Part Description:

Student will choose a particular ethical/social issue that is relevant to business/management. Student will discuss their

knowledge of the issue and their position. Student should use their current knowledge (no outside research). Students should

choose an issue that they are already familiar with. The paper should include the student’s perception on how companies

currently address this issue.

Example issues: Sweatshops, Outsourcing, Globalization, Human Rights, Health Care, etc.

Some resources for finding issues: Newspapers/Media, Web (globalEdge - http://globaledge.msu.edu/, etc.), Friends/Family, etc.

Grading Rubric:

Emerging Satisfactory Superior

Relevance

(weight:10%)

Student can recognize basic and

obvious ethical/social issues but

fails to choose an issue that is

relevant to both individuals and

organizations.

Student chooses a relevant

ethical/social issue and can

grasp (incompletely) its

impact on individuals and/or

organizations.

Student chooses a relevant

ethical/social issue, can recognize

the ethical/social issue in a

complex, multi-layered (grey)

context AND can recognize its

impact on individuals and

organizations.

Analysis (40%)

(Outcome: Analyze

current ethical/social

issue)

Unable to integrate or apply any

detail to ethical/social issue

and/or self.

Analysis demonstrates some

consideration/detail of

ethical/social issue and

individual perception, but

lacks depth and articulation.

Analysis demonstrates detailed

consideration of ethical/social

issue and individual perception,

and application is clear, practical,

and well-articulated.

Critical Thinking (30%) Unable to identify assumptions,

biases, and beliefs towards

ethical/social issue.

Some articulation of origins,

importance, and judgment of

personal assumptions, biases,

and beliefs toward

ethical/social issue, but is

somewhat general and vague.

Clear articulation of origins,

importance, and judgment of

personal assumptions, biases, and

beliefs toward ethical/social issue.

Communication (20%) Unsuccessfully communicates

individual perception and/or

business application; excessive

(10+) grammar/spelling issues

which hinder effectiveness of

communication.

Successfully communicates

individual perception and/or

business application; some

(5-9) grammar/spelling

issues which diminish the

effectiveness of

communication.

Superior communication that

displays individual perception and

business application; few (< 4)

grammar/spelling issues which

have no effect on the effectiveness

of communication.

Total Points 0-8 pts. (<60%) 9-12 pts. (60 - 80%) 12-15 pts. (81 - 100%)

Part I: Ethical/Social Issue Position Paper

15 points DUE: January 31, 2010