essay and presentation

ASSIGNMENT: Write an essay in which you compare and contrast an ethical and unethical person, organization, occupation, or company.  

Topics are from the in class lists we generated. Apple, St Jude’s, etc. If in doubt, please ask me.

Tell me:

Why you consider your subjects to be ethical or unethical. Describe the situation fully.

Who the affected parties are, how they are affected and the decision process if known.

Discuss the consequences of the behaviors.

Discuss alternative options which were available, if any.

How was cost or profit affected?

You should also discuss the situations from a utilitarian, rights, justice and caring perspective, 

FORMAT: Six to Ten  pages double-spaced – no shorter – using Arial 10 or Times

New Roman 11 

ASSUMPTIONS: you may make realistic assumptions to provide further detail to 

your analysis. 

COVER Both ETHICAL AND ETHICAL SIDES: Present a careful and thorough analysis comparing and contrasting both the ethical and unethical.

I expect:

An Introductory paragraph

A paragraph discussing the ethical

A second paragraph discussing the unethical

A paragraph comparing the two and another paragraph contrasting them

The final paragraph should be a summary

PRESENTATION

Your presentation should be between 

5  and 8 minutes. I strongly suggest multiple practice sessions.

I expect you to use PowerPoint. I also want a copy of your ppt before your presentation.

The first slide should be a title slide with your name, topic and number

As a suggestion, the remaining slides could look like:

You second should discuss your ethical 

The third the unethical

The forth should compare 

The fifth should contrast

The final should be a summary

You may add additional slides where appropriate. Please note that NO SLIDE will have more than 7 bullets and no bullet will have no more than 7 words (NEU’s 7x7 rule)

Presentations will be made in random order.

GRADING STANDARDS: 

(1) Thinking: well-organized essay with clear transitions, easy to read; 

good logical flow, with each point following from the last; intelligent 

content/analysis with no fluff or repetition; 

(2) Writing: easy-to-read, short sentences, making clear transitions from 

one point to the next / one paragraph to the next; correct grammar, punctuation; 

use of exactly the right words – including prepositions, conjunctions, and longer 

words and phrases. 

You are to be dressed in professional attire for this presentation.

I suggest you have a team captain. I also require that each team member has their name on their portion of the final paper.

The name of any individual providing help or input to this paper must be included with their email address. (tutors, writing lab, etc.)