Global Ethics Project 1

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Date

PHIL3240: Ethics: A Global Perspective

Community Project Outline

Professor Name

Community Project Outline Replace all BLUE text with your own information

I. Introduction

A. Statement of the problem

1. The Community. Describe the community. Include, for example:

a. Population demographics (age, race, ethnicity, socio-economic, etc.)

i. Reference: List source

b. Poverty rate

i. Reference: List source

c. Unemployment rate

i. Reference: List source

d. Minimum wage

i. Reference: List source

e. Education level

i. Reference: List source

f. Current social issues facing this community?

i. Reference: List source

g. Current health issues facing this community?

i. Reference: List source

h. Other data relevant to your identified problem

i. Reference: List source

ii. Reference: List source

2. The Problem. Describe the problem you have identified (must be a topic related to our study of global ethics and be a need in your area)

a. Reference: List source

b. Reference: List source

3. Existing programs and strategies. Describe what is currently being to done to address this problem in your area - What efforts and/or organizations are already working on this issue? What are the gaps – why are these efforts not sufficient to address the need?

a. Reference: List source

b. Reference: List source

B. Proposed NEW organization

1. Purpose: What is the purpose of your organization – what specific issue will it address?

2. Mission Statement: What is your organization’s Mission Statement?

3. Goals: What are the specific GOALS of your organization related to the identified problem?

4. Strategies: Explain exactly what the people that work for your organization will do to meet the organization’s goals and address the need you have identified.

5. Ethical Framework: What is the guiding ethical framework of your organization? Are you going to view your problem proposed solutions through the lens of a Moral theory (Utilitarianism, Kantianism, Virtue Ethics), Political theory (Cosmopolitanism, including Rawls’ principles of international morality), or Rights theory? How does the ethical framework you choose connect to the mission?

II. Poster Design

List the headings of each section that you are going to include on your poster. There are five required sections, you may put them in any order on your poster: Community, Problem, Organization (and its services), Ethical Framework, and References. On your poster you may title these sections however you wish. For example, your “Community” Section might be titled “Apple Valley, NC – A Vibrant Community with a Troubling Problem” Or simply, “Apple Valley, NC.” Ideas for optional sections include a timeline of the problem’s development, a list of related statistics, or a “snapshot” of a person (or animal?) served by your organization.

Section 1: The Community: Your Section Title

Section 2: The Problem: Your Section Title

Section 3: The Organization (and its services): Your Section Title

Section 4: The Ethical Framework: Your Section Title

Section 5: References

Section 6: (optional): Your Section Title

Section 7: (optional): Your Section Title

Section 8: (optional) Your Section Title

III. Works Cited

What sources are you using? Organize them here even if they are also listed in Section I – this will make writing your final Works Cited page much easier.

Example, MLA format:

Widdows, Heather. Global Ethics : An Introduction. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.