Exploring a debate is a fundamental element
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Exploring a debate is a fundamental element of academic essay writing. The purpose of this assignment is to help students to develop an ability to identify opposing views, and the arguments supporting them, on a social issue of relevance to understanding the relationship between business and society.
Instructions
1. Select a topic from the ‘List of Topics’ below and read both articles.
2. Clearly articulate the social issue addressed in the articles.
3. Outline the opposing views on this social issue. Pick one quote from each of the two articles that you think best captures their respective positions.
4. In a short paragraph, outline the argument behind the respective positions. Provide what you think are the reasons (the ‘premises’) offered in each of the articles to support each of the opposing views (see Shea and Whitla, ch. 6).
5. Include proper bibliographical references (see Shea and Whitla, ch. 9).
List of Topics (click the links)
1. Labour Unions in Society
Clemens, Ja son and Niels Veldhuis, ‘Should ‘ Rig ht -to-Work ’ Come to Ca nada?’ Fraser Institute, Sept. 2013.
Hennessy, Trish, ‘Lowering our Standards’ Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Sept.
2013.