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MGT 166: BUSINESS ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Requirements for Papers and Scoring Criteria
This involves reading (or watching/listening), reflection, analysis and writing. You will prepare and submit a Paper pertaining to specific course
preparation materials. Detailed instructions are provided for each Paper. All writing must be your own original, independent thoughts and ideas.
OBJECTIVES
ï‚· Develop and support critical thinking
ï‚· Drive exploration of ideas and course themes
ï‚· Develop writing skills for business
ï‚· Provide structure and focus for class preparation that will support a good discussion in class
ï‚· Create meaningful works to support final exam preparation
LENGTH OF PAPER
Papers must be 350 – 450 words. (Really! Not 347 words or 451 words. Edit your work to meet this requirement.) Using the formatting specified
below, this is approximately one page.
GUIDANCE
Your Paper reflects your responses (reflection, speculation, questions, well-supported opinion) to the required class preparation material. It
must be primarily your independent thoughts and ideas. Questions in Study Guides are intended as just that – guides. You should not simply
read/watch/listen to the material to look for the answers to the questions in the study guide. Your arguments must be well supported. Your
Paper must not be a summary of the class preparation materials.
Papers must demonstrate critical thinking. They may include thoughtful reflection on the content of the material, your opinion on the subject(s)
and some connection to your work, other courses and/or personal experiences.
Most Papers will involve writing in a specified scenario. When that is not the case:
ï‚· Work through ideas and concepts from the material
ï‚· Respond to prompts in the Study Guide and develop the ideas further
ï‚· Address an aspect of the content that you found particularly compelling
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ï‚· Develop new insights from the material and relate them to previous course material, key concepts or class discussions to develop new
insights
CAREFUL! DO NOT PLAGIARIZE
Plagiarism involves using the writings of another person. There are two types of plagiarism:
ï‚· Intentional – when a student knowingly copies work from another writer.
ï‚· Technical – usually involves a student failing to correctly paraphrase, quote or cite another’s work.
Someone else’s writings must be cited unless the information contained in their work can be considered common knowledge easily obtained
from a number of sources. Beware of the following:
 Paraphrasing – even if words are changed and reorganized, a citation is required.
 Summarizing – even if there is a concise or “boiled down†rewrite, a citation of the original source is required.
Citations are not required for references to the assigned preparation materials. If you use sources beyond those, cite your sources in a
bibliography. (The bibliography will not be counted as part of the 350 – 450 word limit.) Use the Modern Language Association citation method.
You have a very limited number of words for each Paper. Quoting someone else takes away valuable space in your Paper to express your own
thoughts. You should use the work of others (with citations) very little or not at all in your Papers.
FORMAT
On TritonEd, in the Papers folder, you will find an example Paper. This example demonstrates the format required for Papers:
ï‚· At the upper left of the page, provide
1. your name on one line
2. your student ID
3. the due date of the Paper
4. the title(s) of the reading(s) or other material addressed in your Paper
EXAMPLE:
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ï‚· 350 – 450 words (excluding information in the upper left of the page and citations; the limit applies only to the body of the Paper)
 1†margins on all sides of the page
ï‚· 1.5 line spacing in the body of the paper
ï‚· Indent paragraphs
ï‚· Black text
ï‚· Microsoft Word 11-point Ariel or Calibri font or the equivalent
ï‚· Provide the word count in parenthesis at the end of your Paper. (Use the word count function in your software.)
Accepted File Types
Due to different operating systems, application software, sorcery, solar flares, etc., a single file can appear/print differently on different systems.
You are responsible for submitting a Paper that complies with the formatting requirements and verifying that your document, when opened by
the instructor or teaching assistant/tutor via Turnitin software, is displayed correctly. Only the following file formats will be accepted:
ï‚· Microsoft Word (.doc)
ï‚· Adobe Acrobat PDF (.pdf)
ï‚· Plain text (.txt)
ï‚· Rich Text Format (.rtf)
ï‚· HTML (.html, htm)
NOTE: Apple’s .pages is not an accepted format.
SUBMISSION
When you submit your Paper via TritonEd, be sure you receive an electronic receipt from Turnitin. If you do not receive an electronic receipt,
you should assume your document was not submitted successfully. Submit it again. If you are still unable to get a receipt, contact Educational
Technology Services for TritonEd technical support. Do not contact the instructor or TA/Tutor for technical support. Save your electronic receipt
from Turnitin for each Paper in case there is a technical problem with your submission.
It is your responsibility to submit your Papers on time and get Turnitin receipts for the submissions. If TritonEd shows you did not submit your
Paper and you cannot provide your electronic receipt, you will receive a score of zero. A Turnitin receipt is the only evidence that will be
accepted to verify that your Paper was submitted successfully.
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SCORING CRITERIA
As we score Papers, we will be looking for evidence that all class preparation material (reading, video, audio) was completed. Papers are scored
on the following criteria:
ï‚· Content. The Paper meets all the requirements specified in the instructions for that Paper. It is thorough, demonstrating introspective
thought, and exploration of themes and / or connections with previous knowledge and experiences from other courses or personal and
work experiences. Definitive assertions are well supported. It reflects content from the course materials. There is clear evidence that all
class preparation material (reading, video, audio) was completed.
ï‚· Critical Thinking. The Paper demonstrates a thorough understanding of what critical thinking is. Critical thinking is applied thoroughly in
analysis of the material to decide if a claim is always true, sometimes true, partly true or false. It is used to create insightful claims based
on reason and evidence.
ï‚· Writing. The Paper demonstrates quality college-level writing and is well structured. Observations are descriptive and to the point. The
Paper is free of grammar, spelling and other errors.
ï‚· Format. The Paper is consistent with the required formatting and the example Paper provided. The Paper meets the requirement for
length.
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SCORING RUBRIC
Content (3 pts possible)
3– Excellent, thoughtful work; includes introspective thought, exploration of themes and /or connections with previous knowledge and
experiences; definitive assertions are well supported; demonstrates comprehension of course content; clear evidence that all materials
were completed and considered thoroughly; meets all the requirements of the Paper
2– Good but falls short of one to several criteria for full credit or has at least one significant problem; may have less evidence that readings
were completed and considered
1– Satisfactory; falls short of several criteria and/or has some significant problems; may have less evidence that readings were completed and
considered
0 – Poor effort or incomplete, e.g., wrong material(s) discussed
Critical Thinking (2 pts possible)
2 – Demonstrates critical thinking with diligent reflection, sound analysis and conclusions. It includes at least one insightful claim based on
reason and evidence
1 – Good effort but falls short of one to several criteria for full credit
0 – Little or no evidence of critical thinking
Writing (2 pts possible)
2 – Writing is quality college-level work; material is well structured; grammar is excellent; observations are descriptive and to the point; the
work has been carefully edited and proofread and contains no errors
1 – Writing is average with errors, poor structure, grammar mistakes, inattention to detail, and/or weak effort
0 – Writing is poor, not at college-level, with little or no evidence of editing and proofreading
Format (1 pt possible)
1 – Meets all formatting requirements
0 – Does not meet all formatting requirements
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KEY TO SCORING NOTES
C – Content CT – Critical Thinking W – Writing F – Format
1 Does not meet requirements of
the Paper
Lack of evidence of critical
thinking and analysis
Convoluted writing* Too short
2 Meets some but not all
requirements of the Paper
Insufficient critical thinking and
analysis
Spelling error(s) Too long
3 Lack of evidence that all materials
were completed and considered
Critique of the material rather
than critical thinking or analysis
Word(s) used incorrectly Incorrect line spacing
4 Statement(s) of fact(s) without
attribution when needed
No insightful claims Incorrect/inappropriate slang,
colloquialism; failure to explain
usage.
Incorrect margins
5 One or more arguments are
unsupported
Insightful claim lacks supporting
reason or evidence
Insufficient proofreading and
editing
Poor readability, e.g.,
problem with text color, lack
of paragraph indentation
6 Superficial discussion Does not address any
implications or consequences
Grammar issue(s) Information missing from or
not put in upper left corner
7 Summarizes material No /Lack of synthesis of ideas Punctuation error(s) Does not include word count
8 Restates material Observational rather than
analytical
Lacks structured paragraphs Incorrect font size
9 Wrong material(s) covered Fails to introduce an idea that
wasn’t already presented in the
material
Content requires more
paragraphs, has run on
sentence(s) or has other
structural problem(s)
10 Contradictions within the
submission
No conclusion (Doesn’t leave the
reader with an overall point/main
idea)
11 False statements made
*Convoluted writing may include:
ï‚· Failure to make points clearly, using well-constructed sentences written with a consistent grammar style and building a coherent
argument structure systematically.
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ï‚· Sentence structure characterized by excessive detail, needless repetition, and outlandish figures of speech; unnecessarily intricate or
complicated.
ï‚· Sentences contain unnecessary words; paragraphs contain unnecessary sentences.
ï‚· Long, wordy sentences which are sometimes difficult to follow due to their excessive detail or lack of punctuation.
ï‚· Wanders all over the place before getting to the point.
ï‚· Hard to understand. Many ideas mixed in together. Confusing to the reader.
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