W1 Assignment 3: Create a Personal Ethical Framework
Personal Ethical Framework: In a 3-4 page paper, describe your own personal ethical framework. Include a discussion of how your upbringing and social location affect your ethics and values. You may want to make use of the helpful resources (Links to an external site.) available from the Markkula Center at Santa Clara University in describing your framework (if used, you must cite properly).
Consider also the following questions in describing your framework:
- Are there any categorical imperatives that you practice?
- When making business decisions that carry ethical weight (and most decisions do!), do you typically analyze your ethical duties (a deontological approach) or the consequences of your actions (a consequentialist approach)?
- Identify the habits you routinely practice that support your ethical values, and note also a few things you do that are inconsistent with what you believe to be ethical.
- Highlight a time when were faced with a business dilemma and you consciously reflected on your ethical framework to make a business decision. Include in your response a discussion of how a different ethical frame might have yielded a different outcome to the dilemma.
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Assignment Rubric – Create a Personal Ethical Framework
| Assignment Rubric – Create a Personal Ethical Framework | ||
| Criteria | Ratings | Pts |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThe paper describes a coherent ethical framework that makes references to major ethical schools of thought. | 2 pts | |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThe paper includes a discussion of the student’s social location and background. | 1 pts | |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeThe paper includes at least one example of how the student’s personal ethical framework helped them make a business decision. | 3 pts | |
| This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePaper is 3-4 pages in length (double spaced), is formatted based on APA guidelines, uses correct grammar and is written at the collegiate level, and includes in-text citations and a reference page. | 1 pts | |
| Total Points: 7 | ||
