• Carefully read my class notes and the readings/materials for Week 9 reading. • After doing so, you need to develop an essay on your professional ethics (i.e., the values, principles, and morals that inform your actions as a professional). • In your essay, you need to: o Develop an introduction discussing the importance of articulating your professional ethics (i.e., the values, principles, and morals that guide your professional actions). Your introduction needs to be no less than 10 sentences in length. o At the end of the introduction, you need to make a clear point about the purpose of your essay (i.e., to articulate your professional ethics and illustrate how such ethics actually guides your professional actions). The purpose of your essay needs to be stated in 1 or 2 sentences (in bold font). o After doing the aforementioned, you need to develop the body of your essay. In your topic sentences, identify: 1. All the democratic, professional, and human values (ideas, objects, practices, and habits of behavior/character traits) that guide your own professional actions—see Molina & McKeown’s article. 2. All the principles (truths that have to be followed—e.g., laws and rules) that guide your own professional actions. 3. All the morals (beliefs about life, humanity, and nature) that guide your own professional actions. •  Second, in your paragraphs, you need to define in your own words and providing references to week 9 class readings/materials (must include week 9 readings/materials in the essay) and other credible sources: 1. All the democratic, professional, and human values (ideas, objects, practices, and habits of behavior/character traits) that guide your own professional actions. 2. All the principles (truths that have to be followed—e.g., laws and rules) that guide your own professional actions. 3. All the morals (beliefs about life, humanity, and nature) that guide your own professional actions. •  Last, you need to illustrate how your values, principles, and morals actually guide your professional actions. To do so, you need to provide one or two detailed examples (per value, principle, and moral) from your own experience that help the reader visualize how your values, principles, and morals actually guide your professional actions. o After identifying and defining your values, principles, and morals, and illustrating how they actually guide your professional actions, you need to proceed with your conclusion. In it, you need to make sure to remind the reader of the importance of articulating your professional ethics discussed in your introduction. Also, you need to remind the reader about the values, principles, and morals discussed in the body of your essay that guide your professional actions (please do this in bold font). Your conclusion needs to be no less than 10 sentences in length. • As you write your essay, you need to ensure that: paragraphs begin with a short topic sentence; transitions are included to tie paragraphs together; well-polished and professional language appropriate for academic writing is used (i.e., you need to avoid colloquialisms, contractions (e.g., I’m, I’ve, it’s, you’re, you’ve), metaphors, subjective words, passive voice, and long sentences/paragraphs). • Throughout your essay, you need to include references to my class notes, the book chapters, and articles assigned for Week 9, other peer-reviewed publications, and/or other credible sources. Also, you need to ensure that in-text references and full reference in the references list at the end of your essays are formatted according to APA guidelines. • After writing your essay, you need to carefully proofread it. In doing so, your focus needs to be on addressing all grammar, syntax, and punctuation errors. • Before submitting your essay, you need to ensure that it is more than 3000 words in length (not counting the title page, abstract, and reference list). Please include your paper’s word count at the end of your abstract under the sub-heading “Word Count

Suggested Resources

The following optional resources are provided to support you in completing the assessment or to provide a helpful context. For additional resources, refer to the Research Resources and Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu of your courseroom.

Capella Multimedia

Click the links provided below to view the following multimedia pieces:

• Ethics in the Workplace.

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Course Library Guide

A Capella University library guide has been created specifically for your use in this course. You are encouraged to refer to the resources in the PHI-FP2000 – Ethics Library Guide to help direct your research.

Internet Resources

Access the following resources by clicking the links provided. Please note that URLs change frequently. Permissions for the following links have been either granted or deemed appropriate for educational use at the time of course publication.

• Marcoux, A. (2008, April 16). Business ethics. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-business/
• Ferguson, A., & Hennessey, R. (2010, October 12). Feminist perspectives on class and work. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-class/
• Bynum, T. (2008, October 23). Computer and information ethics. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-computer/

Professional Association Codes of Ethics

The following are relevant professional associations you might explore for your research in this assessment:

• American Psychological Association. (2014). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx
• American Counseling Association. (2014). 2014 ACA code of ethics. Retrieved from http://www.counseling.org/Resources/aca-code-of-ethics.pdf
• The American Nurses Association, Inc. (2014). Code of ethics for nurses. Retrieved from http://www.nursingworld.org/codeofethics
• American College of Healthcare Executives. (2014). ACHE code of ethics. Retrieved from https://www.ache.org/abt_ache/code.cfm
• Association of Information Technology Professionals. (2014). Code of ethics and standards of conduct. Retrieved from http://www.aitp.org/?page=EthicsConduct&hhSearchTerms=%22code+and+ethics%22
• Institute of Certified Professional Managers. (n.d.). ICPM code of ethics. Retrieved from http://www.icpm.biz/?page=cmcode
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. (n.d.). Code of ethics. Retrieved from http://www.cimaglobal.com/Professional-ethics/Ethics/CIMA-code-of-ethics-for-professional-accountants/
• Society for Human Resource Management. (2014). SHRM code of ethics. Retrieved from http://www.shrm.org/about/Pages/code-of-ethics.aspx
• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. (2014). Code of ethics. Retrieved from http://www.acjs.org/pubs/167_671_2922.cfm

Assessment Instructions

Identify a professional association that oversees people engaged in your chosen vocation, and locate the formal code of conduct statement endorsed by that association. Write a reflective essay in which you assess the profession’s code of conduct. Apply it to your current or future workplace experience, and discuss your plan for dealing with potential conflicts. Support your essay with research.

Consider the following in your essay:

• Summarize the features of this code and examine it critically. Are there vital ethical principles that it fails to mention? Does it overemphasize elements that are not really important? What large- or small-scale revisions might improve the code?
• Consider your own relationship with the code of conduct you have identified. As a working professional, which of the code’s principles will be most difficult for you to comply with? In what situations might your personal morality come into conflict with the strictures of professional ethics? How will you productively discuss these conflicts with employers, professional colleagues, and clients?

Additional Requirements

• Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Include a title page and a references page, formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting.
• References: A typical paper will include support from a minimum of 3–5 references. You may use some of the materials recommended in the Resources, but you should also include support from your independent research of scholarly or professional materials.
• Length: A typical paper will be 4–6 typed, double-spaced pages in length.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12-point.

Professional Ethics Scoring Guide

CRITERIA NON-PERFORMANCE BASIC PROFICIENT DISTINGUISHED Summarize an appropriate professional code of ethics. Does not mention features of an appropriate professional code of ethics. Mentions features of an appropriate professional code of ethics. Summarizes an appropriate professional code of ethics. Explains the relevant features of an appropriate professional code of ethics. Assess the advantages and disadvantages of a professional code of ethics. Does not list the advantages and disadvantages of a professional code of ethics. Lists advantages and disadvantages of a professional code of ethics. Assesses the advantages and disadvantages of a professional code of ethics. Analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of a professional code of ethics. Explain methods for discussing ethical disagreements productively. Does not discuss methods for discussing ethical disagreements productively. Discusses methods for discussing ethical disagreements productively. Explains methods for discussing ethical disagreements productively. Assesses methods for discussing ethical disagreements productively. Express own areas of disagreement with professional standards. Does not list own potential areas of disagreement with professional standards. Lists own potential areas of disagreement with professional standards. Expresses own areas of disagreement with professional standards. Explains own areas of disagreement with professional standards. Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professional communities. Does not communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, or consistent with expectations for members of professional communities. Communicates inconsistently in a manner of scholarly and professional expectations for members of professional communities. Communicates in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of professional communities. Communicates in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of professional communities, with written communication that is free of errors that detract from the overall message.