Category: Ethics

In this essay you have 5 tasks:
Give a clear and concise explanation of the case at hand.
Give a thorough philosophical exegesis of the relevant aspects of Pojman’s and Mosley’s theories. Also, this week you will be expected to pull ideas from previous units and previous thinkers. This week part of your grade will be based on your ability to identify and explain both readings’ key concepts.
Present an argument applying each thinker (Pojman and Mosley) and thier ideas arguments to the case at hand. This should include an argument justifying to whom each philosopher would give the job.
Present an argument explaining why one of the philosophers can be viewed as offering a more successful solution to the  case at hand in your view.  Give reasons.
In no more than one paragraph explain who you would hire and why.
Case
Consider a new position at the very prestigious Chronus Department of the Federal Government.  The Chronus Department examines how issues from the past have an impact on current affairs, and their new position aims at recruiting a new employee to be groomed to eventually assume the position of Director because the director of the department will retire n several years.  The ideal candidate would be someone who has a degree in some area of the humanities that deals with research, history, and culture, and who has a demonstrated ability to work well with others in a leadership capacity.  This position has an incredible benefits package including, healthcare, vacations, and a pension.
The Department has narrowed its selection down to two candidates:
Molly is an African American woman from a very affluent and politically active Texas family.  She attended Yale, where she earned an undergraduate degree in Anthropology with a minor in US Civics.  After graduating, she volunteered for two years in the Peace Corps, and then took a year off to tour around Europe.
Cameron is a third-generation Irish American from a working-class family in Pennsylvania.  After high school, he spent a year working with his father in a steel mill, but then decided he wanted to go to university.  He received a scholarship to Princeton, where he graduated with a degree in US History.  In his final year of school, Cameron was elected Student Body President and implemented a union for the teaching assistants. 

Task: Write a 3-4 page (approx. 1200-1500 words) argumentative essay in which you support a position on a current social-political issue. 3 sources must be used, the ones i provided below. My stance is pro eating meat and the main argument is that, it is ethical and moral to eat meat. We are going against the vegetarian stance, that eating meat is unethical because it causes harm to animals. One paragraph should counter this claim to strengthen the argument. The sources provided below support my stance and claim that eating meat is ethical and moral. The 3 sources must be used below, feel free to add another source that you find may support my argument. source 1: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/magazine/the-ethicist-contest-winner-give-thanks-for-meat.html ; This article discusses the ethics of eating meat and how it is ethical. source 2: https://allthatsinteresting.com/plants-defense-mechanism ; this article is about how plants also feel pain in their own way. Can be used to counter argue the stance that killing animals causes them pain and is therefore unethical. source 3: https://myislam.org/quran-verses/eating-meat/ ; this article is showing verses from the quran that state and prove eating meat is ethical and moral from a religious standpoint because god created animals and cattle for us to use.

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For your book review paper, you will follow the attached rubric in terms of the outline and overall
content. Here, I provide some additional guidance…
1. Your papers should be a minimum of 5 pages in length, utilizing Times New Roman 12-point
font, with 1 inch margins. You should also include a cover page, which does not count towards
your minimum number of pages.
2. Regarding the author/sources section- this need not be very extensive, however you must
provide an overview of the author, his/her qualifications and discuss from where the
information was derived. This does not mean conducting a thorough review of each of the
sources/references, but a general overview since these are non-fiction works.
3. Your critique section is the main section of your paper, and should be broken up into 2 parts.
The first consists of an overview of the contents of the work, the emerging themes, and subject
of the book. In addition you will discuss the quality of the work (how well it is written and the
overall ‘success’ or ‘failure’ of the work to convey the main points/themes. The second section
involves your action thoughts, responses and reactions to the book. These should relate to the
content/themes identified and discussed above. In addition, this is where you critically evaluate
the intersection of ethics and policy throughout the work. You will identify clearly the policy
implications of the work, and evaluate these policies from an ethical standpoint. Draw from
your text in terms of ethical frameworks, and various concepts that may emerge that we have
discussed in class. Your summary/conclusion will draw upon these as you provide your overall
critique/opinion on the work.
4. Be sure to reference the other items on the rubric regarding use of quotes, organization,
mechanics, spelling and format.

Rawlsian Justice
John Rawls claims that justice comes down to a notion of fairness. He proposed a thought experiment wherein he proffers an ideal “original position.” The idea is that representatives of the people operate behind a “veil of ignorance” when determining what policies are in the best interests of all of the citizens. In brief, representatives are ignorant of their “The race, ethnicity, gender, age, income, wealth, natural endowments, comprehensive doctrine, etc. of any of the citizens in society, or to which generation in the history of the society these citizens belong” and “The political system of the society, its class structure, economic system, or level of economic development” (Wenar 4.6). They do understand different people have different life plans, that even if resources are scarce, “there is enough to go around,” and have good common sense.
Discussion task: Imagine you are a representative behind this veil. Discuss and defend several measures you would take to ensure a fair and equitable redistribution of resources.
Wenar, Leif, “John Rawls”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy  Edited by Edward N. Zalta 9 January 2017. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rawls/

Most employers tout being an “Equal Opportunity Employer.” In America, we promote both multiculturalism and diversity, but may not fully understand the differences. While multiculturalism may be great when thinking about cuisine and festivals, present an argument that some cultural practices should not be embraced for America to maintain its identity. Also, does it not make more sense to recognize diversity and promote a “fair” opportunity rather than an equal one?

Pick one of the topics 
Topic A: Morality Without God? 
Watch the two videos by Stephen Darwall and discuss whether you find his arguments convincing or if you see some holes or flaws. If so, discuss those flaws. If not, discuss what some of the ramifications can be of his conclusions. Please try to find some scholarship to back up your assertions.
Topic B: Natural Law
Based on all you have read about Natural Law present an argument for the notion that there is a natural law humans can follow to determine the right things to do in most cases or that such a law does not exist or is exaggerated. Be sure to address the differences in beliefs about morality.

Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Discuss one aspect of forgiveness or reconciliation that is meaningful to you. How does it change your perspective?
This course has provided you with extensive information about the nature of conflict. List three elements you found most significant in this course and why. In addition, what personal changes have you made in your own conflict approach?

Core Values Portfolio—Instructions and Guidelines
1. For the first two sections (Individual Ethics and Managerial Ethics), I want
you to use the general formats and headings of the “Leon” and “Tom”
templates. *Don’t* follow the templates too closely and don’t use fact
patterns too similar to mine—creativity is critical!—but don’t make up your
own formats.
2. For the third section (Social Entrepreneurship), please use the format of the
“Tara” template unless you talk with me about using a different format.
3. For the final section (Credo) the format I use is a guideline only. If it’s
helpful, great—but if you want to throw it out to create your own format
with or without talking to me, that’s perfectly fine.
4. In the Conclusion, please identify four core values.
5. The expected length for each section of the CVP is 5 pp. single spaced.
Shorter sections tend to lack sufficient depth; longer ones, like the “Leon”
Individual Ethics section, are fine but not expected.
6. The first two sections must be based on real not fictional situations in your
own life (Individual Ethics) or in a company (Managerial Ethics).

Like the link above, often times Hollywood more than exaggerates the law and/or law-related activities. However, there is still value when doing an ethical review.
Pick any law-based movie(s) and find 4 instances of ethical rules (they can be violations or compliance). Watch the movie(s) of your choice. Find any (4) ethical issues which we went over in this course. The issues you examine can all be in the same movie or different movies. Identify the issue, tell me what the relevant rule is, then provide analysis of it (use cases when you are able), identify whether there was compliance or a violation and then provide the legal conclusion. If there was a violation, indicate what the lawyer could or should have done to comply with the rule. Your answer to the Assignment should include the following and substantially in an IRAC form (issue, rule, analysis, conclusion). Identify the movie, identify where in the movie the ethical rule is demonstrated and provide some facts surrounding it in the movie. What rules were violated? What rules were followed? Be specific. Do not simply tell me, the lawyer lied. Do tell me that the lawyer violated rule 1.6 when he disclosed confidential information to his girlfriend, etc. You will be graded on your ability to identify ethical rules, analyze them in accordance with the relevant Model Rules, case law examined in this course including in the discussion board and/or textbook, and the conclusion ie whether the lawyer complied or violated said rule. You may include any relevant state law on the issue. You may also compare the movie scenarios if they deal with the same rule or issue. I will critique your writing for completeness and creativity. Again 4 different scenarios, each worth 25 points for a total of 100 points.

Read the following scenario, and then answer the questions presented. If you need to cite references for any answers, please do so directly after your answer. Do not place references on a separate page.
Scenario: A communication consultant was hired to provide help for a large nonprofit organization. Recently the organization had some support withdrawn due to perceived internal conflict within the organization at the managerial level.
In meeting with the consultant, the CEO stated he believed the conflict was due to the actions of one member of his leadership team. He shared that one of the managers, Ted, was closed to feedback and played favorites with young, attractive women in the organization.
The consultant interviewed all six members of the leadership team and each shared that, indeed, Ted was closed to feedback and withheld his opinions. Regarding his favoritism towards young, attractive women in the organization, Ted shared with the consultant that the leadership team did not appreciate his mentoring of young members of the organization; however, he felt that he was providing an important service to the organization in doing so. During his conversation with the consultant, Ted agreed that he kept his opinions to himself because he felt as though he was not recognized for the work he did.
In 2–3 pages, respond to the following questions in complete paragraphs in a Word document. Cite any sources used directly after your response.
Describe the main conflict in the above scenario. What actions led to the conflict in this situation?
Why do you think the conflict occurred?
Do you think third-party intervention was necessary to help resolve this conflict? Defend your position on why or why not.
How can internal conflict within a nonprofit organization impact the community in which it serves?