Assignment 3: Research Paper: Ethical Case Study (Value: 35 points)
This assignment is aimed at providing an opportunity for you to create your own ethical case study based on your own experiences and readings. Identify and choose topics or issues related to organizational leadership within your professional field or workplace as the setting for this paper. In your paper, include the following:
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Introduction: research the literature on ethics and leadership and provide a definition and need for ethics in an organization:
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Rationale for the case study:
· Describe the reason for the case you selected (
Why is the topic relevant? How does it expand or contribute to a leader’s knowledge about ethics?). Document your comments with appropriate related references (at least two).
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Case study: Provide a narrative with the case study topic that you identified. Include the following:
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Setting: Briefly describe the setting
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Situation: Describe the nature of the situation and how it impacts the organization’s ethics.
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Impact: State how the situation impacts the organization and whether it affects people inside or outside the organization.
If the situation is from your own organization, be sure to use pseudonyms to maintain confidentiality at all times.
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Ethical stance or position: clearly describe why the case/situation poses an ethical challenge for an organization. Establish how it challenges the ethical position of the organization.
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References: Use appropriate documentation to support your narrative (minimum 3 references).
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Handout: Provide a one-page handout summarizing the case. Include as an appendix to your paper.
Your paper should be
4-5 pages including the 1 page handout and excluding the cover and reference page.
Rubric:
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Assignment 3 Rubric |
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Element |
Not Met (2-0 points) |
Met (3-4 points) |
Exceeded (5 points) |
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Rationale for case study |
Rationale provided is unclear about the topic and its relevance of the case study or is missing |
Rationale provided supports the topic and relevance of the case study |
Rationale provided clearly supports the topic and relevance of the case study |
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Documentation used to support comments |
Documentation is missing or is not relevant to the assignment. Fewer than three sources are used |
Appropriate documentation used to support views and discussion. Three sources are used. |
Appropriate and relevant documentation used to support views and discussion about ethical issue. More than three sources are used. |
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Narrative and description about the case and issue is provided |
Narrative about case study ethical issue is unclear or not provided. Confidentiality is unclear or not maintained. |
Narrative provides a presentation of the case study ethical issues. Confidentiality maintained as applicable. |
Narrative provides a detailed and appropriate presentation of case study indicating ethical issue. Confidentiality was clearly maintained as applicable. |
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Clarity of ethical issues is evident |
Discussion fails to establish or define the ethical issue. |
Discussion establishes and depicts the ethical issue. |
Discussion clearly establishes and depicts the ethical issue. Details support the ethical nature of the situation. |
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Defines ethical stance or position |
Ethical stance is unclear or not provided.
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Analysis of ethical stance about the issue is discussed and provided.
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Detailed and specific ethical stance is provided. Relevant points about ethical position are identified and discussed.
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Summary handout included in appendix |
Handout about case was unclear or not provided. |
One-page handout provided a summary about the case. |
One-page handout provided was clear and specific and appropriately summarized the case. |
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APA format |
Paper does not adhere to the APA guidelines. There are multiple errors. |
Paper adheres to the APA guidelines. There are some minor errors (5 or 4) |
Paper clearly adheres to the APA guidelines. There are minimal (3 or less) errors or none. Errors are negligible. |
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Total: 35 points |
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