311 Week 7 A / For WIZARD KIM

How to Organize the Elements of your Paper

The following outline is suggested to assist you in your preparation of the Week 7 Paper. APA format is required for your paper and citations. Use feedback from your Week 5 Assignment. For additional guidance on setting up your paper per APA requirements, please refer to APA Guidelines. I have provided an APA Paper-Writing Tips PowerPoint that shows you how to set up your title page, header, page numbering, headings, and references, as well as guidance for how to cite specific types of resources. For additional sources on writing, go to the Success Center on the left-hand navigation list of the classroom.

· Title Page

· Abstract – This is on its own page

· Text of paper – Starts on a new page. Organize along the following. Use headings

I. Introduction to the paper. This should be a paragraph opening that explains the subject of the paper and a thesis statement. The reader should understand from this paragraph the topic, scope and thesis. (Note: Do not use 1st person!)

This introduction will briefly introduce the company that is the topic of the paper, the ethical dilemma, and related legal topics that will be covered.

Note: you do not need to have a heading that says “Introduction”

II. [Heading] [Company’s] Ethical Dilemma

Explain and analyze the problem and clearly state the ethical dilemma

Include the “key players” – e.g. government agencies if involved, decision makers, (See Rubric)

III. [Heading] Milton Friedman’s Theory of Free Market Ethics

Explain Friedman’s theory, including concept of corporate social responsibility and Friedman’s limited view of it

Explain how this company’s actions exhibit (or not) Friedman’s approach to business and whether Friedman would have approved.

IV. [Heading] An Alternate Ethical Framework

If [Company] had utilized the ____________ ethical theory in this situation the disaster could have been avoided.

Define the framework you have selected.

Provide examples of how this framework works in application.

Explain how the Company should have acted in applying this ethical theory in its situation and how it would have changed the outcome.

Describe takeaway lesson from this situation for business managers.

V. [Heading] Other Relevant Legal Theories.

You are to select and discuss three other legal theories relevant to the Company. Include a subheading for each.

Define each theory and explain its application to the Company. This can be one paragraph each.

Vi. [Heading] Conclusion

Summarize the ethical dilemma and your recommendations for business to have ethical policy and educate its managers in its application.

· [Heading] References

This is its own page, double spaced, in the APA formatting required. You must have full APA citations, not a listing of URLs! Avoid dictionaries and encyclopedias. Use your required readings and scholarly research sources.

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