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Breakdown of Project Grade:
Group Team-Written Project: 200 points, group grade.
- This is your group's in-depth case analysis
- It will analyze the decision scenario your group presented on in the ethics bowl
- Your task is to give a full and comprehensive analysis of a decision point using the tables presented above, accompanying verbal descriptions, and carrying out the four-stage problem-solving framework of specifying the problem, generating solutions, testing solutions in terms of their ethics, and implementing these solutions.
Nota Bene
- After the Ethics Bowl, I will provide the class with general feedback and presentations on how to prepare the final project. When you submit your final report, I will be looking for how you responded to my comments and suggestions and to the comments and suggestions of the judges and the class.
- Attendance is mandatory for all Ethics Bowl competitions. This is important because you will help one another by the comments and discussions that are generated by the presentations. Students not competing need to listen actively and respectfully to the presenting group. Keep in mind the twin standards of respect and professionalism. I will deduct points from the grades of groups and/or individuals who do not listen courteously to the presentations of others or who do not attend class during the presentation cycle.
Nota Bene:
Check List
- Each group will turn in this checklist, fully filled out and signed. Checking signifies that your group has completed and turned in the item checked. Failure to submit this form will cost your group 20 points
- ____ One page summaries of the 10 Ethics Bowl decision points taken from the Therac-25, Biomatrix, Toysmart, and Hughes cases.
- ____ Group, in-depth analysis of the case your team presented on in the Ethics Bowl.
- ____ List of Ethically Relevant Facts
- ____ Socio-Technical System Table + Verbal Explanation
- ____ Value Table + Problem Statement + Justification
- ____ List of Brainstormed Solutions + Description of Refining Process + Refined list
- ____ Solution Evaluation Matrix + Verbal Comparison of Three Alternatives from refined solution list
- ____ Chosen Solution + Verbal Justification
- ____ Feasibility Matrix + Solution Implementation Plan concretely described and based on feasibility matrix
- ____ Preventive Measures (if applicable)
Materials Required from Ethics Bowl
- ____ Ethics Bowl Score Sheets
- ____ The decision point your team presented on in the competition
- ____ The decision point your team commented on in the competition
Group Self-Evaluation Form including...
- ____ a list of the goals your group set for itself
- ____ a carefully prepared, justified, and documented assessment of your group's success in reaching these goals
- ____ a careful assessment of what you did and did not learn in this activity
- ____ a discussion of obstacles you encountered and the measures your group took to overcome these
- ____ a discussion of member participation and contribution including the member contribution forms
- ____ a general discussion of what worked and what did not work for you and your group in this activity
____ Each member will turn in a filled out Team Member Evaluation Form. This form can be accessed through the media file listed above. It is suggested that you do this anonomously by turning in your Team Member Evaluation Form in a sealed envelope with the rest of these materials. You are to evaluate yourself along with your teammates on the criteria mentioned in the form. Use the scale suggested in the form.
Group Portfolios Include...
- ____ Virtue Tables including the moral exemplar profile your group prepared and presented.
- ____ The justification using the rights framework of the right assigned to your group. This was one of the rights asserted by engineers against their corporate employers.
- ____ A one page summary of how you developed your role in the Incident at Morales "Vista Publica."
- ____ The code or statement of values summary prepared by your group as a part of the Pirate Code of Ethics module. This summary focused on one of six organizations: East Texas Cancer Center, Biomatrix, Toysmart, Hughes Aircraft, CIAPR, or AECL (in the Therac case).
Copy-paste this checklist, examine the assembled materials prepared by your group, and check the items your group has completed. Then read, copy-paste, and sign the following pledge.
Group Pledge
- I certify that these materials have been prepared by those who have signed below, and no one else. I certify that the above items have been checked and that those items with checkmarks indicate materials that we have turned in. I also certify that we have not plagiarized any material but have given due acknowledgment to all sources used. All who sign below and whose names are included on the title page of this report have participated fully in the preparation of this project and are equally and fully responsible for its results.
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