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Ethics 360 Assignment - Word Documents only

Ethics Description:

Ethics Learning Outcome

Students should be able to:

1. Understand and distinguish between the following terms:
   1. Moral
   2. Ethical
   3. Values
   4. Legal
2. Describe the following major ethical approaches:
   1. Kant
   2. Utilitarian
   3. Virtues/Aristotle
   4. Confucian
   5. Golden Rule
3. Describe their personal values, ethics, and morals.
4. Be able to analyze the ethical issues in a case (in general, and in particular the following two cases):
   1. Create a personal life case analysis for your life. What did you do? How would you have done it differently?
   2. What major 2-3 issues will you encounter in your career/industry/field, and how will you deal with them?

Educational Approach:

1. Introduce students to the terms and major approaches in ethics
2. Develop the ability to analyze ethical cases
3. Master a personal ethical approach through case thinking and self-analysis.

Assessment

We are using the DIT ethical test to measure students' abilities to analyze the ethical issues in a case. This will be administered as a pre-test in MGMT 110 (Law), and as a post-test in the MGMT 461 (leadership).

Suggested Approaches

We do not intend to teach a particular ethical approach. Instead, we ensure that students are able to understand the basic theories and term, analyze the ethical issues in particular situations, and describe their own ethical approach (in general and for specific issues).

Business ethics is built on the general field of ethics in general, but is expanded through an intense focus on disciplines of management, accounting, and marketing. It is important that students understand the issues in each of these areas by the time they graduate, and that they will have formulated a personal approach to dealing with these issues.

The Assignment:

This is a two part assignment

Part 1: Watch the following videos before class. Come prepared to debate each approach for a particular case.

Read the page at http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/decision/framework.html

Kant:

Play Video

Utilitarian:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JdtWu4Cqx1Y

Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics:

Play Video

Confucius:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=O--AFCI4HCU#!

The Golden Rule:

Play Video

Part 2: After the class debate, you are required to write a 2-3 page reflective paper on the following topics.

• Summarize your assigned ethical position.
• What did you learn from the discussion?
• What position do you personally hold on this topic?
• What ethical theory is it most similar to?

The below rubric will be used in grading your paper:

MGMT110 Ethics Grading Rubric (AB)

Assignment   requirements

Excellent

Good

Needs Improvement

Weak

Development

Max. 1 point

Relevant and varied kinds of supporting details clearly   focused on thesis. Evidence is persuasive and detailed.

1.0

Relevant evidence but not always effectively explained or   analyzed. Appropriate examples but may lack depth.

.75

Evidence is too general or lacks connection to the   thesis. Insufficient analysis or superficial examples.

.50

Evidence is off topic or missing. Few examples, facts,   statistics or expert opinion that develop thesis or support the argument.

.25

Critical Analysis

Max. 1 point

Sophisticated understanding and insightful analysis of   topic. Fresh perspective on topic. Insightful application of ethical   theories.

1.0

Some insightful and thoughtful analysis of topic. Ideas   are clear, but analysis may be general. Ethical theories adequately applied.

.75

Analysis is superficial, underdeveloped or repetitive.   Some ethical theories mentioned, but not sufficiently applied to analysis.

.50

Little or no depth or understanding of topic. Essay is   more of report than an analysis. Little to no ethical theory used to analyze   the topic.

.25

Logic and Organization

Max. 1 point

Paragraphs are logically and persuasively organized to   provide a coherent and unified argument for the thesis.

1.0

Each paragraph has a topic sentence. Organization is   logical and easy to follow but may follow a formulaic structure.

.75

Some parag. may lack a topic sentence or a point that   supports the thesis or drift off topic. TSs are rather week for most of them.

.50

Little or no logic in paragraph organization. Paragraphs   may be unrelated to one another or do not support thesis.

.25

Conclusion

Max. 1 point

Insightful, thought-provoking, and reflective

comments.

1.0

Developed and thoughtful if not keenly perceptive

.75

Underdeveloped. Simple summary of essay’s ideas.

.50

Overly brief or missing. Simply repeating thesis.

.25