Assignment: Personal Code of Ethics Essay

Assignment: Personal Code of Ethics Essay

For this assignment, you will refine your personal code of ethics. Include 4-5 tenets drawn from course readings and other sources. Your code will include a) an explanation and justification of each tenet; b) a description of why this is an important tenet for a public administrator and c) a discussion of challenges that would arise in complying with the code, i.e., circumstances that would make it hard to follow each tenet of the code. For example, if one of your tenets is “to serve the public justly” you would need to:

1. describe if that is a deontological, teleological, or virtues-based ethical tenet and describe why (include citations!);

2. discuss why this is an important tenet for a public administrator;

3. describe challenges with enforcing this tenet. Also, think of situations where it may be necessary to violate this tenet and what that might look like.

This essay should be 4-5 pages, double spaced.

Please review the grading rubric associated with this assignment. See How do I view the rubric for this assignment? (Links to an external site.)

Please also view this video with additional instructions: Video Walk-Through (Links to an external site.)   (this video was filmed during a separate semester, but the content remains the same - refer to the syllabus for the weight of the assignment and other relevant instructions).

This assignment must be submitted with Turnitin. Please review How to submit a Turnitin Assignment and how to review the Grademark comments (feedback) from your professor.

 

Here are some tips for organization:

· INTRODUCTION

· Briefly introduce your 4 to 5 tenets and what you will be discussing in the paper.

· TENET 1 Introduce your tenet here (e.g. Justice, Honesty, etc…) Describe if this tenet is deontological (duty-based); teleological (consequence-based), or virtuebased and WHY (use sources here) Discuss why this is an important tenet for a public administrator Describe challenges with enforcing this tenet – use sources here as needed Discuss situations where it may be necessary to violate this tenet and what that might look like Transition sentence into the next tenet.

· Repeat the above steps for Tenets 2-5.

· CONCLUSION

· End the paper with a conclusion. Summarize what you have learned.

· REFERENCES

· List your references here in APA format.

· Be sure to proofread and to cite your sources!