Each student is assigned an Ethical
Analysis case from the Shaw and Barry textbook. The Ethical
Analysis case is completed on Word and uploaded onto the Discussion
Board as assigned in the Schedule of Assignments. Each student
also provides a short summary of his or her Ethical Analysis as part of
his or her Discussion Board discussion for that assignment.
Finally, each student responds to ethical analysis of at least one
other student (addressing another case), and participates in further
discussion on the Discussion Board. This page provides step by
step guidance for the Ethical Analysis assignment.
Step One. Locate your
case and read through it a few times from beginning to end. Cases
are assigned based on the last digit of each student's Wayne State
University student number, as follows:
| Students whose Student Numbers End in: |
Case Number and Name
|
| 0 |
Case 8.6 ("Union Discrimination") |
| 1 |
Case 9.3 {"She Snoops to Conquer")
|
| 2 |
Case 9.4 {"Protecting the Unborn at Work") |
| 3 |
Case 9.5 {"The Mommy Track") |
| 4 |
Case 10.2 ("Profiting on Columns Prior to Publication")
|
| 5 |
Case 10.3 ("Two Who Made Waves for the Navy") |
| 6 |
Case 10.4 ("The Housing Allowance") |
| 7 |
Case 11.1 ("Minority Set-Asides") |
| 8 |
Case 11.2 ("Hoop Dreams") |
| 9 |
Case 11.3 ("Raising the Ante")
|
Step Two:
Download the
Ethical Analysis Template from the Course Documents section of
Blackboard. Enter your name, but not your student number or any
other identifying or personal information, at the upper right corner of
the document. Save the document onto your own computer, hard
drive, or storage device with a file name that includes the case
number, the first initial of your first name, and your last name,
separated by hyphens. For example, if a student named John
Nopzinger has a student number that ends in zero, his assigned case
is Case 8.6 ("Union Discrimination"). The MS Word document file
name for his Ethical
Analysis is: Case-8-6-J-Nopzinger.doc.
Step Three: Complete your
ethical analysis by providing detailed and thoughtful answers to each
of questions on the Ethical Analysis template. Provide each
answer on the Ethical Analysis Template immediately after each
question. Skip a line between the question and your answer, and
skip a line between your answer and the next question. Make sure
that you provide complete and full answers to each question, in your
own words. Feel free to do as much outside reading and research as you
find helpful as you work on your analysis. As you do, refer to
any outside sources with a proper
reference citation. Also add a works cited
page at the end of your Ethical Analysis, and properly cite - in the
Turabiancitation format -- any outside web pages,
articles, or other resources that you draw from in your Ethical
Analysis.
Step Four:
Enter your
Ethical Analysis discussion thread onto the Discussion
Board. The Subject line of
your thread should include the case number and your name. For
example, the Subject of the discussion thread for John Nopzinger's
Ethical Analysis would be, "Case 8.6 Ethical Analysis - John
Nopzinger" (without the quotation marks). Attach your Ethical Analysis
MS Word document file to the discussion. As part of the Message
of
your discussion, label and provide a copy of your (a) Case Summary; (b)
Issue, and (c) Ethical Rule. (Do not include the questions, just your
own case summary, issue, and rule, with each part labeled as
such.) Then add any observations,
comments, or other thoughts about the case that you would care to offer.
Step Five:
Step Five should be
completed after 6:00 p.m. on the due date so that all students will
have already submitted their Ethical Analysis. Add 1 to your
student number, and locate another student's Ethical Analysis of the
case associated with that student number from the table at
Step One, above. If no other student
has been
assigned that case, move down the list until you find another
case. For example, John Nopzinger, whose student number ends in
0, would locate a Case 9.3 Ethical Analysis completed by a student
whose student number ends in 1. If an Ethical Analysis of Case
9.3 has not been completed, Mr. Nopzinger would locate a Case 9.4
Ethical Analysis completed by a student whose student number ends in 2,
etc. If more than one student has completed an Ethical Analysis
for a case you have located at Step Five, respond to the student with
no responses (or with the fewest responses). Carefully read
through that student's assigned case (in the Shaw and Barry textbook)
several times, and then download and
carefully read that student's Ethical Analysis. As you see fit,
consider doing some outside reading and research in connection with
that student's case. Then respond on the
Discussion Board to that student's Ethical Analysis by replying
with a substantive observation, recommendation (including, as
appropriate, any recommendations regarding additional readings,
references, web pages, or other resources that might be helpful),
critique, disagreement,
or other similar response that will lead to further thoughtfulness and
discussion. A reply that amounts to little more than "I agree" or
"Good job" will not qualify for this part of the assignment. It
is important that you add something of value to the other student's
Ethical Analysis, in the form of constructive criticism, disagreement,
critical observation, research, or other thoughtful response. Be
respectful, but help lead the thinking to a new level.
Step Six:
Enter at least two
other replies on the Discussion Board, in response to your own Ethical
Analysis comments, or another student's Ethical Analysis, or some
combination of the above. This is a collaborative exercize. Feel
free to enter into an ongoing discussion that might continue for
several days.
