Assignment 2: Workplace Ethics

Assignment 2: Workplace Ethics
Due Week 4 and worth 275 points

Overview
This assignment will give you the opportunity to choose a case study, and then write about the ethical implications and the impact of the events that are described. Each case study includes a set of questions that you should answer. You can choose either Case Study 9.1: Unprofessional Conduct, or Case Study 8.4: Have Gun Will Travel. 

You will be graded on the following criteria:

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze the questions associated with your chosen case      study and discuss them using concepts you learned in this course.
2. Explain your rationale for each of your answers to your      chosen case study.
3. Format your assignment according to the following      formatting requirements:
   1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size       12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   2. Include a cover page containing the title of the       assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course       title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page       length.
   3. Cite your textbook as a reference.
   4. Include a reference page. Citations and references       must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the       required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Determine the considerations for and process of ethical      business decision making to balance corporate and social responsibilities      and address moral, economic, and legal concerns.
• Analyze selected business situations using the      predominant ethical theories, such as utilitarian, Kantian, and virtue      ethics to guide ethical business decision making.
• Determine the implications and impact of various civil      liberty laws in the workplace, such as hiring, promotion, discipline,      discharge, and wage discrimination.
• Use technology and information resources to research      issues in business ethics.
• Write clearly and concisely about business ethics using      proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric.

Choose one (1) of the following case studies for Assignment 2:

Case 9.1: Unprofessional Conduct?
Located on page 342 of your textbook

1. Do you believe the Board of Education violated her      right to privacy? Were they justified in firing her? Explain two to three      (2-3) major reasons why or why not.
2. Was Pettit’s behavior unprofessional or immoral? Do      you believe she was unfit to teach? Provide a rationale for your position.
3. If teachers have good performance inside the classroom,      should they also be held to a higher moral standard outside the classroom?      Explain why or why not. 
4. Analyze five (5) behaviors you believe would show      unprofessional or immoral conduct for a teacher.

Case 8.4: Have Gun, Will Travel…to Work
Located on page 312 of your textbook

1. Do you have not only a legal, but a moral right to own      a gun? Do you believe that you have either a moral or a legal right to      park a car with a loaded gun in a privately owned parking lot, regardless      of what the lot’s owner wants?
2. In your view, do employees have either a moral or a      legal right to park cars with guns in them in the company parking lot?      What do you believe should be the property rights and safety concerns of      employers?
3. Do you think state legislatures are right to get      involved, or should the matter be left to companies and employees to      settle? 
4. Because the workplace is the company’s private      property, the company could choose to allow employees to bring guns not      only into the parking lot, but also into the workplace itself. Are there      ever circumstances in which doing so might be reasonable? Or would the      presence of guns automatically violate the rights of other employees to be      guaranteed a safe working environment?