Business Ethics BUS 309 assignment

Assignment 1: Commercialization of Organ Transplants

Due Week 4 and worth 200 points

Imagine that you are a member of an ethics committee listening to arguments for and against altering the way in which human organs are obtained for patients in need of transplants. A new policy to allow the sale of organs by consenting individuals to patients in need and to medical institutions has been proposed. Critics argue that permitting organs to be bought and sold is unethical. You have been asked to review the arguments for and against the commercialization of organ transplants and to construct a report with your suggested plan of action. Use the Internet or Strayer databases to search for arguments for and against the commercialization of organ transplants, and then apply the principles learned in Weeks 1-3 to formulate your report.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you: 

  1. Briefly summarize the arguments for and against the commercialization of transplants that you found in your research. 
  2. Formulate your position on the debate of whether or not the sale of organs should be permitted. 
  3. Defend your moral judgment with a moral argument. Identify the moral principle that you are appealing to in your moral argument. 
  4. Determine which normative theory best supports your conclusion.
  5. Use at least two (2) quality references. (Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.)

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Determine the considerations for and process of ethical business decision making to balance corporate and social responsibilities and address moral, economic, and legal concerns.
  • Analyze selected business situations using the predominant ethical theories, such as utilitarian, Kantian, and virtue ethics to guide ethical business decision making.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics.
  • Write clearly and concisely about business ethics using proper writing mechanics. 

Points: 200

Assignment 1: Commercialization of Organ Transplants

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 60% F

Meets Minimum Expectations

60-69% D

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Briefly summarize the arguments for and against the commercializ-ation of transplants that you found in your research.Weight: 25%

Did not submit or incompletely summarized the arguments for and against the commercializ-ation of transplants that you found in your research.

Insufficiently summarized thearguments for and against the commercializ-ation of transplants that you found in your research.

Partially summarized thearguments for and against the commercializ-ation of transplants that you found in your research.

Satisfactorily the arguments for and against the commercializ-ation of transplants that you found in your research.

Thoroughly the arguments for and against the commercializ-ation of transplants that you found in your research.

2. Formulate your position on this debate about whether or not the sale of organs should be permitted. Weight: 10%

Did not submit or incompletely formulated your position on this debate about whether or not the sale of organs should be permitted.

Insufficiently formulated your position on this debate about whether or not the sale of organs should be permitted.

Partially formulated your position on this debate about whether or not the sale of organs should be permitted.

Satisfactorily formulated your position on this debate about whether or not the sale of organs should be permitted.

Thoroughly formulated your position on this debate about whether or not the sale of organs should be permitted.

3. Defend your moral judgment with a moral argument. Identify the moral principle that you are appealing to in your moral argument. Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely defended your moral judgment with a moral argument; did not submit or incompletely failed to identify the moral principle that you are appealing to in your moral argument.

Insufficiently defended your moral judgment with a moral argument; insufficiently identified the moral principle that you are appealing to in your moral argument.

Partially defended your moral judgment with a moral argument; partially identified the moral principle that you are appealing to in your moral argument.

Satisfactorily defended your moral judgment with a moral argument; satisfactorily identified the moral principle that you are appealing to in your moral argument.

Thoroughly defended your moral judgment with a moral argument; thoroughly identified the moral principle that you are appealing to in your moral argument.

4. Determine which normative theory best supports your conclusion.Weight: 25%

Did not submit or incompletely determinedwhich normative theory best supports your conclusion.

Insufficiently determinedwhich normative theory best supports your conclusion.

Partially determinedwhich normative theory best supports your conclusion.

Satisfactorily determinedwhich normative theory best supports your conclusion.

Thoroughly determinedwhich normative theory best supports your conclusion.

5. 2 references

Weight: 10%

No references provided

Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.

Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

Weight: 15%

More than 8 errors present

7-8 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present

 
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