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Week 3 Assignment
Case
Analysis: Case Studies: Lehman Brothers, British Petroleum, Monsanto, Merck,
Goodyear, Perdue Farms
In the
Week 3 Discussion, you selected a current business problem from the
following case categories:
·
Banking
·
Fuel and the Environment
·
GMOs
·
Factory Farming
·
Pharmaceuticals
·
Gender Discrimination
In this
written assignment, you will present your work on the case analysis using
selected components of an argumentative essay as described in Sections 9.1 and
9.2 of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking (Hardy, Foster,
&Zúñiga y Postigo, 2015). This written assignment will include a revised
and polished version of your discussion work, the presentation and support of
two premises, and an analysis of how your chosen ethical theory offers the best
moral solution to the business problem in your case analysis.
Using the
components of the argumentative essay located in Sections 9.1 and 9.2 of With
Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking (Hardy, Foster, &Zúñiga y
Postigo (2015), your assignment should include the following:
An
introduction. This is the “Problem” portion of
the essay that is covered in Section 9.1: The Argumentative Essay (Hardy,
Foster, &Zúñiga y Postigo, 2015). This should be an improved version of the
introduction in your initial post, revised on the basis of your professor’s
feedback and additional research. In this introduction you will need to (a)
identify the specific issue or problem that you want to address and give an
impartial presentation of the controversy, (b) articulate briefly the
characteristics of the economic system that serves as the setting for the
business, and (c) examine the laws that affect the operations of the business.
The introduction should be one paragraph of around 200 words in length.
A thesis. Start a new paragraph with a precise and clear sentence in
which you state your moral position with regard to the case that you presented
in your first paragraph. This is known as stating your thesis. (See the
“Thesis” passage in “The Argumentative Essay” in Hardy, Foster, &Zúñiga y
Postigo, 2015). The thesis you state here should be an improved version of the
thesis in your initial post in the discussion, revised on the basis of your
professor’s feedback and your reading of “The Argumentative Essay” indicated
above.
A thesis
is only one sentence, so do not write a series of sentences, or a complex
sentence with explanatory clauses (e.g., “because…” or “since…” or “according
to Dr. Mary Expert, an economist with the Bureau of Labor statistics…”, or “a
law that was ratified with 80% votes in favor…”). An example of a precise and
clear thesis is this: “Factory farms are not morally justifiable” or, of
course, the opposite point of view: “Factory farms are morally justifiable.”
Keep in mind that your thesis in this assignment will be the basis for the
argumentative essay of the Week 5 written assignment, so take your time
when formulating this thesis.
Ethical
theory. In the same second paragraph as
the thesis statement, identify the ethical theory that supports your moral
position. You may choose from utilitarianism, duty ethics, or virtue ethics.
Present the characteristics of the ethical theory in a broad sketch, and
include citations and references in APA form. Then, apply your chosen ethical
theory by explaining how it lends itself to the moral position that you are
defending.
Two
premises. Present at least two reasons in
support of your thesis and these should be presented in the form of a claim.
These are called premises. Articulate each premise in one clear and
grammatically correct sentence. Review Section 9.1 of With Good Reason: A
Guide to Critical Thinking (Foster, Hardy, and Zúñiga y Postigo, 2015).
Start a new paragraph for each.
In the
rest of the paragraph, support your premise by presenting an analysis of how
the ethical theory lends itself to the best solution. This analysis includes
articulating the characteristics(s) of the economic system at work that support
the claims in your premises. It also includes examining the effects of the law(s)
at work that also support the claims in your premises.
Comparative
analysis. In the final paragraph, analyze
how this application lends itself to a solution that is superior to that
offered by one of the ethical theories that you did not select. To do this,
provide a clear statement describing the moral solution offered by this other
theory. For example, if you chose utilitarianism to apply to your case, then
you can choose from either virtue ethics or deontology for your comparative
analysis. Explain in no more than three sentences what moral solution would
result from the application of this other ethical theory. See the “Sample Case Analysis” for an illustration of how this would look like. Finally,
analyze the strengths of the moral solution presented by your chosen ethical
theory in ways that demonstrate how it is superior to the moral solution
offered by the other ethical theory.
Once you
receive your assignment back from your professor, start working on revisions
based on your professor’s feedback.
This is the first step in preparing your Final Project and the details are
presented on the Final Project’s prompt. You will benefit from starting your
Final Project as soon as you receive your assignment back from your professor.
Requirements
for Your Assignment:
·
Your assignment should be 1000
words in length, excluding the title page and reference page(s).
·
Your examination should be both
thorough and succinct. This is a combination that demands time and thought, so
give yourself sufficient time to draft and revise.
·
Your assignment should include
citations, as well as a list of references. Both must be in APA form.
·
You should draw from the sources
provided in your chosen case category in the discussion this week.
·
Also refer to Section 9.1: The
Argumentative Essay and the introduction to Section 9.2: Strengthening the
Argumentative Essay (intro only for the latter) from Hardy, J., Foster, C.,
&Zúñiga y Postigo, G. (2015).
· Your references should include at least two scholarly sources from your own research in the Ashford University Library, Google Scholar (this is not the same as Google), or the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. No Wikipedia articles and the like should be included in the references, nor employed to inform your paper. Also keep in mind that dictionary definitions are not references in the academic sense.