Ethics Case Study: The Ethical Dilemma of Paying College Athletes

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Management Ethics

Case Study Requirements Each case is worth 100/1000 points (10% of course grade)

The following is the REQUIRED format for your case study papers. The following are the minimum

case study requirements:

Each case study MUST consist of at least four pages (no more than five). Cover page (one page) - A 10 point penalty will be deducted from the case study grade if any of the following information is not included:

 Your name (Please don’t make me guess your identity)

 Date

 Name of course

 The case study name

For your case study paper, include the following components in your finalized submittal in the

following order and use them as Section Headings (USING BOLD TYPE) for formatting your

submittal. (Use the italicized terms below as your section headings). Then write your paper in complete

sentences in third person voice using a narrative writing style.

NOTE: This is a written business case study. Therefore, proper spelling, punctuation,

capitalization, etc. are REQUIRED. This is not a series of text or Twitter messages!

Content Pages (2-3 pages: a minimum of 750 words but no more than 1000 words of

content).

1. Provide an Executive Summary of the case by summarizing your report- not the case itself. Must be clear and concise and be at least one paragraph. NOTE: This will be the last section written when

preparing your case study. (11 points)

2. Identify the Statement of Immediate (obvious) Problem (s) (your company’s issues) including the root cause of the immediate problem, and the secondary problem(s) that may not be solved when immediate

problem is solved. (11 points)

3. Describe your company’s Situation (SWOT) Analysis by explaining at least three items for each element (23 points) a) Strengths (internal with company control)

b) Weaknesses (internal with company control)

c) Opportunities (external with no company control)

d) Threats (external with no company control)

4. Explained your ethics decisions based on the attached Ethics Decision making metric

5. Provide an Action Plan for this case including how to prevent a future similar occurrence. Must include

what should be done by whom, why it should be done and how it should be done. Should include a

contingency plan should problems arise. (23 points)

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Endnotes (one separate page): Minimum of three (3= grade of ‘C’) but no more than 5 quality endnotes. (5 points as part of the Grammar grade) Note: This is your original analysis and solution. Tjherefore, a

maximum of 20% of your case study submittal can be direct quotes or paraphrasing another’s work. A one

point penalty for each percentage point above the 20% maximum will be assessed.

In the Content Section, place an Arabic numeral by the information to be cited. Repeat the number on the Endnotes

Page. Identify from which entry in your bibliography you obtained the data. Include the page number(s) of the

reference.

What to endnote: Information not commonly known such as facts, dates, quotes etc.

Please use only Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.) One point penalty per entry for using Roman numerals.

Internet: Supply URL address including all appropriate extensions.

When in doubt—END NOTE! Place end notes on a separate page.

Do not insert endnotes in the body of your content. Only the endnote number. For end notes examples, please see the ‘A’ graded papers attached in Blackboard.

Five point penalty if correct endnotes format is not followed.

Five point penalty will be assessed for Endnotes page not submitted on a separate page.

GRAMMAR REQUIREMENTS (10 points) (One (1) point penalty for each

violation of these basic directions.)

 Document MUST be left justified in a portrait format.

 Black (no other color!) 12 point Times New Roman or Arial typeface only. (Five (5) point penalty for each page submitted with any color other than black).

 No background color on any page is acceptable. A five (5) point penalty will assessed for each page that contains a background color.

 Write in third person voice (he, she, it, the company, etc.) only. Do not use first person (I, we, and us) or second person (you, them) voice.

 Your content MUST be broken into paragraphs. The first line of all paragraphs should be indented.

Whole blocks of type are not acceptable. A 5 point penalty per page submitted with no paragraphs.

 Numbers 10 or larger, type the number. Less than 10, type the word (one, two, etc.)

 Financial figures are to be written as $50 (not fifty dollars); $1,500 (not one thousand, five hundred dollars); $1M (not one million dollars); $3.2B (not three billion, two hundred million dollars).

 Never end your sentence with a preposition like ‘to, from, by, with, between, before, after or during’. (E.g. The company could not have anticipated where the threat came from.)

 Always use italics for the name of a source (magazine, book or newspaper title) e.g. Wall St. Journal.

 NEVER use the words ‘sticking’ (instead use ‘placing’ or ‘inserting’ the product into the market); ‘everyone’ (no product appeals to/or is used by everyone-ever!), ‘stocks’ (it is ‘stock’) or ‘came up with’

(use ‘developed’).

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 Always capitalize the first letter of proper names.

 When you attach your project to the online drop box, use SINGLE MS Word file or PDF attachment IN THE ORDER YOU WANT IT PRINTED AND READ. No multiple MS Word or PDF file attachments

will be accepted. (10 point penalty per attachment for multiple documents submission).

 Always include page numbers on the bottom right corner of each page.

 Text MUST be double spaced. A 5 point penalty per page not double spaced.

 It is REQUIRED that you follow the style provided in the following wiki: http://valenciacommunicationscenter.wikispaces.com/

Business Student Writer’s Manual is available upon request.

HOW YOUR PAPER WILL BE GRADED:

It is YOUR responsibility to follow ALL the Case Study Requirements. If you choose not

to follow the specific requirements and choose to write about another assignment, you

have failed this case study.

All Case Studies MUST be submitted in the designated course Blackboard Dropbox.

It is YOUR responsibility to ensure that your document is MS Word compatible or PDF.

RTF and WP files are NOT compatible.

If I cannot open your attached file, your document is late.

Any paper submitted after the deadline will be penalized one full grade (15 points) per day submitted

past the published deadline clearly stated in the course syllabus.

No case study will be accepted five days or more past the published deadline. Case studies

submitted past this point earn a 0 for that case study grade.

See page 4 (below) for specific details

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Criteria

Did Not Meet

Requirements

69% and below

Partially Met

Requirements

70-79% C

Meets Minimum

Requirements

80-89% B

Proficient

90-100% A

1. Described your

company’s issues and

problems to be solved.

22 points

Did not submit or

minimally described

your company’s issues

and problems to be

solved.

Partially described

your company’s

issues and problems

to be solved.

Briefly described

your company’s

issues and problems

to be solved.

Satisfactorily

described your

company’s issues

and problems to be

solved.

1. 2. Described your company’s Situation

(SWOT) Analysis by

explaining at least three

items for each element.

23 points

Did not submit or

minimally described

your company’s

Situation (SWOT)

Analysis by explaining

at least three items for

each element.

Partially described

your company’s

Situation (SWOT)

Analysis by

explaining at least

three items for each

element.

Briefly described

your company’s

Situation (SWOT)

Analysis by

explaining at least

three items for each

element.

Satisfactorily

described your

company’s Situation

(SWOT) Analysis

by explaining at

least three items for

each element.

3. Explained your ethics

decisions based on

Carroll’s global social

responsibility pyramid

22 points

Did not submit or

minimally described

your ethics decisions

based on the pyramid

Partially described

how you would

approach your ethics

decisions based on

the pyramid

Briefly described

how you would

approach your ethics

decisions based on

the pyramid

Satisfactorily

described how you

approach your ethics

decisions based on

the pyramid

4. Provided an action

plan for this case

including how to prevent

a future similar

occurrence.

23 points

Did not submit or

minimally provided an

action plan for this

case including how to

prevent a future

similar occurrence.

Partially provided an

action plan for this

case including how to

prevent a future

similar occurrence.

Briefly provided an

action plan for this

case including how to

prevent a future

similar occurrence.

Satisfactorily

provided an action

plan for this case

including how to

prevent a future

similar occurrence.

5. Clarity, writing (third

person voice), mechanics,

and formatting

requirements.

10 points

More than 10 errors

present = 0 points!!

8-9 errors 4-7 errors 0-3 errors