Description The purpose of the Live Case Brief assignment is to demonstrate your ability to apply y ...
Description The purpose of the Live Case Brief assignment is to demonstrate your ability to apply your Moral Compass and course tools to develop and justify an action plan to manage an ethical challenge. This assignment activates all five of the BLHV learning objectives. Your instructor will establish the protocols for your case in Week 4 or 5. You may be assigned a case or you may be able to choose a case. Your professor will provide specific criteria for choosing a recent case. You will conduct your own ethical analysis of a scenario and develop an action plan using the tools, methods, and frameworks from the course as well as your own independent inquiry and thought. You may consult any and all learning materials from the seminar and elsewhere; you may also consult and discuss the case with others. The written brief, however, must be entirely your own work. If you do consult other sources, you must credit and cite them properly in APA format. The case brief should be between 2,500 and 4,000 words, excluding the References and Title page. Step-by-Step Instructions Download and follow the Live Case Brief Template to prepare your Live Case Brief. Please do not turn in the template, but construct a fluid essay.Be sure to consult the Live Case Brief rubrics posted below. The prompts in each section will get you started but will not satisfy the full grading metrics. Write a fluid essay based on your draft on the Template, following the general order of the sections . You may use section headings as they are or write your own informative headings; however, be sure to address all points. References should go at the end, in APA style format. UNFORMATTED ATTACHMENT PREVIEW LIVE CASE TEMPLATE LIVE CASE BRIEF TEMPLATE Use the Live Case Brief Template to prepare your Live Case Brief. Be sure to consult the Live Case Brief rubrics posted in Canvas. The prompts in each section will get you started but will not satisfy the full grading metrics. Write a fluid essay based on your draft on the Template, following the general order of the sections. You may use section headings as they are or write your own informative headings; however, be sure to address all the points. References should go at the end, in APA style format. Essay should be between 2,500 and 4,000 words, excluding References and Title page. Upload your essay under the Live Case Brief assignment in Canvas. DUE DATE: Class 7, end of day. I. TITLE, SOURCE, AND ABSTRACT How will you identify this case? What key nouns and actions words will grab attention? What is the source of information about this case? Publication title, author, and date; personal observation or communication. “Big picture” interpretation of the case in a few sentences. Why is it important? Write here II. MORAL CHALLENGE “Big picture” interpretation of the case in a few sentences. How would you characterize the moral challenge of this case? Why is this case morally important? Write here III. KEY FACTS Your factual discovery of key events, actors, and evidence: What relevant events, people, and evidence are key to understanding the situation or problem? What contextual/ technical knowledge needs to be considered? How reliable are your sources for the facts of the case? Write here IV. ETHICAL ANALYSIS Your interpretation of the values conflict or moral challenge. • What is the main moral issue in this case? What is at stake? What is the moral urgency? (Uncertainty, risk, danger) • Who is the key moral actor in this case? Whose actions and decisions determine the moral resolution of this case? • What is your intuitive moral judgment of the issue? What foundational moral values are involved? (CARE, LIBERTY, FAIRNESS, LOYALTY, etc) • How do values and moral judgments conflict? Is it a right/right or right/wrong conflict? What type of right/right? • Is the moral issue with an action, the means of action, or the intent of an action? • What normative moral claims and standpoints of VIRTUE (character, common good), DUTY (principle, moral claims), and CONSEQUENCES (outcomes, harm, cost, benefit) should you consider in evaluating the moral challenge? • How would you apply the values and code of your wisdom tradition to understand and explain the moral issue? • How does the moral challenge align/conflict with the core values of your Wisdom Tradition and Moral Compass? Write here V. STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS Your interpretation of stakeholder interests considering precedents, context, and evidence: • Who are the stakeholders (individuals, groups, or entities) whose values, moral claims, and duties constitute the moral challenge of the case? What values, Wisdom Traditions, and moral arguments support their claims? How valid and sound are those claims? • What competing or contested values, claims, or duties complicate this case? Which stakeholders have more urgent and compelling claims? Why? • What similar cases or situations are useful as analogues for evaluating this case? Write here VI. OPTION ANALYSIS Your interpretation of options. What are the feasible options for the key moral actor to consider in resolving the moral problem? On what grounds are they morally justified? Write here VII. DECISION Your action recommendation. Which option is the most ethical, and on what grounds? How does the action express/reflect your core values? Write here IX. SUMMARY ARGUMENT Your argument in brief: Explain the best decision option or action plan persuasively in 25-50 words. Write here X. FORMAT AND REFERENCES Your final document check: Is your Case Brief constructed in a fluent, coherent narrative following the order of the document template? Is your grammar, syntax, and spelling perfect? Are all your sources cited and listed as references in proper APA format? .
