Assignment:
Directions for writing assignments
Keeping in mind the information provided to you in the Introduction Module about these Writing Assignments, please complete the following question.
View current events that are less then 8 weeks old. From the last eight weeks, please find a current event that involves an ethical issue involving a public official.
1. Briefly describe and explain the situation.
2. Identify the ethical dilemma. (This will be phrased as a question... Is it right that.... It is ethical that.... etc.)
3. What did the public official do in light of his or her situation?
4. Do you think they reacted in a good or ethical manner? If yes, please explain why.
5. Or should they have done something differently? If so, please explain what you believe the public official should have done and why.
This is 2 links for the article to describe and explain the situation, you can work on either one, which one is easier for you.
Directions for the High Road - Low Road DB Assignment
A code of ethics might have primarily low road language, or it might primarily have high road language. A fusion approach is generally recognized as the best way to go about writing a code of ethics. These different approaches are just varying ways of attempting to attain the same goal of ethical conduct. They are simply different ways of motivating and informing people of the organization's expectations of attitudes and behaviors.
An analogy might be some coaches scream and yell at their players, and make them run if they mess up. Some coaches might praise their athletes and tell them they should strive to be examples for other students both on and off of the playing field. I would suggest most coaches probably combine these approaches. But, the end goal is to have a successful team, regardless of the approach.
For this assignment please do the following:
Read the linked article about the City of Alexandria's new Code of Conduct.
1. In one sentence state what makes this code one that primarily has "High Road" language.
2. The article states that the code has been "watered down." What does the author mean by this statement? Do you agree? Why? or Why not?
3. If a code of ethics has "low road" language, what does that mean?
4. If a code of ethics has a "fusion approach," what does that mean?
5. There are positives and negatives to both the high road approach and the low road approach. Please state one positive thing about both. Please also state one negative thing about both. Explain why you believe these things to be positive and negative attributes of these styles or approaches to writing a code of ethics.
6. Research a code of conduct or a code of ethics from a public entity. (Remember that a code of ethics might be one page long, or it might be the size of a small booklet.) Find examples of low road language from these codes. (Find a minimum of two examples of language.
These examples can come from the same code or a different code.) After you show me these examples be sure and explain why these are examples of low road language. Be sure and provide a citation to the code(s) you reference
To research for the a code of conduct use the state of florida
Minimum word count is 300 words - excluding the examples from a code of ethics. - Include the word count.