Choose one of the following options to complete your Individual Assignment:
Option A - Write a paper of at least 350 to 700 words describing the relationship between critical thinking and ethics.
Include the following in your paper:
- A personal definition of critical thinking
- A description of the steps in the critical-thinking process
- An explanation of how you can use critical-thinking when solving problems and the benefits of doing so
- A summary of your blind spot and preferred ethical lens from the Ethical Lens Inventory
- An explanation of how your personal ethics influences your decision making
- An explanation of how ethics apply to professional and societal responsibilities
The paper format should include the following:
1. An introduction with a thesis statement
2. A body incorporating the ideas as well as at least one properly cited and referenced source from the text/course materials
3. A conclusion
4. A reference page
Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.
Option B - Write a 350- 700-word letter to the CEO of your current workplace or your imagined workplace in the future in which you lobby your organization for more of the following:
- Community outreach
- Diversity in the workplace
Persuade your CEO of the need for more training, volunteering or events centered around community outreach and diversity in the workplace and include discussion of the following in your letter:
- A definition of critical thinking
- A description of the steps in the critical-thinking process
- How the critical thinking process relates to your appraisal and recommendations for more community outreach and diversity in your organization
- How an examination of your own ethics relates to your decision making
- How ethics apply to professional and societal responsibilities
The paper format should include the following:
1. An introduction with a thesis statement
2. A body incorporating the ideas as well as at least one properly cited and referenced source from the text/course materials
3. A conclusion
4. A reference page
Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines. Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.