Forum 5
DQ1
Week 5: Shaping Ethical Contexts – Part I ( 57 messages – 19
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Question to Respond to:(see attachment)
Identify forms of faulty evidence and reasoning (as well as
dismissive communication) in a public argument about an ethical issue. Draw from talk shows, newspaper editorials,
speeches, interviews, debates, congressional hearings, and other sources. Possible topics might include national
healthcare, Bin Laden’s death, stem cell research, illegal immigration, and
reducing the national debt. Respond to
at least 2 of your peer’s responses.
Readings for the Week:
Carter, S. M., Rychetnik, L., Dietetics, P., Lloyd, B.,
Kerridge, I. H., Baur, L., & … Zask, A. (2011). Evidence, Ethics, and
Values: A Framework for Health Promotion. American Journal Of Public Health,
101(3), 465-472
Frank, G., Ofobike, E., & Gradisher, S. (2010). Teaching
business ethics: A quandary for accounting educators. Journal of Education for
Business, 85(3), 132-138. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/745602486?accountid=8289
Green, S., & Weber, J. (1997). Influencing Ethical
Development: Exposing Students to the AICPA Code of Conduct. Journal Of Business
Ethics, 16(8), 777-790
Tsuen-Chiuan, T., Harasym, P. H., Coderre, S., McLaughlin,
K., & Donnon, T. (2009). Assessing ethical problem solving by reasoning
rather than decision making. Medical Education, 43(12), 1188-1197. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03516.x
http://home.comcast.net/~lukeythetruck/djole/SchoolPage/SPSCC/English%20102/EverythingArg4.htm
http://www.compliancecertification.org/Portals/1/PDF/Resources/Compliance_Ethics_Professional/0912/CEP_0912_Martens.pdf
If you are unfamiliar with using a libary database, the
readings can be found here after searching by course number.
Instructions:
What is the purpose of a forum?
Think of the forum as a classroom experience where you
“meet” with your instructor and peers to discuss the weekly topic in terms of
the readings, assignments and resources that have been assigned. The desired outcome is that you are able to
(1) collaborate with peers and the instructor, (2) demonstrate your
understanding of the material, and (3) participate as a member of an online
community.
What are the responsibilities of the instructor?
The instructor’s goal is to create an engaging and safe
environment for students to learn. In
addition, instructors should pose questions promoting deeper thought as well as
encourage students to interact with their peers in the classroom. There should be an active instructor presence
throughout the week.
What are the responsibilities of the student?
Each week, you are required to make a 250 word initial
posting and respond to a minimum of 2 students.
Responses should be a minimum of 100 words and include direct
questions. Please review the forum
grading rubrics in order to understand how your responses in the forum will be
graded.
If you met the
above-mentioned requirements, you will be graded at the proficient level. However, if your desire is to be graded at
the exemplary level, please provide more than what is required. To receive 100% as a grade (the exemplary
level) for the weekly forums, you should ensure that your responses meet the
following criterion:
DQ2
some ethics fun (if you can imagine such a thing) …. A
conference call in real life ( 9 messages – 9 unread )
(Note – this is NOT
your week 3 graded discussion – this is strictly voluntary)
A brief respite…
Some aspects of this course come more naturally – what we
thought about ethics a few short weeks ago may not have changed – hopefully our
understanding has grown and become a bit more refined but before we began this
class, how many people thought about the ethical implications of taking a sick
day when we weren’t sick or playing a game of solitaire on our computer while
at work? How many of us who work
remotely have taken advantage of the fact that our supervisors may not be able
to easily see and track our comings and goings?
I would suggest that these types of transgressions occur every day –
multiple times a day and I for one can admit that I am not infallible – I’ve
probably done some version of each of these at one time or another. As we hope to manage others, we need to look
within and make sure we have a fair and level understanding of what is
reasonable to expect, remembering that we are all human and when given the
chance, we will all stray. The hope is
that the majority of the time, we commit to fulfilling our responsibilities. Take a few minutes to watch this video (I
promise, it’s entertaining and I apologize that YouTube makes you watch a few
seconds of an advertisement first…) and post your thoughts about the ethical
behavior of these participants. Have you
ever participated in a conference call – or 1000 of them? Where was your attention? Also, look at communication and some of the
challenges we face – especially in light of technology and the overwhelming
trend to think about only what’s “trending” (see what I did there? J) Back to
the video, I realize that this is a bit abstract but the video serves an
important function (aside from making us laugh – and who can’t use a little
levity) in that we see all kinds of opportunities for small ethical
transgressions and communication breakdowns that come from inattention and
distraction.
Hopefully this 5 minute break from your day results in a
little introspective thought – please post those thoughts for the group!!
