Case Study #2

STEM270 Case Study Rubric Course: STEM270 D005 Fall 2025

Criteria Exemplary Accomplished Developing Beginning Did Not Attempt

Criterion Score

Case

Summar

y

/ 10

Stakeho

lders

/ 20

10 points

Case is sum-

marized

with specific

details and a

full citation

with article

title and

URL is

provided.

8.5 points

Case is summa-

rized with details;

article title and

URL provided.

7.5 points

Case is sum-

marized

with limited

information;

article title

and URL

provided.

6.5 points

Two re-

quirements

but not all 3

are pro-

vided: brief

summary, ti-

tle, URL.

0 points

Content is

incomplete

and major

most

topics/points

are missing.

20 points

More than 4

stakeholders

are identi-

fied and

their rela-

tionship

with the

company

listed and

fully

explained.

17 points

At least 4 major

stakeholders are

identified and

their relationship

with the company

summarized.

15 points

2-3 major

stakeholders

listed and

their rela-

tionship

with the

company

explained.

13 points

Less than 2

stakeholders

listed

and/or

stakeholder

relationship

to the com-

pany not

provided.

0 points

Stakeholders

are absent.

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Criteria Exemplary Accomplished Developing Beginning Did Not Attempt

Criterion Score

Case

Final

Outcom

e

/ 20

Moral

Discussi

on

/ 20

20 points

Final out-

come is ex-

plained in

detail, in-

cluding de-

tails pro-

vided by re-

cent or sub-

sequent

articles.

17 points

Final outcome is

explained in

detail.

15 points

Final out-

come is

summarized

in less than

a paragraph.

13 points

Final out-

come is pro-

vided at a

high level

and without

supporting

details.

0 points

Final out-

come is not

provided.

20 points

A moral jus-

tification for

this case is

provided

that refer-

ences spe-

cific ethical

theories and

principles;

this justifi-

cation is

provided in

context of

student's

own moral

compass.

17 points

A moral justifica-

tion is provided

that mentions

ethical principles

and student's

moral compass.

15 points

A moral jus-

tification is

provided in

relation to

student's

moral

compass.

13 points

A moral jus-

tification is

provided

but inde-

pendent of a

moral com-

pass or ethi-

cal

principles.

0 points

Moral dis-

cussion is

not

provided.

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Criteria Exemplary Accomplished Developing Beginning Did Not Attempt

Criterion Score

Leaders

hip

Solution

or

Justifica

tion

/ 2020 points

A leadership

position and

policy are

provided

that would

prevent

such a case

from occur-

ring or pre-

vent a re-

peat; OR an

alternative

approach in-

cluding the

same is pro-

vided that

justified this

scenario.

17 points

A leadership

philosophy/ethical

standard is pro-

vided that would

prevent a repeat

of this case; OR a

philosophy is pro-

vided that would

justify the same

events in the

future.

15 points

A policy is

provided

that would

prevent this

case from

repeating;

OR that jus-

tifies the ac-

tions of this

case.

13 points

A list of

rules is pro-

vided for fu-

ture com-

pany actions

focused on

this case.

0 points

Solution as

"leader" is

not

provided.

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Total / 100

Overall Score

Criteria Exemplary Accomplished Developing Beginning Did Not Attempt

Criterion Score

Formatt

ing,

Gramm

ar,

Punctua

tion &

Spelling

/ 1010 points

Paper con-

tains no er-

rors in

grammar,

punctuation

or spelling.

Formatting

is consistent

and includes

references.

Language is

clear and

precise.

8.5 points

Paper contains

few grammatical,

and a few punctu-

ation and spelling

errors (1-2 unique

errors).

Formatting is con-

sistent and in-

cludes references.

7.5 points

Paper con-

tains few

grammati-

cal, and a

few punctu-

ation and

spelling er-

rors (2-3

unique er-

rors).

Formatting

is consistent

and includes

links to

source

material.

6.5 points

Paper con-

tains few

grammati-

cal, and a

few punctu-

ation and

spelling er-

rors (4-5

unique er-

rors).

Formatting

is inconsis-

tent but in-

cludes links

to sources.

0 points

Paper con-

tains numer-

ous gram-

matical,

punctuation,

and spelling

errors (more

than 5

unique er-

rors). Paper

lacks many

elements of

formatting

such as con-

sistent style

or links to

source

material.

Exemplary 90 points minimum

Accomplished 80 points minimum

Developing 70 points minimum

Beginning 60 points minimum

Did Not

Attempt 0 points minimum

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