 Critically analysed the features of poor corporate governance. 35 Evaluate the risks associated with poor corporate governance. 35 An overall conclusion of the features of poor corporate governance including the risks associated with poor corporate governance covered by your report. 10 Academic/Professional quality
Within text citation, relevant and accurate referencing. Critical writing and evaluation.
10 Total =SUM(ABOVE) 100
