Introduction: In this project we ask you to reflect on what ethics means to you personally. It is critical that you use numerous personal examples from your actual life and NOT someone else’s ideas. This project is graded based on your giving an honest assessment of what you think about ethics by reflecting on the questions below. As you write, don’t worry about an answer you think your professor would like. Take responsibility and give a truthful response to the questions. If your paper is 100% positive about ethics or 100% negative about ethics, that content will NOT impact your grade. Support with examples from your life. Note: You are NOT required to do any research for this paper. Sit down and start writing, in your own words, what is true for you.
Personal Ethics Statement Paper Content Guidelines: Your paper must be divided into 5 sections, each beginning with the BOLD headings below, responding in your own words to the following elements:
Introduction: Short paragraph introducing what this paper is about.
Personal: Define ethics in your own words; explain your personal perspective about ethics, where your ethical views originated and why ethics is, or is not, important to you (use examples from your personal life to explain your position).
Career: Now that you have considered ethics personally, address in your own words how you see ethics applied in corporate or other work settings and discuss why you believe this is important, or not important, to your career. Give examples from your personal experience or knowledge of companies and their ethics protocols (including any work or non-work experiences).
Society: The last question we ask you to reflect on is how ethics is applied across society. Describe in your own words the importance of, or the lack of, ethics in the global world. Give examples from your personal experience that would reflect your point of view; if you can relate this to your home country, even better.
Conclusion: Short paragraph tying the three questions together with any conclusions you believe others would find helpful in understanding your perspective on this subject.
- A typed, electronic document (single-spaced, 0 pt. between lines); must be either .doc or .docx
- Written in first person (I, me, we, us, myself, etc.) – tell us your thoughts in your own words
- 1.5–2 pages in length (do not exceed 2 pages; do not submit less than 1.5 pages)
- Margins on all 4 sides: 1”
- Type: 12-point font; Times New Roman or Calibri
- Title: “Ethics Personal Statement – BA 342 FA19”
- Your name at top of page
- Bold headings for all five sections as noted in these guidelines
- Grammar, spelling and attention to detail are always important – check your document carefully
BA 342 Personal Ethics Statement Grading Rubric
This paper is worth 35 points of your overall course grade.
We will use the following grading guidelines.
Full Credit: 35 Points
- Full credit will be given if ALL paper mechanics are followed and ALL paper content criteria listed in these guidelines are followed (including personal examples in all sections).
Partial Credit: 20–34 Points - Missing any of the paper content and/or mechanics elements listed in these guidelines
- Poorly written (spelling, grammar, word choice, lack of attention to detail, etc.)
- Low or high page count
Zero Credit: 0 Points - File not successfully submitted via the Canvas assignment by the due date
- File emailed to Teaching Team instead of submitted via the Canvas assignment
- Unacceptable file type or unreadable file submitted
- Submission is irrelevant and unrelated to assignment
- Submission addresses few of the protocols in this assignment
- Any amount of plagiarism from any source
Personal Ethics Statement Outline
The outline below is offered as a guide to help you organize your project (note that the spacing shown is not intended to indicate how much or how little information you should include in each section). If you like, download or copy/paste into a new document to begin writing, in your own words, expanding this outline as necessary to result in the 1.5-2 page statement. Remember that you are responsible for ensuring that your submitted project meets all paper mechanics and content requirements detailed in these guidelines (e.g., margins may default to your device’s settings when you download or copy/paste from this document, so confirm all of your document’s mechanics and content before submitting).
Ethics Personal Statement – BA 342 FA19
Your Name
Introduction:
Personal:
Career:
Society:
Conclusion: