Each item in bold in this appendix (i.e.,the words Claim, Explanation of the Claim, Reasons For/Against, Rebuttals) should appear on your paper.The paper will be discussed in class.If you miss this discussion, obtain notes from your classmates.You should take your audience to be an average reader, not your philosophy instructor.

The most important part about the paper is that it should contain your original thoughts and arguments. In other words, this is an analysis paper not a research paper.It is easily ascertained when you have taken concepts, reasons, and discussion from some other source.The only things that you are allowed to research are the facts (which must be documented).The following facts, for example, should be researched: what countries permit bribery, what is defined as child labor, what are applicable laws, what are the legal definitions of discrimination, how many illegal aliens are working in the country (all are examples from prohibited topics). Also, this is a paper in business ethics.Do not write on ethics of individuals, societies, government organizations, etc.Chose a typical activity of a large corporation that is not covered by law, but appears morally impermissible (or required) to you.

Claim:

A single well-worded declarative statement.

E.g., “Should American companies hire underage workers in countries that legally permit it?” is NOT in declarative form, and therefore is not a claim. Questions do not assert anything.

The claim must have moral significance.For example, “Many US companies hire underage workers in countries that legally permit such hires” is a factual claim and does not have moral significance.

“It is economically advantageous for US companies to hire underage workers” is a pragmatic claim and doesn’t have moral significance.

On the other hand, “It is permissible for the US companies to hire underage workers in countries that legally permit such hires.” does have moral significance.The claim must pertain to business ethics.

Common problems: Vague claims; claims posed in the form of a question;too broad or too narrow claims; non-moral claims; more than one issue in the claim. Claims about abortion, death penalty, assisted suicide, legitimacy of war, cloning, religion, etc., areNOT relevant business ethics claims.

Explanation of the Claim: You should explain very carefully and in common-sense vocabulary what you mean by the claim itself and by the terms involved in the claim.For example, it is not immediately apparent what is meant by “US companies should not hire underage workers in countries where it is legally permissible.”I do not know (or pretend not to know for the purposes of grading) what is meant by “underage”, by “countries where it is legally permissible”.

Common problems: assuming that the terms your use are self-explanatory.The reader of your paper will assume no prior knowledge of your subject on his part,If your do not explain your terms,concepts, relationships you will start losing points.Arguing in the explanation part of the paper, rather than explaining what you mean by your claim.

Reasons For the Claim: Each reason for the claim should be numbered with Arabic numerals (1), (2), (3), (4), (5).You should provide at least four reasons for your claim. Each reason must be unpacked in a whole paragraph.Each reason must have moral significance.

Common problems: sketchy arguments; pragmatic rather than moral arguments; insufficiently developed arguments; argument borrowed from other sources (even if documented); arguments that appeal to psychological rather than moral considerations, weak or not well-thought out arguments.

Reasons Against the Claim: Here you step into the shoes of your hypothetical opponent and think of reasons why your claim doesn’t hold.Each reason against the claim should be numbered with Roman numerals (I), (II), (III), (IV).You should provide at least four reasons against your claim. Each reason must be unpacked in a whole paragraph.Each reason must have moral significance.

Common problems: same as above; attempting to rebut the arguments presented in Reasons For the Claim – this belongs to the Rebuttal section.

Decision: At this point in the paper you must decide which set of reasons (i.e., Reasons For or Reasons Against the Claim) is a stronger set.You must explain why you think a particular set of reasons is stronger.This part must be a full paragraph rather than a couple of sentences.

Rebuttals: At this point in the paper you must provide a counterargument against each reason in the set of reasons that you found to be weaker (in the Decision part of the paper).For example, if you found Reasons For the Claim to be a weaker set of reasons, you must counter-argue against (1), (2), (3), (4).Conversely, if you found Reasons Against to be a weaker set, you must counter-argue against (I), (II), (III), (IV).Each counterargument must be unpacked in a whole paragraph.

Not acceptable topics for the paper:

– Cultivation and sale of Cannabis

– Outsourcing

– Issues regarding athletics or sports

– Minimum wage

– Monitoring of employees/Social network usage

– Child labor

– Bribery

– Gender discrimination

– Executive compensation

– Misleading advertisement

– Illegal immigration

– Testing on animals

– Tobacco

– Religion

– Equal pay

– Maternity leave

– Uniforms in workplace

– Work dating

– Work safety conditions

– Anything having to do with small business

– In general, anything that is already prohibited by a relevant federal law, such as bribery, monopoly, gender or other forms of discrimination, etc.

Discussion

Reflect: The processes used to make laws, govern society, and maintain democracy are complex and multi-faceted. The processes involve many different political issues and actors, including interest groups and political parties. In this discussion, you will examine the politics surrounding a recall election. This will give great insights into how this democratic process works, enabling critical analysis of the various political actors involved, and how their behavior and power relationships impacts recalls.

Write: For your initial post of at least 200 words, research a recall election. Use this website from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) as your starting point for your research: Recall of State Officials (Links to an external site.).

You will be assigned one of the three following gubernatorial recall elections in U.S. history to research (NCSL, 2013, Para. 8):

• 2012 Governor Scott Walker recall attempt in Wisconsin
• 2003 Governor Gray Davis recall in California
• 921 Governor Lynn J. Frazier recall in North Dakota

Research a specific governor based on the first letter of your last name:

• If your last name begins with A through H, you must research Governor Scott Walker, Wisconsin (2012).
• If your last name begins with I through P, you must research Governor Gray Davis, California (2003).
• If your last name begins with Q through Z, you must research Governor Lynn J. Davis, North Dakota (1921).

In your discussion post, answer the following questions:

• What interests groups, to include political parties, were involved in the success or failure of this recall election and why? What was the result of the recall election?
• Were there any unintended consequences of this recall election?
• Do you believe recall elections are good or bad for democracies and why?

An MLA paper
Topic self design
Need 1200 words and more than three work citated
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Choose a medical condition and write a 1-2 page paper on it.

You must include a brief history of the disease, the natural process of the disease, signs and symptoms, traditional medical treatments and alternative treatments if applicable.

Include your sources and make sure you do not just copy and paste the material. I will use a plagiarism checker so make sure you write it in your own words. Also make sure you are using scholarly resources. Websites that end in .com are not scholarly resources for the most part. You should use medical journals like the new england journal of medicine. One of my favorite sources is pubmed.org. Websites that end in .org, .gov and .edu should be what you use as resources.