Proposal for Research Project.
Proposal for Research Project.
Please type a 1-page proposal for your research project. Include the specifics of the project and how and where you will research and collect the information that you will need to complete the project. Also, include why you chose the project and why it interests you. Refer to the Term Project folder for additional details on the Term Project.
Proposal for Research Project
Term Project Folder
Organizations are faced with ethical dilemmas on a regular basis. At times, poor decisions are made. For the term paper project, please choose an ethical situation/scenario. Suggested examples include Flint Michigan, Right to Die, using drugs used to treat AIDS to treat MS, and more. Other ways to find your potential topic include any of the following:
Visiting the company web site for policies on codes of ethics, corporate social responsibility, supply chain responsibility, etc.
Researching news stories for company ethics.
Checking the SEC database for ethics violations.
Note this should be at minimum of 6 pages. You should include at least 2 references. Be sure to use proper citation details.
Project Time lines are as follows:
Term Paper proposal is due week 2.
Mid term draft due week 5
Final paper due last week of class
Reach out with any questions.
Grading Rubric for Writing Assignment
Your professor may use a slightly different rubric, but the standard rubric at AUR will assess your writing according to the following standards:
A (4) | B (3) | C (2) | D/F (1/0) | |
Focus: Purpose | Purpose is clear | Shows awareness of purpose | Shows limited awareness of purpose | No awareness |
Main idea | Clearly presents a | There is a main idea | Vague sense of a | No main idea |
main idea and | supported throughout | main idea, weakly | ||
supports it | most of the paper. | supported | ||
throughout the | throughout the | |||
paper. | paper. | |||
Organization: | Well-planned and | Good overall | There is a sense of | No sense of |
Overall | well-thought out. | organization, includes | organization, | organization |
Includes title, | the main | although some of the | ||
introduction, | organizational tools. | organizational tools | ||
statement of main | are used weakly or | |||
idea, transitions and | Missing | |||
conclusion. | ||||
Organization: | All paragraphs have | Most paragraphs have | Some paragraphs | Para. lack clear ideas |
Paragraphs | clear ideas, are | clear ideas, are | have clear ideas, | |
supported with | supported with some | support from | ||
examples and have | examples and have | examples may be | ||
smooth transitions. | transitions. | missing and | ||
transitions are weak. | ||||
Content | Exceptionally well- | Well-presented and | Content is sound and | Content is not sound |
presented and | argued; ideas are | solid; ideas are | ||
argued; ideas are | detailed, developed | present but not | ||
detailed, well- | and supported with | particularly | ||
developed, | evidence and details, | developed or | ||
supported with | mostly specific. | supported; some | ||
specific evidence & | evidence, but | |||
facts, as well as | usually of a | |||
examples and | generalized nature. | |||
specific details. | ||||
Research (if | Sources are | Sources are well | Sources support | The paper does not |
assignment | exceptionally well- | integrated and | some claims made in | use adequate |
includes a | integrated and they | support the paper’s | the paper, but might | research or if it does, |
research | support claims | claims. There may be | not be integrated | the sources are not |
component) | argued in the paper | occasional errors, but | well within the | integrated well. |
very effectively. | the sources and | paper’s argument. | They are not cited | |
Quotations and | Works Cited conform | There may be a few | correctly according | |
Works Cited | to MLA style sheet. | errors in MLA | to MLA style, nor | |
conform to MLA | style.. | listed correctly on | ||
style sheet. | the Works Cited | |||
page. | ||||
Style: Sentence | Sentences are clear | Sentences are clear | Sentences are | Sentences aren’t |
structure | and varied in | but may lack | generally clear but | clear |
pattern, from simple | variation; a few may | may have awkward | ||
to complex, with | be awkward and there | structure or unclear | ||
excellent use of | may be a few | content; there may | ||
punctuation. | punctuation errors. | be patterns of | ||
punctuation errors. | ||||
Style: Word | There is clear use of | There is an attempt at | There is little | No attempt at style |
choice, Tone | a personal and | a personal style but | attempt at style; | |
unique style of | style of writing may | reads as flat and | ||
writing, suited to | be awkward or | perhaps | ||
audience and | unsuited to audience | uninteresting in | ||
purpose; the paper | and purpose; the | content, which is | ||
holds the reader’s | reader may lose | usually generalized | ||
interest with ease. | interest in some | and clichéd. | ||
sections of the paper. | ||||
Style: Details | Large amounts of | Some use of specific | Little use of specific | No use of examples |
and Examples | specific examples | examples and | examples and | |
and detailed | detailed descriptions. | details; mostly | ||
descriptions. | May have extended | generalized | ||
examples that go on | examples and little | |||
for too long. | description. | |||
Grammar & | Excellent grammar, | A few errors in | Shows a pattern of | Continuous errors |
Mechanics | spelling, syntax and | grammar, spelling, | errors in spelling, | |
punctuation. | syntax and | grammar, syntax | ||
punctuation, but not | and/or punctuation. | |||
many. | Could also be a sign | |||
of lack of proof- | ||||
reading. |
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