For this assignment, students will be asked to conduct research to find a recent ethics case and submit their choice to the instructor for approval. The deadline for submitting case topics to the instructor will be included in the course schedule. The selected real-world scenario should reflect a significant ethical issue that resulted from a decision of an organizational leader, politician, or a group of stakeholders. Some general domains that the case can relate to include Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace, Whistleblowing or Social Media Rants, Public Health and Safety, Ethics in Accounting Practices, Nondisclosure and Corporate Espionage, and Technology and Privacy Practices. Upon the approval of the case, students should complete the following steps:
Provide a detailed description of the case and define the specific ethical issue. Place an emphasis on key decision factors that collectively shaped the ethical issue over time.
Identify the key stakeholders involved in the case. Briefly shed light on their individual power and influence in relation to the ethical issue.
Select at least two (2) ethical perspectives to assess and analyze the decision that generated the ethical issue. The emphasis should be placed on assessing consequences, rightness, and wrongness of the course of action.
Generate an alternative decision to resolve the issue: Informed by the assessment in the previous step, develop a corrective decision using a decision-making format from the course textbook. Provide a technical description of the selected decision-making format prior to applying it to the case. It is important to thoroughly follow the steps involved in the decision-making format of interest to generate the corrective course of action.
Justify the effectiveness of the corrective decision using the same two ethical perspectives utilized above.
Offer 2-3 recommendations to complement and further support the proposed corrective course of action and its implementation. Validate the effectiveness of each recommendation using relevant insights from research/literature.
The case research and analysis will be 8-12 pages (excluding cover page and reference page); APA writing conventions should be followed with a minimum of eight (8) sources referenced and cited. In addition, students will present their key findings and outputs for each of the above steps. This presentation should consist of 15-20 slides (15-20 minutes with Q&A) including a cover page, an agenda slide, and references. This will be a narrated presentation. Online students should record and link their voice to the slides. Students who attend class in person will be required to present their research and analysis live to their peers and the instructor. APA writing conventions should be followed for the presentation with a minimum of eight (8) sources referenced and cited.
Components
% of Grade
Requirements
25%
Analysis
20%
Presentation
10%
Style Including Structure, Flow, Grammar, and Spelling
10%
APA
10%
Leadership Theories
5%
Problem Solving
5%
Ethical Issue Recognition
5%
TOTAL
100%
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