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Ashford University Assignment Submision Week 1 Assignment

Counterargument Paper

This paper assignment expands upon your Week One Assignment and prepares you for the Final Paper. The expansion is to learn to improve one’s argument after investigating and fairly representing the opposite point of view. The main new tasks are to revise your previous argument created in Week One, to present a counterargument (an argument for a contrary conclusion), and to develop an objection to your original argument.

Here are the steps to prepare to write the counterargument paper:

In your paper,

• Present a revised argument in standard form, with each premise and the conclusion on a separate line.
• Present a counterargument in standard form, with each premise and the conclusion on a separate line.
• Provide support for each premise of your counterargument. Clarify the meaning of the premise and supporting evidence for the premise.
• Pay special attention to those premises that could be seen as controversial. Evidence may include academic research sources, supporting arguments, or other ways of demonstrating the truth of the premise (for more ideas about how to support the truth of premises take a look at the instructor guidance for this week). This section should include at least one scholarly research source. For guidance about how to develop a conclusion see the Ashford Writing Center’s Introductions and Conclusions.
• Explain how the conclusion of the counterargument follows from its premises. [One paragraph]
• Discuss the primary points of disagreement between sincere and intelligent proponents of both sides. [One to two paragraphs]
• For example, you might list any premises or background assumptions on which you think such proponents would disagree and briefly state what you see as the source of the disagreement, you could give a brief explanation of any reasoning that you think each side would find objectionable, or you could do a combination of these.
• Present the best objectionto your original argument. Clearly indicate what part of the argument your objection is aimed at, and provide a paragraph of supporting evidence for the objection. Reference at least one scholarly research source. [One to two paragraphs]
• See the “Practicing Effective Criticism” section of Chapter 9 of your primary textbook for more information about how to present an objection.

For further instruction on how to create arguments, see the How to Construct a Valid Main Argument and Tips for Creating an Inductively Strong Argument documents as well as the video Constructing Valid Arguments.

For an example of how to complete this paper, take a look at the following Week Three Annotated Example. Let your instructor know if you have questions about how to complete this paper.

The Counterargument Paper

• Must be 500 to 800 words in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (for more information about using APA style, take a look at the APA Essay Checklist for Students webpage).
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
• The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (for more information about how to create an APA reference list, take a look at the APA References List webpage).
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

week one assignment

Employees’ Social Media Conduct
In a world that is progressively developing innovatively wise, web and informal
organizations have meddled with human security. The web has lessened the world into a
worldwide town, as web-based social networking empowers social collaborations and sharing of
data, occasions and exercises with individuals we know or don't know from various parts of the
world. Thus, businesses are progressively utilizing online networking to screen their specialists
conduct outside their working premises. Seemingly, representatives convey their boss' picture and
mark and will probably impact recognitions and states of mind towards their boss both at work
and far from work (Pearson, 2010). It is in this manner appropriate for businesses to deal with their
picture by observing and making disciplinary move against workers whose online networking
behavior may demolish the organization's picture. There are counter contentions to this view
however, subsequently the question; should it be lawful for bosses to train or terminate
representatives on the premise of substance disclosed on interpersonal organizations regardless of
the possibility that the action was not done at work.
Employees’ conducts outside work premises have the potential of ruining the company’s
or brand’s image regardless of whether they were acting independently or mandated to act that
way (Qualman, 2010). As such, employers, who are mostly in business, are expected to protect
their companies by frequently monitoring their employees’ social media behavior that may directly
or indirectly ruin their reputation or interfere with their profession. A teacher for example, who
uses vulgar language in social media, may have his or her students seeing their profile, hence a
negative influence. The popular Nickelodeon sponsored program ‘Sam and Cat’ came to an end
when nude images of a main character Sam; Jeannette McCurdy went viral on social media. Her
contract was terminated in consideration of the company’s image as a children brand.
 It is virtually impossible to separate social media conduct from professional ethics as
employees conduct may show their ethical behavior at work (Kaplan & Heinlein, 2010). It is
therefore right to punish employees who may portray the employers negatively through their social
media content. However, others may argue that action taken against such employees is
unreasonable since it acts on assumptions that their behavior reflects on their ethics or ruins the
employer’s image. Qualman (2010) argues that there is a mother-child relationship between the
employer and the employee, where a spoilt child shows a weak mother. Hence, negative social
media conduct could cause negative public perceptions towards the employee’s employer.
Unfortunately, some employees tend to use social media to communicate negative
messages about their employer. While some of these messages may be innocently written or lightly
written to evoke humor, some of them are malicious and intended to highlight the employer’s
weaknesses (Kaplan & Haenlein, 2010). Failure to monitor employees’ social media conduct may
allow the spread of such messages that may cause negative public attitudes towards the employer,
hence ruining their business. It is therefore important that the employer take disciplinary action
against such employers to save on their reputation and encourage them to use proper channels to
air out their dissatisfaction.
Conclusively, employers have the solemn right to defend their brand’s image. How they
do is solely up to them, as the owners of the business and the major sufferers whenever the
company is ruined. To protect their investment, it is important that they monitor their employees’
social media conduct outside work that may directly or indirectly ruin the company’s performance.
It is therefore right for employers to take action against employees who may post messages or
images in social media that may be damaging to their employers’ reputation.                
Reference List
Kaplan