1st RD

News Clipping Assignment

● Submitting a text entry box

You are required to submit a current news “clipping” from an online newspaper or news magazine of general

circulation that discusses current or recent government ethics violations or questions of professionalism in

government.

● "Current clipping" means that your article should be dated no more than 60 days prior to when the clipping is due.

● Submit a confirmed working link along with a brief (less than 105-word) explanation of why that particular

clipping was chosen and how it relates to the course content.

Do not submit from blogs or non-news sites.

Do not use opinion pieces (often labeled “editorials,” “op-eds,” and “columns”).

It is insufficient to summarize your Clipping’s contents or to write that it is an example of public service professionalism, ethics, or a particular value.

● You should explain one or more ideas you have learned from the current class material and apply it to the information contained in your Clipping.

● Carol W. Lewis, Stuart C. Gilman - The Ethics Challenge in Public Service_ A Problem-Solving Guide (2005) (Textbook)

● Public Service Values (Richard C. Box)(Textbook)

Topics:

● Commitment to Society

● Ethics Credos

● Value Choices

● What is Important?

Read:

● Values text, pp. 163-168 (Value Choices) ● Values text, pp. 144-162 (Commitment to Society) ● https://www.aspanet.org/ASPA/Code-of-Ethics/ASPA/Code-of-Ethics/Code-of-Ethics.aspx?hkey=5b8f0

46b-dcbd-416d-87cd-0b8fcfacb5e7#process ● https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/city/pledge-allegiance

Rubric

Clipping Rubric

Criteria Ratings Pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Permitted Clipping

Clipping is a current story from an online newspaper or magazine

(no blogs, opinion pieces, non-news site, old news, or a 3rd or 4th

clipping about the Trump administration)

10 pts

Full Marks

0 pts

No Marks

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Application of Course Principles

Reflects comprehension of the current course material

15 pts

Full Mark s

0 pts

No Mark s

15 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Explanation and Reasoning

Why you chose this clipping and how it relates to the current class

material (it is insufficient to merely summarize the contents of the

clipping or to write that it is an example of public service

professionalism, ethics, or a particular value)

15 pts

Full Mark s

0 pts

No Mark s

15 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Readability and Grammar 5 pts 0 pts

5 pts

Full Mark s

No Mar ks

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Word limit

Up to 105 words

5 pts

Full Mar ks

0 pts

No Mar ks

5 pts

Total Points: 50

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