Assignment –
Case Study
Create a case study related to NCLB that shows a
contradiction between an ethical issue and the law. Use the following outline
to
create your response to your self written case
study.
1 What are your legal obligations?
2 What does the law say?
3 What is your school district policy?
4 What will happen if you don’t follow the law?
Under the ethic of critique
1 Who benefits from the outcome?
2 Are the demands on the school too great?
3 If benefit accrues to the school, who in it benefits?
Under the ethic of justice
1 Who suffers from the outcome?
2 Are demands on the individual too great?
3 If benefit accrues to the individual, what happens to the group?
Under the ethic of care
1 What happens to relationships?
2 Are relational demands being met?
3 How does the decision weaken or strengthen relationships?
Under the ethic of discourse
1 Who is excluded from the decision?
2 Are discourse demands met?
3 Is the quality of the discourse changed?
4 Is the quality of the decisions changed?
