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Main Area

Sub-Areas

Poor 0 points

Fair 5 points

Good 10 points

Identification

of Issue and Relevant Features

Identification of Basic Ethically problematic situation

Student does not attempt to identify problematic situation at all

Student identifies situation but not with most apt identification.

Student may provide confusing description

Student clearly identifies problematic situation, and chooses a good, clear description of the situation

Determining ethically relevant features of the situation

Student does not pick out and discuss ethically relevant features of the situation, or does so but for the most part gets them wrong.

Student focuses entirely on irrelevant features.

Student determines some of the relevant features of the situation.

Student may focus on some irrelevant features, but also focuses on some relevant features.

Student determines most or all the relevant features of the situation, and explains to some degree why these are relevant

Knowledge of Topics

Understanding of subject matter of case

Student clearly has no knowledge of the topic, or gets basic facts of the case wrong

Student demonstrates some basic knowledge of the topic

Student clearly demonstrates knowledge of the topic and discusses the case thoroughly

Considering alternative decisions/

actions/ policies

Student does not consider any other decisions/ actions/ policies than those of the person in the case makes/does

Student considers one alternative decision/ action/ policy, but does not examine whether it would be a better course of action

Student considers at least one alternative decision/ action/ policy, and examine which course would be better

Application of Ethical Theories/

Systems

Understanding ethical theories

Student does not identify any ethical theories used, or identifies theories but does not correctly describe their main focus or principles

Student identifies and correctly describes main focus or principles of one or two ethical theories

Student identifies and correctly describes main focus or principles of three or more ethical theories

Application of ethical theories

Student does not apply any of the ethical theories, or applies some but incorrectly

Student correctly applies one or two ethical theories to case

Student correctly applies three or more ethical theories to case, and ideally discusses which theories are most applicable

Determining Outcomes or Consequences of Decision

Identifying likely outcomes

Student does not identify any likely outcomes of the decision

Student identifies some but not all likely outcomes of the decision

Student identifies near all to all likely outcomes of decision employing a variety of viewpoints

Identifying stakeholders possibly affected

Student does not identify any stakeholders

Student identifies only a few stakeholders possibly affected

Student identifies most of stakeholders possibly affected

Determining positive or negative effects & consequences for stakeholders

Student does not consider positive or negative effects & consequences, or does so for only one stakeholder

Student considers some positive or negative effects & consequences, but leaves some out; or focuses on less probable ones

Student realistically considers range of positive and negative effects & consequences