BUS5111- Financial Management
For this group activity, you and your group will have three weeks to complete a presentation based on the following case study and research you will conduct on the regulatory rules applying to insider trading. Although you and your team may choose any presentation application or software, Microsoft PowerPoint is suggested for this activity. Research and Scenario First, visit the following websites on insider trading: ? Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website regarding insider trading. ? SEC enforcement actions (insider trading cases) These websites will help you become familiar with the general basics of the regulatory rules applying to insider trading. You are not expected to become an expert on this topic. Apply these rules to the facts of this very brief case: Someone you know has knowledge of an impending merger between two companies. The combination of the two firms will certainly change the market dynamics of the industry. Moreover, owners of stock in both companies will greatly benefit once the news of the merger is publicly announced. Project Requirements Your presentation must consist of 6 to 7 slides that are clear, legible and address the following: ? Discuss the general basics of the regulatory rules applying to insider trading and its implications and address the following: 1. Legal implications 2. Ethical implications 3. Economic-social implications ? You must include a title slide in addition to the six to seven slides. The title page must include: 1. The title of the project 2. The names of the group members 3. The area where the team member provided initiative (contributed to the project). ? Each slide will include a bulleted list highlighting important aspects of your research. 1. Details of your research and citations will be presented in the notes section of each slide in the presentation. Collaboration Tools Your group has been provided with two areas for group work: ? A discussion forum area that allows access only to your group members. Members of other groups cannot access your group’s discussion forum—groups can only access their own area. To collaborate with your group, click on the Group Forum area and use the drop-down menu and select your group. Be sure to contact members of your group this week to begin https://www.investor.gov/additional-resources/general-resources/glossary/insider-trading
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collaborating and deciding how the group will accomplish its assigned task. Inclusion and collaboration are important factors for success. ? A wiki area allows you to collaborate on a dynamic document where you can share your research with the group. Use this area to share your ideas with the group or enhance exiting ideas from team members. Note: if you do not use the dropdown menu to select your group and decide to post a message, your post will be viewed by all the students in the course. Again, these two work areas are provided; however, groups are free to use other collaboration and/or productivity tools available on the internet. The only caveat is that each individual group member must be able to submit the final presentation to the group project submission area in Unit 8. There is no voting out any group member, and all members must agree on using anything outside this course other than researching. Any group member can contact the instructor regarding non-compliance. Inclusion of all member voices is required. Your final presentation is due in Unit 8 and you will have the next three units to work together to complete the project. Once you’re finished, each person in your group must post a copy of the final presentation in the Group Activity Submission area. All file names and content must be identical among group members. Presentations will be assessed on both content (how well the legal, ethical and economic-social issues are addressed), as well as organization and grammar. Your presentation content must look professional and adhere to the standard presentation format. Therefore, check all content for grammar, spelling and to ensure that you have properly cited all sources used in the creation of the presentation using APA format. In other words, although your notes are cited, the slides are not cited. As a group, keep in mind the purpose of a presentation as it applies to an audience. Here are a few resources on creating a dynamic presentation: 7 Design Tips on how to Create an Effective, Beautiful, PowerPoint Presentation Tips for Creating and Delivering an Effective Presentation https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/tips-on-how-to-make-effective-beautiful-powerpoint-presentations?kw=&gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgNXtBRC6ARIsAIPP7RvYuSks8kfRoN56OoND0Qa2iVVZeoJdBL1Yi_U-n1R_yKDaXRPMh5QaAn9oEALw_wcB
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