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LED514 Mentoring and Developing
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Module 1 – Case
THE PRINCIPLES OF COACHING
Assignment Overview
Building the coaching relationship
Background
The purpose of the Case Assignment is to create a “Live
Case” by experiencing the process of coaching and developing your skills as a
coach. Because this case is designed around experiential learning, we can go
beyond the conceptual knowledge covered in the reading materials to actual
skills building. This requires putting what you are learning into immediate
practice.
Although the case assignments involve a coaching experience,
the focus is on you as the coach. You
will be learning how to prepare for a coaching session, what questions you
should ask, and what behaviors are most effective. The case involves a coaching
relationship with one person and is continued in stages across all four
modules, so be sure to focus on the exact stage covered in each module and do
not get ahead of yourself.
The goal of the coaching process is to expedite the growth
of the coachee’s understanding of his or her strengths and weaknesses. Through
the coaching process, the coachee gains an appreciation of his capabilities for
growth and builds self-confidence. Thus, before you begin this exercise in
coaching, you must first find someone who is willing to go through this
exercise with you as a coachee. This can be a friend, a colleague, or a
co-worker. It does not have to be a situation tied to your job. The only requirement is that you must be able
to identify a contracted piece of work based on a shared concern (if no shared
concern can be found, find another coachee).
Johari window
In MGT501, you were introduced to the Johari window as a
tool for increasing awareness of how one is perceived by others and to improve
communication. This case is designed to enlarge your “open” area and reduce
your “blind” area, so you can be more effective as a coach. At the same time, you will learn to use
coaching techniques as a way to correct problem behaviors (“blind
area”) and help coachees realize they have untapped potential and open the
possibility for growth through unused capacities (their “hidden” areas”).
Read: Johari Window (n.d.) Crowe Associates LTD. Retrieved
from
http://www.crowe-associates.co.uk/coaching-and-mentoring-skills/johari-window-as-a-coaching-tool/
The structure of the Live Case
Each module will follow this cycle: Plan, execute, report
Before the coaching session, write up a plan using course
readings or additional research as a resource (1-2 pages)
Then meet with the coachee and use your plan as a guide for
the session
The bulk of the report is on how it went: successes and
failures. What would you do differently next time? (3 to 5 pages)
Preplanning
Action
Reflection
What are your goals for the session?
What actions do you plan?
How will you know if you are successful?
(1-2 pages)
Meet with coachee (45-50 minutes).
Report on the session. Provide a narrative descriptive summary of the
conversation as it occurred (1 or 2
paragraphs).
How do you feel the session went?
Analyze the process and outcomes of your coaching.
What new knowledge did you gain?
What would you do differently next time?
Case Assignment
The first step in the coaching process is to build rapport
with your coachee. This is where you establish a trusting relationship by
demonstrating your credibility, helpfulness, and honesty. To build genuine rapport,
you must believe in the potential of the person you are coaching – this cannot
be faked.
Some excellent methods for building rapport can be found in
the following readings:
Building rapport: Establishing bonds (2014) Mindtools.
Retrieved from http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/building-rapport.htm
Bluckert, P. (2005). Critical factors in executive coaching
– the coaching relationship. Industrial and Commercial Training, 37(6),
336-340. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/214109158?accountid=28844
Remember: Shared success is the key to great coaching!
Hands, Puzzle, Share, Items
Shared success means that the outcome works for both the
individual and the organization, because it meets both individual and
organizational needs. Coaching is a tool where we are able to create that
connection between the person and the organization.
Your task in this module is to identify a partner who is
willing to be coached by you over the course of the term. Set up an initial
meeting and establish rapport. Do not attempt to get into the later stages of
coaching; we will get to them in later modules.
Focus on the process of establishing rapport only. Write up this meeting as indicated in the
Keys to the Assignment, below. Turn in your final 4- to 6-page paper to the
appropriate dropbox by the due date.
Keys to the Assignment
After reading the background materials for this module and
doing additional research if needed, prepare your pre-coaching plan for a 45-
to 50-minute session. Remember that your
focus for this case is on the process of building rapport with the coachee.
What are your goals for this session? How will you know if
you are successful?
What skills will you use?
How will you go about doing this?
What questions will you ask?
Conduct your coaching session (45 to 50 minutes).
Write up your post-coaching reflection.
Report the facts of the coaching session.
What went well and what did not?
What did you learn about coaching from this session?
What would you do differently next time?
Assignment Expectations
Include a cover page and reference page in addition to the 4
to 5 pages of analysis described above.
Your paper should include an Introduction and a Conclusion
paragraph.
Use headings to indicate major sections of the report.
Cite and reference any outside sources.
Use APA formatting.
Proofread and edit your papers carefully. The expectation is
zero errors.
LED514 Mentoring and Developing
Employees
Module 1 – SLP
THE PRINCIPLES OF COACHING
Assessing Yourself and Your Environment
One common focus of coaching in organizational settings is
to work with an employee to construct a personal development plan. In this SLP,
you will be developing your own Leadership Growth Plan (LGP). The purpose is to have you learn the steps to
developing such a plan so you can help others you are coaching to do the same,
but also to come out of the class with a personal plan for your own development
as a leader.
Why create a Leadership Growth Plan?
It is one thing to want to be a good leader. It is another thing to achieve it. Research shows that people who have a vision
for where they want to go and then write it down and develop a plan to achieve
it, are more successful than people who do not.
An LGP is designed to help you assess your current skills and capacities
as a leader, set goals, and make a plan for enhancing your effectiveness by
acquiring new skills.
Success, Strategy, Business, Solution
For an example of what a personal leadership growth plan
might look like, see the following:
Create a Personal Leadership Growth Plan (n.d.) Retrieved
from http://www.myafchome.org/assets/Convention/2012_Convention/personal%20leadership%20growth%20plan-ew.pdf
Guide to the Completion of a Personal Development Plan.
(n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.collegiovolta.org/images/example_pdp_2016.pdf
Assignment Instructions
In this module, we will begin with the first phase of
creating your plan. You will engage in
some assessment and reflection addressed toward giving you a picture of “Who am
I”? Then you will write up what you have learned about yourself in a two- to
three-page paper. The paper should be an integrated essay assessing your
current attributes and capabilities as a leader. Do not just line up the four topics below and
report on them as in a short-answer test.
Use them to “tell the story” of who you are.
Keys to the Assignment
To assess yourself as a leader, consider the following and
incorporate your answers into your paper.
What are your values?
Make a list of everything that is important to you in
life. Do not censor or edit anything,
just get it all on paper. You may find that you think of things you would not
have expected.
Read through the list several times, choose the five most
important values, and list them in order of importance.
Define each value in terms of why it is important to you.
What is your leadership style?
You have undoubtedly assessed your leadership style in one
or more classes or at work. If you can
recall your dominant style, name and describe it. The most common styles are
authoritarian, consulting, participative, and delegating, but there are others.
Using the authoritative style, you tend to make all
important decisions, including how jobs are performed.
Using the consulting style, you ask for employee input, but
then make the decision yourself.
Using the participative style, you involve employees as
partners in the decision.
Using the delegating style, you empower employees to make
the decisions on their own as appropriate.
If you want to take a new assessment questionnaire, there
are many on the Internet. Just cite the
instrument you are using.
What motivates you?
Not everyone is motivated by the same things. What does it for you? Compensation, titles, perks, social status,
money, helping others, doing a good job, winning?
Repeat the process you used in assessing your values.
How are your skills in the following competencies?
Developing subordinates:
fostering employee engagement and commitment to the job and the
organization, developing job-related skills and abilities, building
decision-making capabilities, encouraging personal accountability for job
responsibilities.
Modeling desirable behaviors: As a leader you are the “voice” of the
organization. You exemplify its ethics,
values, and expectations of employees.
You do not ask people to do things you would not do yourself.
Challenging the status quo:
Are you willing to try something different, think outside the box, take
risks? Leaders do not simply accept
things the way they have always been, but ask, “How can we do it
better?”
Accountability:
Leaders take responsibility for getting the job done. Leaders try new ideas, create action plans,
and evaluate results.
SLP Assignment Expectations
Include a cover page and reference page in addition to the
2-3 pages of analysis described above.
Your paper should include introduction and conclusion
paragraphs.
Use headings to indicate major sections of the report.
Cite and reference any outside sources.
Use APA formatting.
Proofread and edit your papers carefully. The expectation is
zero errors.
LED514 Mentoring and Developing
Employees
Module 2 – Case
CONDUCTING GROW SESSIONS – THE GROW MODEL
Assignment Overview
Setting Goals
Background:
The purpose of the Case Assignment is to create a “Live Case”
by experiencing the process of coaching. Because this case is designed around
experiential learning, we can go beyond the conceptual knowledge covered in the
reading materials to actual skills building. This requires putting what you are
learning into immediate practice.
In this second module, you will be working with your coachee
to choose a problem to work on or a behavior that your coachee would like to
change. Drawing on the background reading for Modules 1 and 2, you will plan
and carry out a coaching session that involves stages G and R of the GROW
model. There is a comprehensive explanation of the GROW model on the background
page. Here is a shorter synopsis:
The GROW model: A simple process for coaching and mentoring.
(2014). Mind Tools. Retrieved from
www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_89.htm
The structure of the Live Case (As a reminder, each case
involves three separate activities.)
Each module will follow this cycle: Plan, execute, report
Before the coaching session, write up a plan using course
readings or additional research as a resource (1-2 pages).
Then meet with the coachee and use your plan as a guide for
the session.
The bulk of the report is on how the session went, including
successes and failures. What would you do differently next time? (3 to 5
pages).
Preplanning
Action
Reflection
What are your goals for the
session?
What actions do you plan?
How will you know if you are successful?
(1-2 pages).
Meet with coachee (45-50 minutes).
Report on the session.
Provide a narrative descriptive summary of the conversation as it occurred
(1 or 2 paragraphs).
How do you feel the session went?
Analyze the process and outcomes of your coaching.
What new knowledge did you gain?
What would you do differently next time?
Case Assignment
In this module, you will be focusing on helping guide your
coachee through the G and R phases of the Grow model. To further prepare for this case, read
Chapter 5 entitled “Contracting and Goal-Setting” on pages 61-72 of the
following text:
Book Jacket
Cook, S. (2009). Coaching for High Performance: How to
Develop Exceptional Results Through Coaching. Norwood, Mass: IT Governance
Publishing. Retrieved from EBSCO – eBook Collection.
Choose a problem/issue/behavior that you would like to
change and that can be dealt with in an appropriate time frame (8 weeks).
Set SMART goals (specific, measurable, attainable,
realistic, and time sensitive).
Examine the current reality.
Write up this meeting as indicated in the Keys to the
Assignment, below.
Turn in your 4- to 6-page paper to TLC by the due date.
Keys to the Assignment
After reading the background materials for this module and
doing additional research if needed, prepare your pre-coaching plan for a 45-50
minute session:
What are your goals for this session? How will you know if
you are successful?
What skills will you use?
How will you go about doing this?
What questions will you ask?
Conduct your coaching session (45 to 50 minutes).
Write up your post-coaching reflection.
Report the facts of the coaching session.
What went well and what did not?
What did you learn about coaching from this session?
What would you do differently next time?
Assignment Expectations
Include a cover page and reference page in addition to the 4
– 5 pages of analysis described above.
Your paper should have an introduction and a conclusion.
Use headings to indicate major sections of the report.
Cite and reference any outside sources.
Use APA formatting.
Proofread and edit your papers carefully. The expectation is
zero errors.
LED514 Mentoring and Developing
Employees
Module 2 – SLP
CONDUCTING GROW SESSIONS – THE GROW MODEL
Developing a vision statement
In Module 1, you began the process of the Leadership Growth
Plan with a thorough self-assessment. Then you identified and prioritized your
most important values and motivators and explored your basic leadership style.
In this module, you will establish your vision and determine what you need to
do to become the kind of leader that other people will follow. The path to
leadership will contain obstacles. To deal with obstacles, determine the
sacrifices you are willing to make, identify hidden opportunities, and divide
the problem into manageable pieces.
Keys to the Assignment
The following instructions are adapted from Phase two: Write
a personal mission statement. http://www.pkal.org/documents/Leadership-Growth-Plan.pdf
Write your vision (1-2 pages)
Vision, Idea, Business Idea, PlanImagine it is 10 years into
the future. You feel that you have achieved your potential and become the
leader you have always wanted to be. Write a story to describe your vision of
yourself.
Do not get hung up on past accomplishments and future plans,
and do not worry about barriers. Use some of these questions to guide your
thinking:
What is your typical day like?
Who do you interact with?
What are you thinking about?
What are you feeling?
What skills do you possess?
While you are dreaming, think about your legacy. Imagine
yourself at the end of your career. What do you want people to say about you
after you are gone? How must you start living now in order for that to happen?
When you have finished writing your story, summarize the
vision so it is easy to remember. Think of something or someone that symbolizes
it. This summary should be no longer than three or four sentences and should be
denoted in the paper by a separate heading. Keeping your personal vision in
mind is highly motivating.
Identify obstacles (1-2 pages)
Internal obstacles are thoughts, opinions, and beliefs that
can prevent you from moving forward. External obstacles are situations or
conditions outside of yourself that can prevent you from achieving your goals.
Make a chart comparing the internal and external barriers you see as standing
in the way of achieving your vision.
Nearly all internal barriers are within your control. The
barriers outside of your control are largely external. These are things you have
no influence over. It is fruitless to fret over barriers you cannot control.
Focus on the ones you have some control over.
There are three proven techniques for dealing with
obstacles:
Decide what you are willing to give up in order to eliminate
the obstacle.
Identify hidden opportunities or strategies that could help
you face the obstacle.
Chunk the problem into manageable pieces, so you can deal
with each smaller piece separately. You could also compromise. This would
enable you to accomplish two seemingly independent tasks or goals at once.
How will you overcome your obstacles?
SLP Assignment Expectations
Include a cover page and reference page in addition to the
2-3 pages of analysis described above.
Your paper should have an introduction and a conclusion.
Use headings to indicate major sections of the report.
Cite and reference any outside sources.
Use APA formatting.
Proofread and edit your papers carefully. The expectation is
zero errors.
LED514 Mentoring and Developing
Employees
Module 3 – Case
COACHING AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Assignment Overview
Exploring Options
Background
The purpose of the Case Assignment is to create a “Live
Case” by experiencing the process of coaching.
Because this case is designed around experiential learning, we can go
beyond the conceptual knowledge covered in the reading materials to actual
skills building. This requires putting
what you are learning into immediate practice.
In this third module, you will be working with your coachee
to explore options based on the coachee’s assessment of goals and current
reality (as determined in Case 2). The
objective of this session is to get your coachee to commit to specific actions. Drawing on the background reading for this
and the previous modules, you will plan and carry out a coaching session that
involves stage O of the GROW model.
There is a comprehensive explanation of the GROW model on
the background page for Module 2. Here is a shorter synopsis:
The GROW model: A simple process for coaching and
mentoring. (2014). Mind Tools
 
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ENG106 Full Course Latest 2017 August

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ENG106 Week 1 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 August
dq 1
In the argument chapter, you learned aboutexpressed arguments (overt arguments
attempting to persuade the audience towards a point of view) andimplied arguments (arguments that
appear on the surface not to be arguments but actually seek to persuade the
audience of a point of view or views). For this DQ, provide a specific example
from the media of an expressed argumentand an
implied argument and answer the following questions:

  • What
    is the expressed argument you identified? What specific argument does the
    author make? What evidence does the author use to support his or her
    claims?
  • What
    is the implied argument you identified? What specific argument does the
    author make? What evidence does the author use to support his or her
    claims?
  • Why
    is it important to understand expressed and implied arguments?
  • How
    might you use your understanding of expressed and implied arguments when
    drafting your first essay in this course?

Note: You may use visual arguments such as
photos and pictures, but you will still need to explain your rationale for why
you believe the author is making a specific argument.
Be sure to cite all sources used to compose
your answer. Format your in-text citations and reference list entry according
to GCU Style.
dq 2
Please review the following video Writing
Process about writing introductory paragraphs and thesis statements, with
particular focus on Section One: Organizing the College Essay. Note: This link
works best in the Google Chrome browser.
For the first essay, you will be writing a
definition essay about a term related to organ sales or donations. Please share
your current thesis statement for your definition essay. Here is a sample
thesis statement for the definition essay:
Organ sales in the United States would be
unethical because they exploit the poor, favor the rich, and create an unfair
or black market organ lottery.
During the week, respond to your classmates
with constructive feedback about their thesis statements. You may consider
revising your own thesis statement after receiving feedback from your peers.
ENG106
Week 2 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 August
dq 1
Read “Legalizing the Organ Trade?” by Ritter,
located on the Time website (copy and paste the link into the URL).
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833858,00.html
As noted in Peter Ritter’s (2008), “Legalizing
the Organ Trade?”, Singapore’s health minister, Khaw Boon Wan, argued that, “We
may be able to find an acceptable way to allow a meaningful compensation for
some living, unrelated kidney donors, without breaching ethical principles or
hurting the sensitivities of others” (para. 2). In the definition essay assignment,
you are asked to select a term, define the term, and offer evidence to support
your definition of the term.
In this case, imagine you have selected the
termmeaningful compensation to
define. You might ask yourself: What constitutes meaningful compensation for an
organ donor, especially if the donor is poor and the recipient is wealthy? What
examples of human organ sales can I find that match or do not match your
definition of meaningful compensation? What other terms related to organ sales
and donation would be suitable for an argument of definition?
dq 2
In the Aristotelian or Classical Framework for
argument, a writer might target an audience of readers that is undecided or
neutral about the main claim (thesis statement) of the essay. A section is
placed directly before the conclusion for acknowledging opposing viewpoints.
Then the writer chooses to concede or refute that view.
Why does the writer not want to spend much
time on an opposing viewpoint? Why mention that viewpoint at all? How might a
concession help or hinder the main claim of the essay (the thesis)? What are
some opposing viewpoints you might include in your definition essay?
ENG106
Week 3 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 August
dq 1
Recall your readings in Topic 1 regarding
human organ donation and sales. In the article, “Kidney Shortage Inspires
A Radical Idea: Organ Sales,”
https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.proquest.com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/docview/399092881?accountid=7374
Dr. Francis Delmonico believes that even a regulated
human organ trade would be exploitative because “it’s the poor person who
sells” (Meckler, 2007). Answer the following questions:

  • Do
    you agree that allowing a poor person to sell an organ is an exploitative
    practice? Why or why not?
  • What
    documented examples from real-life organ donors can you provide to help
    you demonstrate how a regulated human organ trade would (or would not) be
    exploitative?
  • If
    you were writing your definition essay on the termexploitative, how would
    you define it?

You may revisit the Human Organ Donation and
Sale Resource List from Topic 1 for resources. Be sure to cite all sources used
to compose your answer. Format your in-text citations and reference list entry
according to GCU Style.
dq 2
Chapter 2 of the textbook discusses two scenarios in which evidence may not
meet some audience’s expectations. In the first scenario, two scientific
studies are in conflict with each other In the second scenario, a child
psychiatrist uses stories from his patients rather than statistics as evidence.
Each case poses a problem regarding the use of evidence: We sometimes have
difficulty reconciling conflicting pieces of evidence, and we are reluctant to
see stories, rather than statistics, as valid evidence. In the essay that you
are writing right now, what kinds of evidence have you found? In what way might
it meet an audience’s expectations? Name the audience, discuss how it may
meet–or not meet–the audience’s expectations, and explain why. Later in the
week, compare your observations about evidence with those of your classmates.
ENG106
Week 4 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 August
dq 1
To help you prepare for your Cause and Effect
essay on donating or selling organs, brainstorm general topics of interest and
conduct an online inquiry as to possible causes and effects.
For example, you might have an interest on the
effect of social media on children younger than thirteen years of age. You
research young children in their tweens and discover that these individuals are
more readily exposed to online interactive groups, such as Facebook, Twitter,
or Web pages themed to attract a younger audience; this creates a root cause
with the effect of having a large social network of friends.
This result becomes a new cause that leads to
the effect of stronger Web-based communication skills, which leads to intuitive
and up-to-date technology skills. This result leads to overuse of or possible
Internet obsession, which results in decreased participation of afterschool
activities, such as sports or music groups. This result leads to lack of focus
on homework and a significant drop in academic performance, which results in
poor quality of student work. The result is repeating the same grade level.
Now, create your own cause-effect chain based
on your online inquiry. Make sure the cause-effect chain is logical, plausible,
and realistic.
Be sure to cite all sources used to compose
your answer. Format your in-text citations and reference list entry according
to GCU Style.
dq 2
We are continuing to work towards our Cause
and Effect essay on donating or selling organs. Watch the local news or go
online and read news as presented through CNN, Google, or MSN News. Choose a
current story or news event of interest. Create a list of causes for the story
or event. Discuss at least three “whys” (the causes) that led to the event and
three projected plausible results (the effects) from the event. Your reply
should discuss a total of three causes and three effects. Support each cause
and result with an explanation.
Be sure to cite all sources used to compose
your answer. Format your in-text citations and reference list entry according
to GCU Style.
ENG106
Week 5 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 August
dq 1
As you have learned from this week’s readings,
a cause-effect chain argues that one thing leads to another (e.g., “Increasing
levels of acidity in sea water are harming the oceans’ coral reefs.”). A causal
cause and effect chain links causal claims together as links in a chain.
Remember your argument is only as strong as the weakest link in your chain.
Summarize the causal cause and effect chain
used by the writer in the article fromThe New
York Times. Was the argument persuasive? Why or why not?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/world/europe/black-market-for-body-parts-spreads-in-europe.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

  • What
    has caused the growth of the legal sale of human organs in some countries,
    a concept unthinkable 100 years ago?
  • What
    has caused the growth of selling human organs on the black market?
  • What
    are the causes you have identified and will write about in your draft?
  • What
    are the effects you have identified and will write about in your draft?

dq 2
There is common wisdom that states,
“Correlation is not causation.” Explain in your own words what this phrase
means. Now, read the current draft of your cause and effect essay. Consider how
you might revise your essay in light of this saying. Describe what revisions
you might need to make to your essay to ensure that your argument is logical,
plausible, and realistic and does not present an argument that is illogical,
far-reaching, or unrealistic.
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ENG106 Week 6 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 August
dq 1
Use the following questions to develop ideas
for your proposal.

  • What
    do you think is the most significant problem regarding the sale of organs?
  • Why
    do you think it is a problem?
  • Who
    has the power to solve this problem?
  • Why
    has it not been solved up to this point?
  • How
    can the problem be solved?
  • What
    are the benefits and costs related to your solution?

Using strategies for argumentation discussed
previously in class, develop some arguments for your proposal that you could
use for your skeptical audience. Refer to Chapter 7 in the textbook for
additional information on rebuttals.
dq 2
To whom will you address your proposal? This person (or group)
will be skeptical of your views. Will it be a friend or family member with
different beliefs and values related to health care and/or the human body? Are
there individuals in the medical community who hold different values than you
do? How about a politician or media figure?
What are their views on the issue of selling
human organs, and what do they think should be done about it? Summarize the
views of your skeptical audience as fairly and accurately as possible.
During the week, review your classmates’
summaries of their skeptical audiences’ views. Constructively offer feedback on
their summaries. Were the summaries fair, or did they seem biased? How can you
tell? Offer suggestions on how to revise their summaries.
GC
ENG106 Week 7 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 August
dq 1
Four important steps when composing a proposal include (1) convincing the
audience that there is a problem that needs to be solved, (2) explaining what
you want your audience to do about the problem, (3) acknowledging opposing
viewpoints or steps to solving the problem and (4) justifying the action you
are asking your audience to take. What strategies will you use for each step?
What will make your content for each of these steps effective? Later in the
week, review answers that your classmates have provided and provide feedback on
their ideas.
dq 2
Many people have either engaged in an argument
that seemed unresolvable or witnessed such an argument between friends and
family members. Consider one of these arguments you have either experienced or
witnessed, and then identify the fallacies that were expressed during this
discussion or argument. Note how the fallacies prevented the discussion from
being resolved. What did you learn about fallacies from this experience that
you can apply to your proposal essay? How might fallacies like these be avoided
in proposal writing?
ENG106 Week 2 Definition Essay First
Draft Latest 2017 August
Definition ArgumentEssay Assignment
Goal
Write a1,500-1,750-word
essay usingfive
to seven academic resources in which you argue that a
contested“case” involving
the sale, trade, or donation of human organs fits (or does not fit) within a
given category.A case may
include a specific news article, story, or incident illustrating a dilemma or
controversy relating to the exchange of human organs. The case doesnot need to be a court case.
Directions
Follow these steps when composing your essay:
1. Start by selecting a controversial case found in the media
involving the sale, trade, or donation of human organs. For example, an
appropriate case might include a story in the news about an organ broker, and
the term to define might be “criminal.”
2. Decide what category you think your case belongs in, with the
understanding that others may disagree with you about the definition of your
category, and/or whether your chosen case matches your category.
3. In the opening of your essay, introduce the case you will
examine and pose your definition question. Donotsimply
summarize here. Instead, introduce the issue and offer context.
4. To support your argument, define the boundaries of your
category (criteria) by using a commonly used definition or by developing your
own extended definition.Defining
your boundaries simply means naming the criteria by which you
will discuss your chosen case involving the sale, trade, or donation of human
organs. If you determine, for example, that an organ broker is a criminal, what
criteria constitute this? A criminal may intentionally harm others, which could
be one of your criteria.
5. In the second part of your argument (the match), show how
your case meets (or does not meet) your definition criteria. Perhaps by
comparing or sizing up your controversial case to other cases can help you to
develop your argument.
This essay isNOT simply
apersuasive essayon
the sale, trade, or donation ofhuman organs. It is an argumentative essay where
the writer explains what a term means and uses a specific case to explore the
meaning of that term in depth.
First Draft Grading
· You will receive completion points for the first draft based
upon the successful submission of a complete draft.
· Because your first draft is a completion grade, do not assume
that this grade reflects or predicts the final grade. If you do not consider
your instructor’s comments, you may be deducted points on your final draft.
Final Draft Grading
The essay will be graded using a rubric. Please review the
rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment
criteria and expectations.
Sources
· Include in-text citations and a references page inGCU Style forFIVE to SEVENscholarly
sources outside of class texts.
· These sources should be used to support any claims you make
and should be present in the text of the essay.
· Use the GCU Library to help you find sources.
· Include this research in the paper in a scholarly manner.
Format
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in theGCU Style Guide,
located in theStudent
Success Center.
Turnitin
· You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer
to the directions in the Student Success Center.
· Please be sure your Turnitin score is at an acceptable level
before submitting the draft to your instructor.
Submit the rough draft of this assignment
to your instructor AND post this draft as an attachment in theModule 2Peer
Review Forum: Definitionby Day 3 of Week 2.
GC ENG106 Week 2 Peer Review Assignment
Latest 2017 August
ENG-106 Peer Review Worksheet: Definition Argument
Part of your responsibility as a student in this course is to
provide quality feedback to your peers that will help them to improve their
writing skills. This worksheet will assist you in providing that feedback.To highlight
the text and type over the information in the boxes on this worksheet,
double-clickon the first word.
Name of the draft’s author:Type Author Name Here
Name of the peer reviewer:Type Reviewer Name Here
Reviewer
After reading through the draft one time, write a summary (3-5
sentences)of the paper that includes your assessment of how well the essay
meets the assignment requirements as specified in the syllabus and the rubric.
Type 3-5 Sentence Summary Here
After a second, closer reading of the draft, answer each of the
following questions. Positive answers will give you specific elements of the
draft to praise; negative answers will indicate areas in need of improvement
and revision. Please be sure to indicate at least three positive aspects of the
draft and at least three areas for improvement in reply to the questions at the
bottom of this worksheet.
Definition Argument Content and Ideas
· How effectively does the thesis statement identify the main
points that the writer would like to make in this definition argument?
· How successfully does the argument focus on explaining and
justifying a specific definition?
· If the writer uses resemblance arguments, how successfully
were they used?
· How persuasively is evidence used to justify ideas and enrich
the essay?
· How effectively does the essay incorporate supporting
strategies such as the criteria-match pattern described?
Organization
· How effectively does the introduction engage the reader while
providing an overview of the paper?
· Please identify the writer’s thesis and quote it in the box
below.
· How effectively do the paragraphs develop the topic sentence
and advance the essay’s ideas?
· How effectively does the conclusion provide a strong,
satisfying ending, not a mere summary of the essay?
Format
· How closely does the paper follow GCU formatting style?Is it
double-spaced in 12 pt. Times New Roman font?Does it have 1″ margins? Does
it use headers (page numbers using appropriate header function)?Does it have a
proper heading (with student’s name,
date, course, and instructor’s name)?
· Are all information, quotations, and borrowed ideas cited in
parenthetical GCU format?
· Are all sources listed on the references page in GCU format?
· Is the required minimum number of sources listed?
· Are the voice and tone of the essay effective in
characterizing ideas and creating the appropriate mood?If “No,” please provide
examples of ineffective or inappropriate voice
and tone.
Yes No Add optional clarification here
· How effectively does the paper incorporate a variety of
sentence structures that
strengthen the ideas, create vitality, and avoid choppiness in
the writing? Yes No Add optional clarification here
· How would you assess the writer’s diction (i.e., word choice)?
Does the writer use active
verbs, concrete nouns, and precise words?
Yes No Add optional clarification here
Grammar and Mechanics
· Does the writer use proper grammar, punctuation, and
spelling?If “No,” please provide
examples of errors in need of correction.
Yes No Add optional clarification here
· Is the writing clear and comprehensible throughout the
draft?If “No,” please provide
examples in need of improvement.
Yes No Add optional clarification here
Three things that I liked about your draft are:
Type First Thing You Liked
Type Second Thing You Liked
Type Third Thing You Liked
Three things that could be improved are:
Type 1st Area for Improvement
Type 2nd Area for Improvement
Type 3rd Area for Improvement
ENG106 Week 4 Peer Review Forum
Cause/Effect Latest 2017 August
1. Review the “Rubric Peer Review” media piece for information
on effective peer reviews.
2. Begin by posting your Cause/Effect Rough Draft by the
deadline toTWOplaces:
the Week 4 Peer Review Forum: Cause/EffectAND the Week 4 Cause/Effect
Argument First Draft assignment box.
3. Perform a peer review of the draft of the classmate who
posted his/her responsedirectly
below yours in the Week 4 Peer Review forum. If your draft
is the last posted, review the first draft posted. Then, complete the “Peer
Review Worksheet: Cause/Effect” (see the attachment in the Week 4 Argument
First Draft Assignment box) to guide your review of a classmate’s paper.
4. You will then need to post your completed Peer Review
Worksheet toTWO places:
the Week 4 Peer Review Forum: Cause/Effect for your peer to viewAND the Week 4
Peer Review Assignment for the Cause/Effect Essay assignment box, so the
instructor can grade your work.
5. Attach the file with your completed Peer Review Worksheet to
the Peer Review Forum: Cause/Effect as a “reply” to the initial post
of your peer’s first draft.
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Week 1 discussion
DQ1 Entrepreneurship
What do entrepreneurs do that distinguishes them from any
other person involved in business? Why is it that personality characteristics
may be good predictors of who will be a successful entrepreneur?
DQ2 Entrepreneurial
Passion
Think of an activity that you love to do; it could be a
personal interest or a hobby. How could you turn your passion for this activity
into a business? What questions would you have to answer before you took this
step? What triggering events in your personal life would it take for you to
start this business?
Week 2 discussion
DQ1 Social Responsibility and Stonyfield Farm
After watching the video on Stonyfield Farm answer this
question: “The responsible thing to do is to identify and examine every
potential for doing good and make some kind of investment there.” How has the
company’s CEO set about to improve his company according to these words, and
what remains to be done?
DQ2 Investor Decisions
You are an investor in small businesses, and you have three
business plans on your desk. Choose one
of the potential business owners listed.
Explain why you think that would be the best bet for an investment.
1. A recent college grad, full of energy and ideas, but
short on expertise.
2. A middle-management corporate refugee desiring a business
of her own after frustration with bureaucratic red tape.
3. A serial entrepreneur who has previously started seven
businesses (three of which were huge successes, whereas four failed, losing
entire investments).
Week 3 discussion
DQ1 Finagle a Bagel
After watching the Finagle a Bagel video, answer the
questions below.
1. What financial issues has growth created for Finagle a
Bagel?
2. What does Alan mean when he says that the restaurant
business is a great top-line business?
3. What does that have to do with the bottom line?
DQ2 The Role of Angel Investors
After reading the introductory lecture notes regarding angel
investors, describe how an angel investor could assist in the financing of an
upstart company.
Week 4 discussion
DQ1 Franchising
Explain how a franchise could be considered a partnership.
What makes a franchise agreement simpler than a partnership that you would
start with another individual?
DQ2 Sideline Business
Many entrepreneurs test the waters of a market by starting a
sideline business. What are the advantages and disadvantages of selling items
on Internet auctions, such as eBay?
Week 5 discussion
DQ1 Market Segmentation
Segmentation is the process of breaking a population down
into smaller groups and marketing to it. Is it possible for a small business to
oversegment its market? How might that be dangerous?
DQ2 Single Product Development Risks
Many small businesses are built around one product. What
risks does this approach impose? How can small business owners minimize those
risks?
Week 6 discussion
DQ1 Location Analysis
Why should the small business owner consider the
demographics of an area when choosing a location for opening a new business?
Name some sources of demographic information that are valuable tools to use in
this evaluation.
DQ2 Pricing Strategy
What strategies should be considered if a small business is
setting prices for a product that is to be exported? How are these strategies
different from those used in a domestic market?
Week 7 discussion
DQ1 Hiring Friends
As a young entrepreneur, you may soon be in the position of
hiring one or more of your college friends in your own business. What are the
advantages of hiring your friends? What are the potential pitfalls?
DQ2 Operations Management at Various Company
After watching the video on operation management, answer
these questions:
1. How has Finagle A Bagel used customization in its design
decisions as a means of distinguishing its service and products?
2. What is materials requirement planning, and how can an
organization use it to create its product?
Week 3 you decide
Create investment criteria for Mr. Johnson that will outline
what his company will be willing to evaluate for investing. The criteria will
be created by you, which will be posted on the website to be seen by
entrepreneurs.
Here are some examples of criteria, but not limited to the
following
Development Stage: What stage does your investor prefer
(concept, idea, break-even)?
Geographic Location: Location the investor prefers.
Industry: The industry your investor prefers.
Revenue: Outline the level of profit you want the company to
show.
Return on Investor (ROI) Desired: The amount of ROI you
desire.
Technology Focus: The focus of the entrepreneurs’ technology
(i.e., biomedical, Internet, etc.).
Management: Level of experience you desire from the
management team.
Sustainable Competitive Advantage: A demonstration of the
competitive advantage.
Exit Strategy: The exit strategy your investor prefers.
Size of Market: The size of the marketplace that you prefer.
Size of Investment: The range of the investment your
investor is willing to disperse.
Proof of Concept: A list of sales and a prototype required.
Your proposal should be 2-3 pages in length with a detailed
list of your criteria and explanations for the criteria.
Week 6 you decide
Scenario Summary
As outlined in the lecture this week, an incubator is a
large firm that nurtures many companies and invests in business ideas.
Incubators provide support in many ways and you would like to submit your idea
to Rollins Incubator, Inc. in order to benefit from their management and
financial support.
Listen
Your Assignment
You are an entrepreneur that wants to be funded by Rollins
Incubator, Inc. You have an outstanding idea that needs funding and you feel
that bringing your idea to an incubator would increase your chances of success.
You have contacted Janet Rodgers, the Vice President of
Business Development of Rollins Incubator, Inc., and she told you that you will
have 5 minutes with the Michael Rollins, the CEO of Rollins Incubator, Inc.
Listen
Key Players
You Decide
Scenario
Your Role
Key Players
Assignment
Scenario
As outlined in the lecture this week, an incubator is a
large firm that nurtures many companies and invests in business ideas.
Incubators provide support in many ways and you would like to submit your idea
to Rollins Incubator, Inc. in order to benefit from their management and
financial support.
Your Role
You are an entrepreneur that wants to be funded by Rollins
Incubator, Inc. You have an outstanding idea that needs funding and you feel
that bringing your idea to an incubator would increase your chances of success.
You have contacted the Janet Rodgers, Vice President of Business Development of
Rollins Incubator, Inc., and she told you that you will have 5 minutes with the
Michael Rollins, the CEO of Rollins Incubator, Inc.
Key Players
Photo of Janet Rodgers
Janet Rodgers
VP Business Development Rollins Incubator, Inc.
Photo of Michael
Rollins
Michael Rollins
CEO Rollins Incubator, Inc.
Assignment
Given the scenario, your role and the information provided
by the key players involved, it is time for you to make a decision. If you are
finished reviewing this scenario, close this window and return to this Week’s
You Decide tab, in eCollege, to complete the activity for this scenario. You
can return and review this scenario again at any time.
Listen
Activity or Assignment
Assignment
Develop a 12-slide PowerPoint presentation to pitch your
idea to Mr. Rollins. Your slideshow must be succinct, compelling, and should
include the following elements.
Slide 1: State your company name and motto, with a tagline
and a date.
Slide 2: Review business proposition, what will your business
create?
Slide 4: Share your objective, how much money do you need,
and why you are here?
Slide 3: Review technology platforms you intend to use.
Slide 5: Provide current market review; detail the market;
how big is the market?
Slide 6: Provide forecast for current market.
Slide 7: Market competition, who do you sell the product to
and how big is that market?
Slide 8: Review business model drivers, what makes you
unique from the competition?
Slide 9: Review potential risks.
Slide 10: Review the management team with whom you will
partner, including yourself.
Slide 11: Financials; basic revenues and costs, and profits
in a 3 to 5 year term.
Slide 12: Amount of money needed to fund your idea, with a
basic breakdown of where the money will go.
Be sure to use the Notes section of the PowerPoint to
highlight your presentation information. Keep these notes succinct as well.
Week 3 Entrepreneur
Interview Paper
Locate a local entrepreneur to interview and write a
reflection paper on your chosen person. You are required to submit a one-page
biography of your entrepreneur in Week 3 that is worth 20 points. It is
important: Be sure to start this assignment as soon as possible to insure that
you find a suitable entrepreneur.
The purpose of this paper is to interview a local
entrepreneur in order to develop insights into the world of entrepreneurship.
At the end of the process, you will need to take the information and reflect
upon the challenges and the rewards of being an entrepreneur.
What type of person becomes this type of risk taker?
What challenges did he or she face and overcome?
What failures did this person have?
How many companies has he or she started?
How successful is he or she?
Why is this person successful?
Why did he or she become an entrepreneur?
What is this person’s measure of success?
What did you learn about entrepreneurship from this
interview?
This paper should focus on these types of questions but
should not be limited to just the ones listed above. Get creative and get into
the idea that you need to learn from this person so that you can better
understand the challenges this business choice offers.
Guidelines
The biography paper must be no more than one page; you will
turn this into the dropbox at the end of Week 3.
You must follow APA formatting guidelines.
Although this is not a scientific-type writing assignment
and is mostly creative in nature, references are still very important. You must
reference your interviewee. Be sure to look up how to cite an interview in APA
style.
All DeVry University policies are in effect, including the
plagiarism policy.
Any questions about this paper may be discussed in the
weekly Q & A discussion topic.
Milestones
During Weeks 1 through 3, select a person and conduct an
interview. Decide who you are going to interview for the project, make
arrangements for the interview, and conduct the interview.
In Week 3, submit an entrepreneur biography. In Week 3, you
are required to submit a one-page biography in the dropbox.
Frequently Asked Questions
I do not know anyone who is an entrepreneur or owns a small
business. What do I do?
Do I have to do an interview?
I do this work for my company, can I just talk about my
experience?
How do I cite a personal interview as a source reference?
Week 5 Biography
Essay
Entrepreneur Reflection Paper
Expand upon the entrepreneur interview, and write a
reflection paper on your chosen person. The entrepreneur reflection paper is
worth 150 points and is due in Week 5. The purpose of this paper is to take the
information from the interview and reflect upon the challenges and rewards of
being an entrepreneur.
Guidelines
The paper must be 4 – 5 pages in length.
You must follow APA formatting.
Include a table of contents.
Even though this is not a scientific-type writing assignment
and is mostly creative in nature, references are still very important. You must
reference your interviewee. Be sure to look up how to cite an interview in APA
style.
All DeVry University policies are in effect including the
plagiarism policy.
Papers are due during Week 5 of this course and should be
submitted to the dropbox.
Any questions about this paper may be discussed in the
weekly Q & A discussion topic.
This paper is worth 150 total points and will be graded on
quality of research topic, quality of paper information, use of citations,
grammar, and sentence structure.
Milestones
During Week 5, write and submit your entrepreneur reflection
paper. In Week 5, you will finish writing your paper (see next section). For
APA format guidelines, please refer to the APA Tutorial in the Syllabus. Insure
that the body of your paper, excluding cover page and sources, exceeds the
minimum and that all of the assignment requirements have been met.
Best Practices
Cover Page: Include who you prepared the paper for, who
prepared it, and the date.
Table of Contents: List the main ideas and section of your
paper and the pages where they are located. The illustrations should be
included separately.
Introduction: Use a header on your paper. It will indicate
that you are introducing your paper.
The purpose of an introduction or opening is to
introduce the subject and why the subject is important;
preview the main ideas and the order in which they will be
covered; and
establish the tone of the document.
Include in the introduction a reason for the audience to
read the paper. Also, include an overview of what you are going to cover in
your paper and the importance of the material. (This should include or
introduce the questions you are asked to answer on each assignment.)
Body of Your Report: Use a header titled with the name of
your project (e.g., “The Development of Hotel X – A World Class Resort”). Then
proceed to break out the main ideas: state the main ideas, state major points
in each idea, and provide evidence. Break out each main idea you will use in
the body of your paper. Show some type of division such as separate sections
that are labeled, separate group of paragraphs, or headers. You would include
the information you found during your research and investigation.
Summary and Conclusion: Summarizing is similar to
paraphrasing, but summarizing presents the gist of the material in fewer words
than the original. An effective summary identifies the main ideas and major
support points from the body of your report; minor details are left out. Summarize
the benefits of the ideas and how they affect the tourism industry.
Work Cited: Use the citation format as specified in the
Syllabus.
Week 7 research paper

You will write an extensive research paper on an
entrepreneurship failure. As you may be aware, 80% of all small businesses fail
within the first five years (50% in the first year). Your research paper must
answer the following question: Why does this failure happen, and how can it be
avoided? You will need to research a small business or use your entrepreneur
that you interviewed to learn about failure. The paper will have three
sections.
Failure Introduction: Your first 2 pages should be a
background of the failed business. What was the business? Who were their
competitors? What was their mission or business vision? When did the business
start and then fail?
Reason for Failure: This section (2 pages) requires your
insights and will be a large part of your grade. You must describe why the
business failed. There are many reasons small companies fail, and you should do
some basic research (hint – some scholarly research is required here) to
determine the common causes and then compare this research to your company.
Your Analysis: The last section (2 pages) should be what
could have been done, in your opinion and based on the knowledge you received
in class (another hint – more scholarly research could be used here), to avert
the failure. Could the entrepreneur have planned better? Was the idea sound but
the implementation poor? Simply put, as the observer after the fact, how could
this business have survived?
It is important: Do not write 5 pages on the company and
save the last page for the reason and analysis. Please use the guidelines above
to ensure that you maximize your effort on this project.
Remember, the point of this research project is for you to
evaluate a failure, determine the causes of the failure, and introduce a way
the failure could have been averted. This project will give you some insight
for your own potential business idea and help you avoid some of the mistakes
others have made. As stated above, failure is common in small business; conduct
some solid research on this project to identify the risks, so you can create
mitigation techniques to increase your chances of success when you venture out
with your plan!
Guidelines
Papers must be 6 – 8 pages in length. (There would be
roughly one page per area included in the report.)
You must follow APA formatting guidelines. Appropriate
citations are required.
Include a table of contents.
Even though this is not a scientific-type writing assignment
and is mostly creative in nature, references are still very important. You must
have at least 4 scholarly references. (For more information, please view
research information below.)
All DeVry University policies are in effect including the
plagiarism policy.
Papers are due Week 7.
Any questions about this paper may be discussed in the
weekly Q & A discussion topic.
This paper is worth 200 total points and will be graded on
quality of research topic, quality of paper information, use of citations,
grammar, and sentence structure.
Research Information
Note that you will conduct online research using scholarly
resources, which can be found in the DeVry Online Library (available under
Course Home) and online research sources such as Google. Locate at least 4
scholarly articles that discuss the failures in small business for inclusion as
sources in your paper. What are current trends in this business (or in the
overall industry of which this business is a member) that might impact customer
service, customer satisfaction, or customer loyalty positively or negatively?
Milestones
In Weeks 1 through 3 you determined the failure you will
research and decided what business failure you planned to research.
In Weeks 3 through 5, you researched and analyzed failure.
During Weeks 6 and 7, write and submit your entrepreneur
reflection paper. Finish writing your paper. For APA format guidance, please
refer to the APA Tutorial in the syllabus. Ensure that the body of your paper,
excluding cover page and sources, exceeds the minimum page requirement, and
that all of the assignment requirements have been met. Then, submit your paper.
Best Practices
Cover Page: Include who you prepared the paper for, who
prepared it, and the date.
Table of Contents: List the main ideas and section of your
paper and the pages where they are located. The illustrations should be
included separately.
Introduction: Use a header on your paper. It will indicate
that you are introducing your paper.
The purpose of an introduction or opening is to
introduce the subject and why the subject is important;
preview the main ideas and the order in which they will be
covered; and
establish the tone of the document.
Include in the introduction a reason for the audience to
read the paper. Also, include an overview of what you are going to cover in
your paper and the importance of the material. (This should include or
introduce the questions you are asked to answer on each assignment.)
Body of Your Report: Use a header titled with the name of
your project (e.g., “The Development of Hotel X – A World Class Resort”). Then
proceed to break out the main ideas: state the main ideas, state major points
in each idea, and provide evidence. Break out each main idea you will use in
the body of your paper. Show some type of division such as separate sections
that are labeled, separate group of paragraphs, or headers. You would include
the information you found during your research and investigation.
Summary and Conclusion: Summarizing is similar to
paraphrasing, but summarizing presents the gist of the material in fewer words
than the original. An effective summary identifies the main ideas and major
support points from the body of your report; minor details are left out.
Summarize the benefits of the ideas and how they affect the tourism industry.
Work Cited: Use the citation format as specified in the
Syllabus.
 
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Question

Week
1 discussion
Ethics and Emotions in
Business
The discussion board for
this course will cover some fundamental ethical principles that are commonly
discussed in ethics courses. You will be asked to apply these concepts to a
business setting after reviewing an interactive learning tutorial and/or
listening to the same materials discussed in an audio format.
In this module I would
like you to consider the relationship between ethics and feelings as discussed
in the tutorial and podcast materials provided on the background readings page.
After reviewing these materials, identify an ethical issue that you encountered
in a business setting and discuss this in terms of how the scenario impacted
you emotionally and how it might be considered from the position of
intuitionism (or based on other concepts presented in the tutorial).
In each discussion forum,
students are expected to respond to the prompt by providing an informed,
rigorous, and professional post. The initial post should be at least 150 or
more words. In addition, students are required to respond at least 2 times to
their classmates’ posts in a similarly informed, rigorous, and professional
manner. Peer replies should be at least 100 or more words in order to qualify
as substantive. Refer to the discussion rubric for more details.
Week 2 discussion
Utilitarian Theory
In this module we will be
discussing the concept of utilitarianism. After reviewing the presentation from
Pearson Learning Solutions and/or the podcast in the background materials,
consider an ethical issue that occurred in a business setting that might be
examined using utilitarian ethical principles and assess the situation from a
utilitarian perspective. Comment on the usefulness and some of the problems
with this approach in relation to evaluating situations from an ethical
position.
In each discussion forum,
students are expected to respond to the prompt by providing an informed,
rigorous, and professional post. The initial post should be at least 150 or
more words. In addition, students are required to respond at least 2 times to
their classmates’ posts in a similarly informed, rigorous, and professional
manner. Peer replies should be at least 100 or more words in order to qualify
as substantive. Refer to the discussion rubric for more details.
Week 3 discussion
Freewill and
Determinism
After reviewing the
Pearson Learning materials in the background page of this module, respond to
the following:
Viktor Frankl (1905–1995)
once said: “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of
the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances,
to choose one’s own way.” Dr. Viktor Frankl was a Jewish Austrian
neurologist and psychologist who survived the concentration camps during World
War II. Frankl had his opinion on human freedom. Respond to the following
questions:
Explain whether you agree
with Frankl’s opinion that it is important for a person to have the freedom to
choose one’s attitude in a given set of circumstances and to choose one’s own
way.
Describe a personal
example in a business setting that supports your explanation. For instance, you
might want to discuss how people deal with edicts from on high in a given
organization vs. situations where employees have a voice in the decision making
process.
To what extent you
believe that freedom or the right to choose is important from an ethical
perspective and how does this choice impact business success?
In each discussion forum,
students are expected to respond to the prompt by providing an informed,
rigorous, and professional post. The initial post should be at least 150 or
more words. In addition, students are required to respond at least 2 times to
their classmates’ posts in a similarly informed, rigorous, and professional
manner. Peer replies should be at least 100 or more words in order to qualify
as substantive. Refer to the discussion rubric for more details.
Week 4 discussion
Social Contract
Theory
After reviewing the
tutorial and/or podcast in the background section, discuss social contract
theory and apply social contract theory to a business situation you are
familiar with. To what extent does SCT help to explain differences in ethics
and ethical perspectives in a culturally diverse setting?
What is the efficacy of
SCT in describing issues related to business ethics?
In each discussion forum,
students are expected to respond to the prompt by providing an informed,
rigorous, and professional post. The initial post should be at least 150 or
more words. In addition, students are required to respond at least 2 times to
their classmates’ posts in a similarly informed, rigorous, and professional
manner. Peer replies should be at least 100 or more words in order to qualify
as substantive. Refer to the discussion rubric for more details.
Week 4 reflective discussion
Business Ethics
In this course you have
been exposed to a number of issues that involve ethical consideration. Please
take some time to reflect some of the issues you have been asked to contemplate
over the past four modules. How will you apply these concepts to your life/job
in the future?
Module 1 – Case
THE HISTORY OF BUSINESS
ETHICS AND STAKEHOLDER THEORY IN AMERICA
Assignment Overview
The first part of your
reading in Daniel Terris’ book will include an overview of Lockheed Martin’s
organization and will lay out the research plan that Terris used to obtain
information necessary for his work. This will be followed by a general overview
of the evolution of business ethics in America.
Case Assignment
Based on your readings,
describe what you consider to be the responsibility of top leadership in a
large organization with respect to reaching a balance between profits and
stakeholder concerns. Please support
your position by giving some examples from the text or from other sources where
CEOs did a good or poor job of finding this balance.
Terris discusses the
history of business ethics in America since the late 1800s with respect to
anti-competitive practices, seeking unfair advantage through immoral
arrangements with suppliers and public officials, failing to adhere to laws and
regulations, and lack of transparency.
Discuss to what extent you believe things to be better or worse in the
present day for businesses in general.
Describe welfare capitalism
and its role as a forerunner of the contemporary business ethics movement.
On page 41, Terris
discusses the ideas of Howard Bowen regarding the evolution of social
responsibility of businesses. To what
extent do you think his predictions held true since 1953?
Assignment Expectations
Your paper should be
double-spaced and in 12-point type size.
Your paper should have a
separate cover page and a separate reference page containing the full citations
corresponding to the in-text citations you choose to use in the body of your
paper. So in addition to the 4- to 5-page body of your paper you will have a
title page and a reference page. So overall, you will be submitting a 6- to
7-page document.
Use APA style, and
proofread your paper.
Upload your paper by the
end of the module.
Module 1 – SLP
THE HISTORY OF BUSINESS
ETHICS AND STAKEHOLDER THEORY IN AMERICA
Business Ethics and
Stakeholder Management
For your SLP this session
you will be asked to review articles on business ethics from the Trident Online
Library. You will review one or more articles each in Modules 1 through 4
dealing with different ethical concepts.
In this SLP we will be
reviewing articles that cover the concept of stakeholder management.
Stakeholders are important to consider in significant business related
decisions. This is because organizational decisions – especially substantial
decisions involving significant resource allocations/re-allocations – tend to
impact various stakeholder groups as you will be reminded in your reading.
These stakeholders may have the power to impact the organization’s success.
Assignment Instructions:
In this assignment you
will be asked to apply stakeholder management theory to the following scenario:
A public corporation of
980 employees manufactures a popular brand of garments (mostly jeans) that are
primarily made and sold in America nation-wide. It has a large contingent of
employees in several small rural communities in the Eastern US and is the primary
employer in all of those communities. Two if its 5 shops are unionized but the
union and management have a good working relationship. The company has
traditionally marketed its clothing line as “Made in the USA” and attracted a
bit of a “cult like” following as a result, but an outside consulting firm has
suggested that significantly greater profits are possible if a different
strategy is employed. The corporation is subsequently considering whether to
off-shore its manufacturing facilities to a poor nation to save money on labor.
It would also discretely discontinue its “Made in the USA” marketing ads and
hopefully ride the wave of its previous marketing campaigns for a while. It is
estimated that total cost per unit of production will be decreased by one third
which equates to tens of millions of dollars.
Please write a 3-page
paper in which you respond to the following:
1. Provide a paragraph
summarizing the concept of stakeholder management based on your readings.
2. How do you think the
following stakeholder groups in the above scenario will be impacted?
Employees/unions
Communities
Stockholders
3. What would you
recommend the employer described above should do?
SLP Assignment
Expectations
Your 3 (or more) page
paper should be double-spaced and in 12-point type.
Your paper should have a
separate cover page and if you are using any in-text citations then a separate
reference page.
Use APA style, and
proofread your paper.
Upload your paper by the
end of the module.
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Module 2 – Case
ETHICAL DECISION MAKING
IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS
Assignment Overview
Moving Toward an Ethical
Workplace
As you can see from your
reading for the case assignment Lockheed Martin has a very interesting history
and this history has had an impact on where the company is today with respect
to its existing ethics program.
Case Assignment
After reading Chapter 2
of the text, please write a 4-5 page essay that addresses the following:
Lockheed has an
interesting history that seemed innocent enough up until around the 1950s.
You’ll note on p. 56 of Terris’ book that the company began to engage in some
questionable sales strategies with other nations in an effort sell the F-104
Starfighter so as to recoup costs when their US sales strategy failed.
Describe some of the unorthodox
strategies covered by Terris during this era that made Lockheed become “…a
byword for the shady practices of American multi-national corporations, and a
major impetus for new legislation...“.
On the issue of overseas
bribes, Terris asks the questions, “Who was hurt by the [overseas bribes
to secure sales of aircraft]? The competitors, of course, but what was
unethical about beating out the competition that was playing by the same
rules?” (p.59). What do you think about a situation where underhanded and back
door deals are the way the game is played if everybody is on the same playing
field? That is to say, if everybody is playing by the same shady rules, is it
unethical to compete?
In your reading you will
note that defense contractors continued to find themselves in hot water well
into the 1970s as a result of overpricing and additional charges of bribery. In
the late 70s Lockheed established its first code of ethics and later the major
defense contractors came to the table to level the playing field with the
Defense Industry Initiative (DII), by agreeing on a set of ethical principles.
This was an important turning point as was bringing Norman Augustine on board.
Why was the DII so
important to the eventual success of Lockheed Martin’s ethics program?
Discuss Norman
Augustine’s and Dilbert’s contribution in helping Lockheed Martin turn the
corner with its ethics program.
Assignment Expectations
Your paper should be 4 to
5 pages, should be double-spaced and in 12-point type size.
Your paper should have a
separate cover page and a separate reference page. Make sure you cite your
sources.
Use APA style, and
proofread your paper.
Upload your paper to by
the end of the module.
Module 2 – SLP
ETHICAL DECISION MAKING
IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS
Ethical Decisions in the
Workplace
After reading your
background readings, please review the following scenario and address the
questions at the end.
Jerry Stevens heads up an
excavation crew for the municipal utilities district in a city in Nebraska. A
sewer line needs to be replaced and it has been excavated with a back-hoe. The
trench is 7 feet deep. The municipality’s safety rules indicate that employees
should not go into the trench without a trench box. This rule is to prevent
employees from being buried if the trench walls collapse. People die every year
from trench cave-ins.
The trench box won’t
arrive on site for another 6 hours and the city promised residents that the
sewer would be fixed by the end of the day, which now seems impossible. The
City Administrator called Jerry on his cell phone and indicated that it was
imperative that the sewer be fixed as soon as conceivably possible because a
City Council member is served by that sewer line and will raise a fuss if it’s
not fixed by the promised time.
One of the more
experienced workers states, “It’s only going to take 30 minutes to dig
under the pipe and loosen the fittings. We don’t need the trench box. We used
to do this all the time before we were required to use one of those darn things.“
Jerry knows he’s right.
He used to do it himself before the rule was put in place. Also, the soil is
clearly a cohesive soil and it’s highly unlikely that it will collapse. And
although there is an organizational policy to use a trench box for trenches deeper
than 5 feet, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does not
have
Jurisdiction over
municipalities in Nebraska because municipalities are political subdivisions of
the State. The only entity regulating safety policies is the City’s Safety
Director and he took the day off.
In this scenario, to what
extent do you think allowing the crew into the trench without a trench box
would be pushing (or exceeding) the limit?
Discuss any ethical grey
areas in this scenario?
What in your mind is the
right thing to do?
What is the value of
having an ethics program (and related programs like safety programs) and what
are the responsibilities of front line leaders/supervisors and the workers when
they face dilemmas such as the one described?
SLP Assignment
Expectations
Please take some time to
review the materials and take a position on the issue. Write a 2- to 3-page
assessment of the authors’ claims, and your assessment of what might be done in
a place of business to prevent the “moral amnesia” phenomenon from
taking a foothold in a place of business.
Your paper should be
double-spaced and in 12-point type size.
Your paper should have a
separate cover page and a separate reference page. Make sure you cite your sources.
Use APA style, and proofread
your paper.
Upload your paper by the
end of the module.
Module 3 – Case
BUILDING AN ETHICS-BASED
WORKPLACE CULTURE
Assignment Overview
Ethics Program
Implementation
As you can see by your
reading, a lot of energy goes into the implementation of an organizational
ethics program. And Lockheed Martin has clearly allotted considerable resources
to assuring their program is successful. In this assignment we’ll be focusing
on what the company did to ensure the implementation of a successful program
that was flexible enough to accommodate the changing needs of the organization.
Case Assignment
Please address the
following questions:
On p. 83 Terris discusses
the company’s ethics code. Why is the
code considered important to the company’s ethics program?
Discuss the importance of
ethics training and employee involvement.
What are some of the things Lockheed does to make the training process
interesting and worthwhile?
How does Lockheed measure
success with respect to ethics in the workplace?
What are some of the
things Lockheed does at the operational level to make their ethics program
work?
Assignment Expectations
Write a 4- to 5-page
paper, not including title page or references page addressing the issue and
upload it by the end of this module.
Your paper should be
double-spaced and in 12-point type size.
Your paper should have a
separate cover page and a separate reference page. Make sure you cite your sources.
Use APA style, and
proofread your paper.
Upload your paper by the
end of the module.
Module 3 – SLP
BUILDING AN ETHICS-BASED
WORKPLACE CULTURE
The Chief Ethics Officer
Assignment Overview
In this assignment you
will be asked to consider the role of organizational leaders with respect to
ensuring companies work to create an ethical workplace culture. It is important for all upper level leaders
to ‘walk the talk’ so to speak. In
addition, many larger companies have a Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer who
provides leadership and oversight to the company’s business ethics related
endeavors. Recall that Lockheed Martin has such an executive level position.
However, not all companies have such a position. In this assignment you will be
asked to discuss the contributions of executive leaders and of the Ethics
Officer with respect to building an organization that values workplace ethics.
What do you believe are
the most important characteristics of ethical leadership?
Describe the relationship
between the ethical leader and the follower.
Why is this relationship
important for organizations that are attempting to do the right thing?
Based on your readings
(both the articles provided and Terris’ text), what is the role of the Chief
Ethics Officer and how does the role of this person relate to the success of
the ethics related endeavors within large organizations?
SLP Assignment
Expectations
Your paper should be 3–4
pages, double-spaced and in 12-point type size.
Your paper should have a
separate cover page and a separate reference page. Make sure you cite your sources.
Use APA style, and
proofread your paper.
Upload your paper to by
the end of the module.
Module 4 – Case
ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS AND
CSR
Assignment Overview
A Critique of Lockheed
Martin
In this assignment you
will be asked to review Chapter 4, the final chapter of Terris’ book, and to
spend some time applying your critical thinking skills in evaluating Lockheed
Martin’s efforts.
Case Assignment
What do you think about
the notion presented by Terris that Lockheed’s ethics program does little to
prevent ethical breaches at the highest level of the organization?
Are the efforts put
forth—such as making sure higher level executives participate in
training—enough to help executives navigate what Terris calls the ‘ethical
minefield’ faced by leadership in such an organization?
What are some things that
could be done to address the issue related to ethics at higher executive levels
of the organization?
Terris points out that
the company’s program is overly focused on individuals and that it doesn’t
really address group dynamics that can impact ethical situations. For instance,
there can be a tendency for groups to ‘go with the flow’ of the group decision
making process and overlook ethical issues in the process. What would you
recommend that Lockheed Martin do to address this situation?
(Hint: reviewing p. 128
and the following pages – before section headed “Personal Responsibility,
Collective Innocence” – of the text might be helpful).
Assignment Expectations
Write a 4- to 5-page paper,
not including title page or references page addressing the issue and upload it
by the end of this module.
Your paper should be
double-spaced and in 12-point type size.
Your paper should have a
separate cover page and a separate reference page. Make sure you cite your sources.
Use APA style, and
proofread your paper.
Upload your paper by the
end of the module.
Module 4 – SLP
ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS AND
CSR
Corporate Social
Responsibility
Assignment Overview
In this assignment please
read the articles in your background readings and respond to the following:
Describe corporate social
responsibility.
Describe corporate social
irresponsibility.
Where do you stand on the
issue of CSR v CSI? Do corporations have a right to ignore their responsibility
to some stakeholders in order to add to the short term bottom line? Provide a
well-reasoned response and do some of your own research to provide some
examples to support your arguments.
SLP Assignment
Expectations
Your paper should be 3–4
pages, double-spaced and in 12-point type size.
Your paper should have a
separate cover page and a separate reference page. Make sure you cite your
sources.
Use APA style, and
proofread your paper.
Upload your paper to by
the end of the module..
 
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