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Your last project is an Ethics Case Report. It is assigned the first day of class and due the last day of class because it is designed to be cumulative for the whole course, covering all lectures, readings, slides, Ethics MiniModules, Canvas information, documentaries, debates, etc.
(Please include sources I attached, and choose one of the companies in the article “7 the worst companies to work for 2016” as the topic)
For your final project, you will select a modern day, corporate or organizational ethical issue and prepare it as a case for study by future business leaders and students to learn from. Spend the first few weeks of this course identifying what you want to write about and gathering research for the facts of the case. As long as it presents at least one ethical issue in regards to an organization, it will be suitable for analysis – if you have any doubts, come see me. I suggest that you pick an incident or a pattern and practice that means something to you in your chosen field of study or in an area of your interest.
Essentially, you are writing up the facts of the case situation, doing the analysis, and offering solutions to avoid similar cases in the future. Like you did in your mini-case analysis, you will identify stakeholders involved and explain what their interests are. Like you did in the full case analyses, you will identify ethical issues and explain how these are linked to ethical frameworks (like utilitarianism or deontology) in how they should be solved. As with your debate and your individual white paper, you will be asked to advocate on behalf of a position – your presented solution for such issues should they arise in the future. You will need to do your own research on the relevant facts, citing your sources in any coherent, consistent format. You may use visuals in the form of attached slides or embed them throughout your Report.
(Here is the information you may use from the course schedule.)
WEEK 8 – THE EMPLOYEE AS A STAKEHOLDER
Debate #2 – Beyond paying a fair market salary, do corporations have a duty to accommodate their employees’ human needs (examples: stress issues, privacy, work-life issues)?
1. “The Spy Who Fired Me”
2. “Your boss and your Blackberry” http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/your-boss-and-your-blackberry/
3. “The only one: Being black in the white working world” http://www.alternet.org/story/12661/the_only_one%3A_being_black_in_the_white_working_world 4. “The sorry lives and confusing times of today’s young men” http://www.phillymag.com/articles/the-sorry-lives-and-confusing-times-of-today-s-young-men/
5. “Why women still can’t have it all” http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-can-8217-t-have-it-all/9020/
6. “The best and worst countries for work-life balance”
http://mic.com/articles/104712/the-best-and-worst-countries-for-work-life-balance-the-u-s-doesn-t-rank-well
7. “The worst companies to work for”
http://247wallst.com/special-report/2015/06/29/the-worst-companies-to-work-for/
| Criteria | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Suitability of the example for the creation of the case analysis for this assignment | This was not a good choice for this assignment because of unavailability of information or lack of significant ethical issues | This example would have been a good choice for this assignment if information was available to properly lay out the case analysis | This example would have been a good choice for this assignment if there were multiple ethical issues presented in the corporate or organizational forum | This was a good choice for this assignment because there were multiple ethical issues and available resources to find the relevant facts | This was a great choice for this assignment because there were ethical issues present, there was available information to discuss relevant facts, and this issue is likely to “have long legs” in the corporate or organizational world in the future | 5 |
| Identification and Explanation of The Case at Hand
– The who, what, why, and why do we care? |
Need to do a much better job of laying out the case to support the following analysis; very unclear | Need to do a better job of laying out the case to support the following analysis; more facts, more research, more clarity | Pretty good job of laying out the case to support the following analysis; more facts, more research would have been helpful | Very good job of laying out the case to support the following analysis; what’s there is good; could still use a bit more facts, more research, more clarity | Excellent job of laying out the case to support the following analysis; very thorough presentation of facts supported by research and clarity of the ethical issues | 15 |
| Identification and Explanation of Various Ethical Issues Involved and
Underlying Relevant Ethical Frameworks |
There were ethical issues and frameworks presented? | Identifies some of the relevant ethical issues in a given problem/case. Some important ethical issues are missing, and frameworks were not discussed | Identifies some of the relevant ethical issues and relevant frameworks in a given problem/case; needed more on these to convey the ethical ramifications of the case | Identifies most of the relevant ethical issues and relevant frameworks in the given case; more depth would have been helpful | Completely and thoughtfully identifies the relevant ethical issues and relevant frameworks in the given case in depth so that the project fully conveys the ethical dilemmas involved | 15 |
| Identification and Explanation of Various Stakeholders and their Stakes | There were stakeholders? | Identifies some of the relevant stakeholders in a given problem/case. Some important stakeholders are missing, and the ones who are there need their stakes presented more convincingly | Identifies some of the relevant stakeholders in a given problem/case. Some important stakeholders are missing, as are detailed explanations of their stakes | Identifies and explains most of the relevant stakeholders in the given case; could have gone a bit further in explanation of stakeholder interests | Completely and thoughtfully identifies and explains all relevant and important stakeholders and their interests in a given problem/case | 15 |
| Quality and Clarity of Arguments on various stakeholders’ sides | Arguments were weak in persuasive value | Not bad, but arguments aren’t that persuasive | Somewhat persuasive arguments (to a friendly audience) | Very good and persuasive arguments | Excellent and very compelling, persuasive arguments | 15 |
| Quality of Research and Sources to Support Arguments
*How well did you use and cite sources? |
No research evident; conclusory | Some research to support case and arguments, but it is not clearly linked | Some research to support case and arguments, more would have been helpful | Very good research to support case and arguments | Thorough and outstanding research in support of case and arguments | 10 |
| Professionally Presented
(Layout, grammar, writing, etc.) |
Looked like a college project | Looked like a graduate level project | Looked like a good junior associate did this | Looked like a hotshot, midlevel associate did this | What? The senior partner didn’t do this?
Get out … |
5 |
| Your Proposed Solution Presented
*How well did you consider both sides’ arguments and stakeholders’ interests in crafting a proposed solution? |
Solution was weak in persuasive value and/or support | Not bad, but solution didn’t adequately balance both sides (too biased toward one side) | Decent solution in terms of opposing viewpoints, but not convincing it would work for those involved | Very good and well argued solution; would likely work with some snags | Excellent and very compelling solution – wish you were running the world on this issue |
