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Week 8 Assignment 2 – Submit Here

Assignment 2: Workplace Ethics
Due Week 8 and worth 275
points

OverviewThis 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:
    1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch
      margins on all sides.
    2. 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.
    3. Cite your textbook as a reference.
    4. 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 WorkLocated on page
312 of your textbook

  1. 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?
  2. 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?
  3. Do you think state legislatures are right to get involved, or should the
    matter be left to companies and employees to settle? 
  4. 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?