Your paper topic should illustrate an ethical problem or dilemma that needs to be resolved. The problem can be from your personal experience, professional experience, a national or global issue. However, you are encouraged to use the previous topic from week eleven – Analyzing an Ethical Dilemma.
You might consider answering all or some of these questions as you structure your paper:
• Why is it important for you to choose an ethical course of action? What will happen if no action is taken?
• What are the most important facts that we need to know in order to make a decision on this issue?
• Who are the people or institutions (stakeholders) that have a stake in the outcome of this issue and how will they be affected (harm or benefit) by the decision? Please use just two stakeholders – 1 person and 1 institution.
• What duties or obligations would someone need to fulfill in order to behave ethically in this situation? Is there a conflict among these duties? Please use just two – duty and obligation.
• What will be the consequences for all interested parties if one course of action is chosen rather than another? This section must also relate to the stakeholders – who will gain or lose based on the course of action taken.
• What do you believe is the proper resolution for this issue? Why is that necessary and justifiable in order to resolve the issue?
• What could have been done to avoid this situation? How can it be avoided in the future?