UNIV 1211 Assignment 1 Understanding the Ethics of My Major Fall 2014 
UNIV 1211: Professional Development and Competencies
Fall 2014
Understanding the Ethics of My Major
(10%=Individual written report)
Purpose of Assignment
Each student has to submit a written report that discusses and illustrates the ethics of their Major
This assignment will help students understand the importance of ethics, ethics within an organization, and ethical decision making. This assignment will create an awareness of ethical practice within their academic life and professional life within their discipline. It will also help students understand the negative consequences of unethical behavior on individuals, organizations, and societies.
Objectives
To help students understand the topic of ethics within the workplace.
To help students understand the ethics of his discipline, and the ethical standards of a certain profession within his discipline.
Requirements
1. The report must use your own language and should specify the reference(s) from which the information is taken. If you cut and paste a sentence you must use quotation marks and write the author, year, and page number in brackets in the text after the quotation. Quotes can be no longer than 2 lines in length.
2. The report must: have a cover page use Times New Romans or Arial, font size: 12 have a space of 1.5 between lines use your own words (no cut and pasting) be at least 2-3 full pages in length (not including the reference list) start each paragraph with a topic sentence
full sentences (and no bullet points)
3. The report must use the following headings:
Introduction
Include a clear thesis statement, introduce the term ‘ethics’, justify the importance of the assignment topic, outline what topics the report will cover (R)
Ethical Behaviors
List 10 ethical behaviors such as being truthful, fairness, and respect for others. Briefly describe each of the behaviors with examples. (R)
Importance of
Fall 2014
Understanding the Ethics of My Major
(10%=Individual written report)
Purpose of Assignment
Each student has to submit a written report that discusses and illustrates the ethics of their Major
This assignment will help students understand the importance of ethics, ethics within an organization, and ethical decision making. This assignment will create an awareness of ethical practice within their academic life and professional life within their discipline. It will also help students understand the negative consequences of unethical behavior on individuals, organizations, and societies.
Objectives
To help students understand the topic of ethics within the workplace.
To help students understand the ethics of his discipline, and the ethical standards of a certain profession within his discipline.
Requirements
1. The report must use your own language and should specify the reference(s) from which the information is taken. If you cut and paste a sentence you must use quotation marks and write the author, year, and page number in brackets in the text after the quotation. Quotes can be no longer than 2 lines in length.
2. The report must: have a cover page use Times New Romans or Arial, font size: 12 have a space of 1.5 between lines use your own words (no cut and pasting) be at least 2-3 full pages in length (not including the reference list) start each paragraph with a topic sentence
full sentences (and no bullet points)
3. The report must use the following headings:
Introduction
Include a clear thesis statement, introduce the term ‘ethics’, justify the importance of the assignment topic, outline what topics the report will cover (R)
Ethical Behaviors
List 10 ethical behaviors such as being truthful, fairness, and respect for others. Briefly describe each of the behaviors with examples. (R)
Importance of
References: Contains at least 3 relevant references, references in text of report, correct referencing rules 2 TOTAL 20 Notes about Scoring The score is converted into an assessment score out of 10% by dividing the above score by 2. Late Assignments You will have 10% of marks deducted for every day that your assignment is late. If a BB copy of your assignment is more than 10 days late you will receive 0%.