Assignment title: Information
Assignment 2: Workplace Ethics
Due Week 8 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:
a. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),
with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. 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.
c. Cite your textbook as a reference.
d. 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
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. Do you think state legislatures are right to get involved, or
should the matter be left to companies and employees to
settle?
8. 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?
Points: 275 Assignment 2: Workplace Ethics
Unacceptable
Below 60% F
Did not submit or
incompletely analyzed
the questions
associated with your
chosen case study and
did not submit or
incompletely
discussed them using
concepts you learned
in this course.
Did not submit or
incompletely explained
your rationale for each
of your answers to
Meets Minimum
Expectations
60-69% D
Insufficiently
analyzed the
questions
associated with
your chosen case
study and
insufficiently
discussed them
using concepts you
learned in this
course.
Insufficiently
explained your
rationale for each of
your answers to
Fair
70-79% C
Partially analyzed
the questions
associated with your
chosen case study
and partially
discussed them
using concepts you
learned in this
course.
Partially explained
your rationale for
each of your
answers to your
Proficient
80-89% B
Satisfactorily
analyzed the
questions
associated with
your chosen case
study and
satisfactorily
discussed them
using concepts you
learned in this
course.
Satisfactorily
explained your
rationale for each
of your answers to