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Essay Instructions: ETHICAL DILEMMAS

Below are several situations that present ethical questions in a business.

Discuss each situation:
(a) from the strictly legal viewpoint
(b) from a moral and ethical viewpoint, and
(c) from the point of view of what is best in the long run for the company.

Be sure to consider both short and long range consequences. Also look at each situation from the perspective of all stakeholders (groups concerned: customers, stockholders, employees, government, and community).


1. You are the vice president of a beer company in a state which sets the legal drinking age at twenty one. Your boss asks you to organize a lobbying effort to have the drinking age reduced to eighteen.

2. You are an accountant in a large firm. Your boss tells you to use a controversial accounting practice which will make the company?s profits seem higher. She tells you it is only to impress stock holders and will not be used in statements submitted to the IRS.


Category Points

Presentation:
Name, Class, Title 5
Content:
Identification of Ethical Issue(s) 12
Discussion from:
a. a strictly legal standpoint
b. a moral and ethical viewpoint
c. what is best for the company in the long run 36
Summarize your decision on how to respond to each
situation 16
Mechanics:
Spelling, Grammar, Readability 6
Total: 75

Assignments must include a cover sheet with your name, class, and title of the assignment.

Essay Instructions: Ethical Dilemma Analysis

Focus on an ethical dilemma that was facing citizens living in WWII era featured in the book, The Good German. Analyze that dilemma in terms of the social context that determined what it meant to be a ?good? in that particular social context.

Paper should include all listed below:
1. Summarize the ethical dilemma from a passage in the book that highlights your dilemma.
2. Describe the following:
 What are the competing value systems that define this dilemma?
 Who are the key groups and social institutions involved?
 Identify the conflicting positions of these key groups.
3. How would you define social justice in this situation?
4. Which ethical approach do you think is most relevant to action in this situation? Select only one and explain your selection: utilitarianism, justice/fairness, virtue, etc.
5. Explain who should be responsible for ensuring that social justice will prevail and why.

- Clearly analyzes the ethical dilemma in terms of the competing value systems, key groups, social institutions and associated positions
- Describes the social context by synthesizing multiple, credible sources to describe the dilemma
- Analytically presents information as an independent assessment, rather than just a summary of existing sources
- Addresses the complexity of issues associated with determining social justice using supporting examples
- Logical and coherent presentation of ideas, clear analysis presented
- Documentation and citation is complete, accurate, conforming to professional standards
- Well written, clear communication free of grammatical and spelling errors


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Essay Instructions: Ethical Dilemma and Life Issues (P5)
In this option, be sure to address the following:
• Select and describe the ethical dilemma
• Include content on Moral Distress
• Address the implications of the issue from an advanced practice nurse’s perspective.
• Discuss your stand based on the ethical reasoning perspective.
• Add collaborating information from the course readings or interviews with other nurses in advanced roles
• Follow APA formatting

Essay Instructions: Ethical Dilemma: Imagine you are a psychologist treating a minor child for depression and minor cutting. Because the child's parents are divorced, you obtained consent to treat the child from the father, the custodial parent. The mother (noncustodial parent) calls you and wants to be involved in her son's treatment. The father does not want mother involved; he divorced her because of her drinking and she continues to drink.
In your discussion, consider this ethical dilemma imagining you are the psychologist. What are the different perspectives you must consider and what APA general principles and standards would you utilize to inform your decision about the course of therapy? Include in your discussion the "Elements of Thought" related to your ethical reasoning (purpose, assumptions, point of view, implications).