Rough Draft/Outline of Ethics Case Study

Ethics Case Study Rubric GBU 358: Business Law and Ethics

Spring 2019

Marginal Proficient Exemplary

Objective: Student will identify and analyze the success of potential legal claims.

☐ - Does not identify significant legal claims. - Offers insufficient legal rules necessary to analyze each claim. - Fails to apply the facts for rule analysis/claim prediction. Significant omissions that obscure clarity.

☐ - Identifies most potential legal claims. - Offers basic legal rules necessary to analyze each claim. - Adequately applies facts for rule analysis/claim prediction. Minor omissions, but none that obscure clarity.

☐ - Identifies all potential legal issues. - Offers all legal rules necessary to analyze each claim and explains them to the reader. - Thoroughly and clearly applies all facts for rule analysis/claim prediction. No omissions.

Objective: Student will identify and analyze ethical/social obligations supporting disclosure.

☐ - Does not identify significant dilemmas. - Fails to offer (or sufficiently explain) applicable ethical principles AND social responsibility arguments favoring disclosure. - Fails to consider the consequences of applying each ethical principle or social responsibility argument favoring disclosure.

☐ - Identifies the most significant dilemmas. - Offers some applicable ethical principles AND arguments favoring social responsibility. - Sufficiently explains the consequences of applying each ethical principle or social responsibility argument favoring disclosure.

☐ - Identifies all dilemmas. - Offers numerous applicable ethical principles AND arguments favoring social responsibility. Explains them to the reader. - Thoroughly explains the consequences of applying each ethical principle or social responsibility argument favoring disclosure.

Objective: Student will identify and analyze ethical/social obligations opposing disclosure.

☐ - Does not identify significant dilemmas. - Fails to offer or sufficiently explain applicable ethical principles AND social responsibility arguments opposing disclosure. - Fails to consider the consequences of applying each ethical principle or social responsibility argument opposing disclosure.

☐ - Identifies the most significant dilemmas. - Offers some applicable ethical principles AND social responsibility arguments opposing disclosure. - Sufficiently explains the consequences of applying each ethical principle or social responsibility argument opposing disclosure.

☐ - Identifies all dilemmas. - Offers numerous applicable ethical principles AND arguments opposing social responsibility. Explains them to the reader. - Thoroughly explains the consequences of applying each ethical principle or social responsibility argument opposing disclosure.

Objective: Student will demonstrate and explain his or her ethical awareness.

☐ - Does not clearly state preference regarding disclosure. - Offers minimal explanation for position. Little to no supporting justification.

☐ - Clearly states preference regarding disclosure. - Offers adequate explanation for position. Some supporting justification.

☐ - Clearly states preference regarding disclosure. - Offers significant explanation for position. Significant justification with detailed reasoning.

Objective: Student uses ethical principles to formulate solutions.

☐ - Does not formulate and implement a clear resolution plan regarding disclosure. - Offers minimal explanation to support methods of resolution. Little to no justification.

☐ - Formulates a resolution plan that adequately explains the execution of decisions regarding disclosure. - Offers sufficient explanation to support methods of resolution. Some supporting justification and reliance on ethical/social principles.

☐ - Formulates a resolution plan that explains, in detail, the execution of decisions regarding disclosure. - Offers significant explanation to support methods of resolution. Significant justification and reliance on ethical/social principles.