Assignment 2: Workplace Ethics

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.

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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

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?