Unethical recruiting practices in men's college basketball

Unethical recruiting practices in men's college basketball Order Description BM327 Term Paper Assignment Guidelines for all Written Work: 1. Paper Formats should follow the APA Style Guide, 6th edition. A good summary can be found at the Purdue Online Writing LabIt is also an excellent source to help you with your writing. 2. Your paper should include 4 major sections. Title Page, Abstract, Main Body, References. 1. Title Page: Type your title in upper and lowercase letters centered in the upper half of the page. APA recommends that your title be no more than 12 words in length and that it should not contain abbreviations or words that serve no purpose. Your title may take up one or two lines. All text on the title page, and throughout your paper, should be double-spaced. Beneath the title, type the author's name: first name, middle initial(s), and last name. Do not use titles (Dr.) or degrees (PhD). 2. Abstract: Begin a new page. On the first line of the abstract page, center the word "Abstract" (no bold, formatting, italics, underlining, or quotation marks). The objective of an abstract is to give your readers a succinct summary of what they will learn in reading your paper. The main challenge of an abstract is its length, in that it should be no more than 150 words. Therefore, you must be selective about what you include in it. A good abstract (for a non-empirical paper such as this one) includes the following elements: a. The topic: What is the paper going to be about at a broad level. For example, "This paper will disuss the history of Walmart and how it has affected its key stakeholders over time.". b. Coverage: What points does the paper touch on. Example: The paper spends time discussing all of the primary and secondary stakeholders of Walmart, the legitimacy, and power of each stakeholder as well as the urgency of their claims on the company. The paper will also include a discussion of how Walmart can better manage key stakeholder relationships." c. The key points that the reader should learn from reading the paper. For example, "The reader will see that despite negative press and opinions, Walmart has done a good job of addressing the concerns of its major stakeholders in a positive way." 3. Main paper with topic headers. A theoretical/analytical paper like this should probably have three to four major sections, and 3 or 4 minor sections. Section headers REALLY help organize a paper and I suggest using them. a. Introduction. A general overview of what is going to be said in the paper. For example, what is the main content discussed and what are the key "learning elements" that a reader should discover. b. Main Body. This is the heart of the paper and should include sub-headers that delineate the important sections of the paper. c. Conclusion. A reminder of what the paper was about and what learning should the reader have taken away. d. References. An APA formatted bibliography of sources you have used not just read. In text citations should follow the APA style guidelines of (author, year). The bibliography should be in alphabetical order, using a hanging indent. See Purdue Owl APA guidelines for full information on formatting rules. 2. Please Number the pages consecutively starting with the title page. Some Stylistic Pointers 1. Avoid the use of the passive voice. While most professors admonish you not to use the 1st person, this is preferable (at least to me) than the use of the passive voice. In fact, overuse of the passive voice is one of my pet peeves. See the Purdue OWLfor a good discussion. This does NOT allow you free reign to use the first person, but make sure the question "Whodunnit" is answered in all of your sentences. Avoid the overuse of direct quotes, paraphrase whenever possible. If a direct quote is more than one sentence long, it should be written as a blockquote, offset 5 characters from the left margin and single spaced. 2. Use the general rule of "up or out" regarding footnotes. If it's important to the paper, put it in the text. If you have to use a footnote, make sure that is absolutely necessary. Footnotes should not be used for citing sources. 3. Guide your reader. After a long section of prose, tell the reader the main point they should have taken from it. Also, state how it fits in with other points made in the paper. TOPICS and other details For this paper, you will choose your own topic. This will require a little bit of creativity on your part, but there is enough going on in the world to come up with something that you will find interesting to research and write about. In line with the spirit that the true art of writing is in revision, here is what will be due over the course of the semester. 1. Outline (Week 6). This outline should include the following information: a. Topic: This should include a specific definition of the area you are studying. It should be specific enough so that I can understand exactly what will be said. This should also include a specific thesis statement that will be the organizing concept of your paper. Be certain to not be too broad. For example, the topic "the ethics of coal mining" would be far too broad. There are just too many specific areas that could be covered (e.g. safety, pollution, employment, etc.). So, pick a more specific area such as "Safety regulations in coal mining." b. Main Body This should include a detailed description of the background of the area you are studying. Enough so that you and another person could carry on an intelligent discussion of the area. This section should also outline the major points (at least 3) that you will present to support the claim you make in your thesis. These areas should briefly outline the reasons that the reasons/evidence support your claim. c. References This should include a small sampling (2-4) of main sources you are planning to use to write your paper. Length: I expect that you will be able to provide sufficient information in 1 to 2 pages. Make sure I am able to understand what you want to write about. Once you receive comments and approval from me, you can move forward to the "first draft" 2, First Draft (Week 10) a. The paper should follow the APA Style Guide, 6th edition. A good summary can be found at the Purdue Online Writing Lab. This website is also an excellent source to help you with your writing. b. Your paper should include 4 major sections. Title Page, Abstract, Main Body, References. 1. Title Page: Type your title in upper and lowercase letters centered in the upper half of the page. APA recommends that your title be no more than 12 words in length and that it should not contain abbreviations or words that serve no purpose. Your title may take up one or two lines. All text on the title page, and throughout your paper, should be double-spaced. Beneath the title, type the author's name: first name, middle initial(s), and last name. Do not use titles (Dr.) or degrees (PhD). 2. Abstract: Begin a new page. On the first line of the abstract page, center the word "Abstract" (no bold, formatting, italics, underlining, or quotation marks). The objective of an abstract is to give your readers a succinct summary of what they will learn in reading your paper. The main challenge of an abstract is its length, in that it should be no more than 150 words. Therefore, you must be selective about what you include in it. A good abstract (for a non-empirical paper such as this one) includes the following elements: a. The topic: What is the paper going to be about at a broad level. For example, "This paper will disuss the history of Walmart and how it has affected its key stakeholders over time.". b. Coverage: What points does the paper touch on. Example: The paper spends time discussing all of the primary and secondary stakeholders of Walmart, the legitimacy, and power of each stakeholder as well as the urgency of their claims on the company. The paper will also include a discussion of how Walmart can better manage key stakeholder relationships." c. The key points that the reader should learn from reading the paper. For example, "The reader will see that despite negative press and opinions, Walmart has done a good job of addressing the concerns of its major stakeholders in a positive way." 3. Main paper with topic headers. A theoretical/analytical paper like this should probably have three to four major sections, and 3 or 4 minor sections. Section headers REALLY help organize a paper and I suggest using them. a. Introduction. A general overview of what is going to be said in the paper. For example, what is the main content discussed and what are the key "learning elements" that a reader should discover. b. Main Body. This is the heart of the paper and should include sub-headers that delineate the important sections of the paper. c. Conclusion. A reminder of what the paper was about and what learning should the reader have taken away. d. References. An APA formatted bibliography of sources you have used e.g. cited in the paper not just read. In text citations should follow the APA style guidelines of (author, year). The bibliography should be in alphabetical order, using a hanging indent. See Purdue Owl APA guidelines for full information on formatting rules. c. Please Number the pages consecutively starting with the title page. d. The paper should be "about" 2500 words (approximately 10 pages) Please do not "pad" the paper in order to make it 10 pages. This is a GUIDELINE, not a REQUIREMENT. If you can write a solid paper in 8 pages, by all means do it. Simply make sure there are no open issues of "why" in your argument. Also - if you must exceed 10 pages, please be certain that the material you place in the paper is all necessary.