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Assignment 3: Research Paper: Case Study      (Value: 35 points; Due Week 5)
Create your own ethical case study based on your experiences and readings. You can use either your chosen professional area or a situation at the national or global level as the setting for this paper.  In your paper, include the following:
Introduction: research the literature on ethics and leadership and provide the following:

Rationale for the case study: Describe the reason for the case that you present (Why is the topic relevant? How does it expand or contribute to a leader’s knowledge about ethics?). Document your comments with appropriate related references.

Case study: Provide a narrative with the case study topic that you identified. Include the following:

Setting: Briefly describe the setting
Situation: Describe the situation.
Impact: State how it affects the organization and whether it affects people inside or outside the organization. If the situation is from your own organization, be sure to use pseudonyms to maintain confidentiality at all times.

Ethical stance: clearly describe why the case/situation poses an ethical challenge for an organization.

References: Use appropriate documentation to support your narrative.
Handout: Provide a one-page handout summarizing the case. Include as an appendix to your paper.

Rubric:
Element
Not Met (2-0 points)
Met (3-4 points)
Exceeded (5 points)
Rationale for case study
Rationale provided  is unclear about the topic and its relevance  of the case study or is missing
Rationale provided  supports the topic and relevance  of the case study
Rationale provided  clearly supports the topic and relevance of the case study
Documentation used to support comments
Documentation is missing or is not relevant to the assignment. Fewer than three sources are used
Appropriate documentation used to support views and discussion. Three sources are used.
Appropriate and relevant documentation used to support views and discussion about ethical issue. More than three sources are used.
Narrative and description about the case and issue is provided
Narrative about case study ethical issue is unclear or not provided. Confidentiality is unclear or not maintained.
Narrative provides a presentation of the case study ethical issues. Confidentiality maintained as applicable.
Narrative provides a detailed and appropriate presentation of case study indicating ethical issue. Confidentiality was clearly maintained as applicable.
Clarity of ethical issues is evident
Discussion fails to establish or define the ethical issue.
Discussion establishes and depicts the ethical issue.
Discussion clearly establishes and depicts the ethical issue. Details support the ethical nature of the situation.
Defines ethical stance or position
Ethical stance is  unclear or not provided.
Analysis of ethical stance about the issue  is discussed and provided.
Detailed and specific ethical stance is provided. Relevant points about ethical position are identified and discussed.