Description
Write a 3- to 4-page paper that contains the following two parts. Address each of the following, which will constitute a first draft of one part of your paper. Use the Ethical Analysis Tool to guide your analysis.
Part 1 (1–2 pages):
A 1-paragraph introduction in which you do the following:
Identify the case you are addressing.
Explain the issues involved in the case.
State your thesis (the position for which you argue in the paper).
A brief outline
Part 2 (2 pages):
Explain how a virtue ethicist would approach the case.
If you do not think virtue ethics is applicable to your case, explain why.
Analyze the case using the principle of utility.
Support your use of evidence in the assignment with references to the week’s readings. Follow guidelines for writing an ethics paper as presented in the course text appendix, “How to Write an Ethics Paper.”
Final Project Case Examples
Society of Professional Journalists. (1995-2022). Ethics case studies. Retrieved from Ethics Case Studies – Society of Professional Journalists
(spj.org)
o The Media’s Foul Ball
o Publishing Drunk Drivers’ Photos
National Institutes of Health Office of Intramural Research. Theme 10: Science and Social Responsibility, Continued.
Theme 6: Ethical Ambiguities
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). (n.d.).
Integrity Ethics Module 14 Exercises: A. Case Studies – Professional Ethics (unodc.org)
A: Case Studies for Professional Ethics.
o Case Study 1 [Tweeting issue]
o Case Study 2 [A researcher’s reputation] o Case Study 3 [Catastrophic chemical leak] o Case Study 4 [Ambiguous research data]
