...Guidelines for Writing an Ethical Analysis An ethical analysis is a discussion of how ethical theories and principles apply to a specific case scenario. To write a good ethical analysis you must first understand the tools in the Ethicist's Tool Box, which include the following four (4) things: 1. Ethical Theories (Chapter 2 in the text) Ethical theories, or schools of thought, include Virtue Ethics, Utilitarianism, Rights Based Ethics, etc. 2 . 21st Century Ethics (Genuine Moral Intelligence) (Chapter 3 in the text) 3. Uncommon Sense (Critical Thinking) (Chapters 4 and 6) 4. How to Argue Without Quarreling (Socratic discussion/debate skills) (Chapter 5) The first ethical analysis you will write will be about the Prize Bull story on the Discussion Board. This exercise is optional, but I strongly urge you to participate in it. Not only will you receive 100 grade points for participation, but you will get the feel of what is expected each week in your ethical analysis of an "ethical dilemma." Your ethical analysis should be 300-600 words long. It must contain three identifiable sections: Beginning… Just a sentence or two that begins, "I shall argue…" Summarize your argument as a road map for the reader but perhaps more important, as a roadmap for you as you write the analysis. Middle … This is the bulk of your argument. You must use ethical theories and/or principles, your thinking must be clear and logical (critical thinking)...
Words: 343 - Pages: 2
...Sample Guidelines for Writing Ethical Arguments Your essay should be a position paper, not a report. The paper must make an ethical argument in defense of a thesis. It doesn’t matter what thesis you defend, but the argument must be clear and coherent. Depending on the topic, some outside research may be appropriate, but do not let that obscure the main purpose, which is to make an ethical argument. There are several possible ways to structure the paper, including one (or more) or the following: • Articulating and applying principles (such as love, respect for autonomy, respect for persons, the principle of utility, etc.) to the issue or to cases. • Investigating how one or more ethical sources work to support a particular view: for instance, how biblical principles or a religious tradition or a particular philosopher/philosophical school can be used to support your position on a focused issue. Such an approach should be critical, that is, with an awareness of where the philosophical or religious tradition is unclear or problematic and how others could use the tradition in a different manner. • Contrasting the arguments of two or more authors on an issue. • Developing and contrasting the pro and con arguments for a particular position. • Developing and answering a series of questions from general to particular, or particular to general. • Analyzing a case study. The reader of an ethical argument is looking for three main things in your essay:...
Words: 537 - Pages: 3
...Sample Guidelines for Writing Ethical Arguments Your essay should be a position paper, not a report. The paper must make an ethical argument in defense of a thesis. It doesn’t matter what thesis you defend, but the argument must be clear and coherent. Depending on the topic, some outside research may be appropriate, but do not let that obscure the main purpose, which is to make an ethical argument. There are several possible ways to structure the paper, including one (or more) or the following: • Articulating and applying principles (such as love, respect for autonomy, respect for persons, the principle of utility, etc.) to the issue or to cases. • Investigating how one or more ethical sources work to support a particular view: for instance, how biblical principles or a religious tradition or a particular philosopher/philosophical school can be used to support your position on a focused issue. Such an approach should be critical, that is, with an awareness of where the philosophical or religious tradition is unclear or problematic and how others could use the tradition in a different manner. • Contrasting the arguments of two or more authors on an issue. • Developing and contrasting the pro and con arguments for a particular position. • Developing and answering a series of questions from general to particular, or particular to general. • Analyzing a case study. The reader of an ethical argument is looking for three main things in your essay: 1. a clear and interesting...
Words: 536 - Pages: 3
...Rhetorical Analysis No matter what fields you are in, we as academic writers will be familiar with rhetorical choices. Rhetorical choices play an important role in writing. They’re the “key ingredients” in a paper in order to capture readers’ attention and achieve writers’ purposes. When I was in Human Resource Organization Behaviors 101 class, professor Thomas Shirley assigned an ethics case for each group. I joined a group of five people and we got together for several group meetings. Finally, I was assigned to compose the “Ethical Analysis” section. Toward to the paper deadline, we produced the paper called “Starbucks: Friend or Foe.” The purpose of the assignment was to argue that whether the company’s decision was ethical when Starbucks fired employees for supporting unions and applied the four-component model of ethical decision making to this case. Discourse community is an essential factor when composing a paper. According to “Students Writing Handbook”, discourse community is a unique communication tool which people use to communicate with their readers within their fields (30). Since the paper was written for a required upper division major core course, the discourse community is all business majors. The genre was a general business paper with three sections: case summary, ethical analysis, and recommendations. We are college students are trained to become more professional in our careers. As a result, my group paper’s intended audiences were only Professor Thomas Shirley...
Words: 1410 - Pages: 6
...society transcends into the age of convenience. In the presented assignment I will be analyzing “Will the Web Kill Colleges?” This assignment will describe the key points of the author’s argument, analyze the aspects of the author’s argument that I agree with, analyze the gaps or challenges that I see in the author’s argument, implications for education, and potential ethical questions raised by the author’s vision of the future. The development of the web has dramatically changed the way society acquires and publishes information. This has had both positive and negative impacts on education. As the information available on the web expands, the number of industries that it will impact will also increase. Traditional brick and mortar school buildings as we know them today will gradually become a thing of the past as society transcends into the age of convenience. In the present assignment I will be analyzing “Will the Web Kill Colleges?” This assignment will describe the key points of the author’s argument, analyze the aspects of the author’s argument that I agree with, analyze the gaps or challenges that I see in the author’s argument, implications for education, and potential ethical questions raised by the author’s vision of the future. Describe the Key Points of the Author’s Argument and Supportive Evidence According to Cunningham (2013), the adaptive and accessible nature of the...
Words: 1087 - Pages: 5
...and Leadership Skills Table of Contents Page # 1. Introduction 2. Basic concepts and analysis of Moral and Ethical Leadership 3. Definition of Concepts a. Defining Leadership b. Defining Moral Leadership 4. Current State of Knowledge a. Literature Review 5. Argument Map 6. Assumptions and Point of View by Stakeholders 7. Evaluation of Argument a. Wheel Of Critical Thinking b. Universal Intellectual standards Evaluation 8. Key Take-Away 9. Plan to enhance Moral leadership skills a. Plan Table 10. Bibliography 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 14 1 Introduction Does moral leadership matter? In my opinion, yes it really does matter. Even if for high organization performance the leadership has to focus on high shareholder returns, but it should not solely focus on returns by compromising boundaries of morality. In this paper we will discuss whether moral leadership is crucial for an organization to be successful. First, we will define what moral leadership is and will discuss what are the standards of morality that needs to be maintained in a high performing organization. Then we will discuss whether the moral standards will be same for both personal and organization or they will be different. Then we will talk about the current state of knowledge of this topic and the implications and recommendations that we have found from our literature review. We will also evaluate our argument based on the Wheel of Critical Thinking and the Universal Intellectual Standards Evaluation...
Words: 4351 - Pages: 18
...Grading Criteria - Individual Assignment Critical Thinking in the Legal Environment: Torts and Products Liability Objective 1: Apply models of critical thinking and systems thinking to address complex organizational issues. Objective 4: Analyze the link between ethics and organizational effectiveness Objective 5: Apply legal concepts in the business environment to managerial decision-making and implementation Competencies: Critical Thinking, Information Literacy/Research Skills, Communication Skills Assignment: Research the McDonald's and Pearson cases, and in 10-12 double-spaced pages compare and contrast the facts, law, and merits of the two lawsuits by answering the following questions. Include an introduction and conclusion in your paper. |Criteria |Exceeds Expectations |Meets Expectations |Below Expectations | |Assignment Questions | | | | |1. What are the facts? |Clearly identifies and explains a majority of|Generally correct in identification of |Does not correctly identify the relevant Facts. | | |the relevant Facts in each case. |the relevant Facts, but includes some |Important facts are missing and/or there are an...
Words: 1039 - Pages: 5
...GCE Religious Studies Advanced GCE Unit G582: Religious Ethics Mark Scheme for January 2011 Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA) is a leading UK awarding body, providing a wide range of qualifications to meet the needs of pupils of all ages and abilities. OCR qualifications include AS/A Levels, Diplomas, GCSEs, OCR Nationals, Functional Skills, Key Skills, Entry Level qualifications, NVQs and vocational qualifications in areas such as IT, business, languages, teaching/training, administration and secretarial skills. It is also responsible for developing new specifications to meet national requirements and the needs of students and teachers. OCR is a not-for-profit organisation; any surplus made is invested back into the establishment to help towards the development of qualifications and support which keep pace with the changing needs of today’s society. This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and students, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which marks were awarded by Examiners. It does not indicate the details of the discussions which took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking commenced. All Examiners are instructed that alternative correct answers and unexpected approaches in candidates’ scripts must be given marks that fairly reflect the relevant knowledge and skills demonstrated. Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the published question papers and the Report on...
Words: 1987 - Pages: 8
... 8% 16% 76% AIM(S) • To introduce students to the particular problems and opportunities experienced in adopting or ignoring corporate social responsibility. • To develop students’ understanding of the relationship between business ethics and management decision making • To develop students understanding of sustainable business issues and how they can be managed, promoted and developed in a business context. LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this module students should be able to: • critically evaluate the tipple bottom line of sustainability as a key goal for business ethics; • critically evaluate the role of ethical theory in decision making in business. • critically appraise stakeholder expectation and its relationship with corporate governance and social responsibility; • research and critically analyse ethical challenges in different organisations; • investigate and critically evaluate an organisation’s management of corporate social responsibility. CONTENT • Environmental orientation and the three main goals of sustainable development; Social, economic and environmental goals. • Areas of activity for sustainable business and the development of business strategies for sustainability with reference to sufficiency, consistency and efficiency. • Transformation processes taking place during the...
Words: 4128 - Pages: 17
...capabilities to achieve sustainable competitive advantage in a global and volatile competitive environment. Learning Goals At the end of this Course, students should be able to: synthesize information to recognize the external opportunities and threats as well as the internal strengths and weaknesses that impact a firm’s competitive advantage. critically evaluate how a business, corporate and/or international strategy would lead to sustainable competitive advantage. analyze complex and dynamic interdependencies among strategic issues. identify ethical issues and exhibit informed ethical judgment when faced with an ethical decision. Learning and Teaching Methods This course is structured in a seminar learning format, where a 4-hour seminar is conducted every week for a total of 13 sessions. Each seminar is intended to inform and equip students with the conceptual tools to synthesize, evaluate and analyze strategic issues with an ethical grounding. In addition, seminar activities have been developed to provide opportunities for students to sharpen their strategic...
Words: 4166 - Pages: 17
...Expressing vs Reporting belief: We can distinguish between expressivism and subjectivism. According to the former, an ethical sentence like ' Euthanasia is wrong' expresses a non-cognitive attitude toward euthanasia, but does not say that the speaker has it. The latter, on the contrary, says that that sentence reports the speaker's non-cognitive attitude toward euthanasia, which implies that euthanasia is the object of some attitude of the speaker's .As Ayer put it this way: " The orthodox subjectivist....his own view is that they express propositions about the speaker's feelings....
Words: 2492 - Pages: 10
...CHAPTER SUMMARY – CHAPTER 1 – ETHICS IN THE WORLD OF BUSINESS Frequently, the ethically correct course of action is clear, and people in business act accordingly. Exceptions occur when there is uncertainty about ethical obligations in particular situations or when considerations of ethics come into conflict with the practical demands of business. In deciding on an ethical course of action, we can rely to some extent on the rules of right conduct that we employ in everyday life. However, business activity also has some features that might limit the applicability of our ordinary ethical views. One distinguishing feature of business is its economic character which can be summarized as the conduct of buyers and seller and employers and employees. A second distinguishing feature of business is that it typically takes place in organizations which is a hierarchical system of functionally defined positions designed to achieve some goal or set of goals. Because business involves economic relations and transactions that take place in markets and also in organizations, it raises ethical issues for which the ethics of everyday life has not prepared us. Decisions making occurs on several distinct levels: the level of the individual, the organization, and the business system. The level of the individual represents situations that confront them in the workplace and require them to make a decision about their own well-being. The level of the organization can be identified...
Words: 8804 - Pages: 36
... |Management | | | | | Course Description This course applies the tools available to University of Phoenix graduate students and the competencies of successful managers to understand the functions of business. Students develop an increased awareness of their own perceptions and values in order to manage and communicate with others more effectively. Other topics include MBA program goals, argument construction, decision making, collaboration, and academic research. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the...
Words: 3994 - Pages: 16
...Ethical Analysis of News Issue: Animal Rights Clearly define the ethical issue and provide a brief explanation as to why it is important. (4 marks) To many people, the concept of animal rights is absurd and long drawn. However, animal activism has increased in the recent past with formation of such organizations as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) that seek to incorporate ethics when addressing issues related to animals (Joyce 2014, par. 1). Apparently, animal rights activists argue that animals too have rights as is with human beings. Their arguments are anchored in the premise that there should ethical rules that guide our treatment of animals. This implies that human beings have no permission to do some of the things on an animal notwithstanding the situation (Bekoff 2009, p. 14). In fact, the animal rights advocacy groups agitate for legislation of non-negotiable prohibition of animal mistreatment. However, there is a growing concern about the specific rights that animals given the fact that majority of definitions have not actually outlined the rights. The issue of animal rights is important especially in the wake of public policies that are informed by the arguments of animal ethics. Just recently, Australia and New Zealand had to cut their exports of animals to Pakistan given the brutality and cruelty that the animals suffered when being slaughtered (Joyce 2014, par. 6). For majority of the activists, animals have intrinsic value and...
Words: 2331 - Pages: 10
...management of an individual's increased risk of breast cancer. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to highlights the arguments on doing predictive breast cancer genetic testing to investigate who is likely to carry a mutation, from ethical and legal perspectives of proponents and opponents...
Words: 568 - Pages: 3
