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ETHC445 Principles of Ethics

Week 1 Assignment

ETHICAL MEMOIR

Compose a 2-page paper that describes a particular moral-ethical dilemma that you encountered and what the outcome of that dilemma was. Did you solve the dilemma? If so, how? If not, what were the repercussions or consequences? What would you do differently if faced with the same problem today? What is the importance of good ethics? Why should we be concerned about our actions? Use the learning and reading for this week as a basis for this paper. Regard the questions as prompts, not an ordering of your responses. Regard the questions as prompts, not an ordering of your responses. This is not a Q&A essay, but rather a graceful reflection regarding a difficult ethical dilemma you faced.

ETHC445 Principles of Ethics

Week 2 Assignment

ETHICAL DILEMMA ANALYSIS

This week you will use the theories of ethics discussed in class to reason through an ethical dilemma. Select one of the ethical dilemmas below to deconstruct. the key problems, choices, and the ethical theories that provide reasoning and guidance.

Ethical Dilemma 1: A newspaper columnist signs a contract with a newspaper chain. Several months later, she is offered a position with another newspaper chain, offering a higher salary. Because she would prefer making more money, she notifies the first chain that she is breaking her contract. The courts will decide the legality of her action, but what of the morality? Did the columnist behave ethically?

Ethical Dilemma 2: An airline pilot receives his regular medical checkup. The doctor discovers that he has developed a heart murmur. The pilot only has a month to go before he is eligible for retirement. The doctor knows this and wonders whether, under these unusual circumstances, she is justified in withholding information from the company regarding the pilot's condition.

Ethical Dilemma 3: An office worker has had a record of frequent absence. He has used all his vacation and sick-leave days, and has frequently requested additional leave without pay. His supervisor and co-workers have expressed great frustration because his absenteeism has caused bottlenecks in paperwork, created low morale in the office, and required others to do his work in addition to their own. However, the individual believes he is entitled to take his earned time and additional time off without pay. Is he right?

Ethical Dilemma 4: Rhonda enjoys socializing with fellow employees at work, but their discussions usually consist of gossiping about other people, including several of her friends. At first, Rhonda feels uncomfortable talking in this way about people she is close to; but then she decides it does no real harm, and she feels no remorse for joining in.

In conjunction with the readings from course material (be sure to cite),  decide which ethical dilemma you believe is most problematic and why. Discuss the ideas of "good vs. evil," "wrong vs. right," and "ought/should be vs. what is." Form the readings, discuss the ways in which Augustine and Aquinas would have solved the problem based on lecture and course reading material. In what ways do Augustine and Aquinas differ and why?

Create a document in APA format that explains your findings and reasoning.  Your assignment should be between 2-3 pages accompanied by a 5-minute oral presentation, using a technology of your choice (your instructor will provide additional details). Both documents should be be submitted to the Week 2 assignment box.

ETHC445 Principles of Ethics

Week 3 Assignment

GREATER GOOD ANALYSIS

Consider the following three problems. In a written response, analyze each problem, identify the consequences of the actions taken, and then determine whether the actions taken represented a greater good, who would benefit from the good, and whether the consequences ethically justify the decisions and actions.

1) The Mayor of a large city was given a free membership in an exclusive golf club by people who have received several city contracts. He also accepted gifts from organizations that have not done business with the City, but might in the future. The gifts ranged from $200 tickets to professional sports events to designer watches and jewelry.

2) A college instructor is pursuing her doctorate in night school. To gain extra time for her own studies, she gives her students the same lectures, the same assignments, and the same examinations semester after semester without the slightest effort to improve them.

3) Todd and Edna have been married for three years. They have had serious personal problems. Edna is a heavy drinker, and Todd cannot keep a job. Also, they have bickered and fought constantly since their marriage. Deciding that the way to overcome their problems is to have a child, they stop practicing birth control, and Edna becomes pregnant.

Using what you have learned from collaborations, discussions, and readings up to this week, explore your answers to these ethical dilemmas.  How would Locke have addressed or solved the problem? Explain how his ethics and the answer he may have given are different from or the same as yours.

Compose a 3-5 page paper discussing all three ethical dilemmas in depth.

ETHC445 Principles of Ethics

Week 4 Assignment

ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP

Using academic scholarly research tools, find a current event article that addresses an ethical dilemma from the past five years and annotate it thoroughly.  What are the key points to the article?  Summarize the dilemma.  What are the key terms of the article?  What conflicts or controversies does it raise?  Where can you offer analysis or an original point of view?  Once you have a handle on the article and your reaction to the issues it raises, use it as a foundation to:

Summarize your selected current even and ethical dilemma in 2-4 paragraphs.

Apply Kant’s Categorical Imperative to the problem you highlight.

Apply any other method you have encountered in lecture material and the readings to help develop your analysis.

Conclude with a recommendation for a resolution.

Follow the format requirements: Your paper should be 3-4 pages (title and reference pages not included in page count).  You MUST provide the source of the foundation dilemma, and thus this paper will require 1 reference using at least 1 correct in-text citation (indicating quoted or paraphrased material from the article and where to locate it).  Use APA format in citing the source.  Refer to course resources for details and help in achieving APA style

ETHC445 Principles of Ethics

Week 5 Assignment

YOU DECIDE

The "You Decide" assignment presents a difficult and painful dilemma, with you in an imagined professional role. Go through the You Decide presentation, make the decision it calls for and compose a paper and presentation that explains your decision and your reasoning and justification for it.

In this case, you will be confronted with a real industry situation. You are called upon to make a painful medical decision and to explain it both orally and in writing.  Who benefits from what you decided, who gets denied a needed benefit, and why?  You will compose an official memorandum that will be kept for the record and could potentially be read not only by your Peer Review Committee, but also by those involved in charitable fundraising, which supports hospital development, as well as by others with financial interests in the decision.

You will see notice that there is time pressure in the simulated situation, so remember that you would not have the luxury to waver in the decision-making process, and as the decision-maker, you would not have the luxury of consulting a broad spectrum of advisers.  It falls on you to decide!

Include in the document and presentation the utilitarian ethical philosophy of John Stuart Mill (from the lecture and audio for this week) and one other ethical philosopher of your choosing that we have studied to date, and use both of those philosophies to bolster your decision. This paper will be at least 2 pages and no more than 3 pages with a 2-3 minute oral presentation. Remember, both professional written form and potential audience, as well as tone when writing this sensitive memorandum.

Submit your paper and narrated presentation by the end of the week. 

ETHC445 Principles of Ethics

Week 7 Assignment

ETHICS CODES

Download and read these Ethics Codes

Legal Ethics Model code. (Links to an external site.) (links to a pdf file)

Note from your instructor: The Legal Ethics code is 93 pages long. You do NOT have to read the entire code. Read the "Preamble" and at least the EC #1 and #2. Skim the rest. Lawyers take an entire Law School course on this code, and are required then to take a four hour multiple-choice exam on it to get admitted to the Bar. I want you mainly to see how it differs from the Medical society code of ethics, and how detailed it is. We'll talk about it more in the discussions.

American Medical Association Ethical Code (Links to an external site.)

A Sexual Harassment Policy (Links to an external site.)

Be sure to listen to the Rand Audio Lecture , and read the Lesson. Complete the Lecture's interactive exercise in teams or with a partner. The exercise is part of the Lecture and includes the ethical dilemma for this week's focus.