- Investigate how contemporary AI-powered information systems are transforming ESG decision-making processes, improving accuracy, and enhancing transparency in sustainability and ethical governance initiatives.
- Investigate how contemporary AI-powered information systems are transforming ESG decision-making processes, improving accuracy, and enhancing transparency in sustainability and ethical governance initiatives.
Research Paper
You are required to write a research paper for this class. Your research paper will focus on how contemporary information systems and their impacts on our lives, work/education, societies, or human behavior. In your paper, you should present a hypothesis that outlines the direction of your research. Typically, this involves designing a survey or conducting interviews to gather data, but if you prefer an alternative approach, please discuss it with me. Based on your research, you will provide evidence to support your hypothesis and address any questions that arise during the process. Your paper will conclude with findings, recommendations, and conclusions related to your hypothesis. The research paper should be 7 pages long, excluding the title/cover page and reference pages.
Your research paper should have at least 5 diverse sources. These sources should include professional journal articles, academic publications, and credible Internet resources. You may also consider including an interview or survey, though this is not required. Papers relying solely on web materials as resources will only be accepted if they are sourced from reputable digital libraries or if you provide a convincing reason.
Your paper should contain these parts:
Introduction: Your introductory material should set up your topic for your audience. Briefly summarize your findings on the subject – If the sources disagree about the value of or perspective on the subject, point out the areas of disagreement. Your introduction should not meander around the point of your paper. It may be more than one paragraph in length, but at some point, very early in the paper you then need to start the substance of the paper. Your thesis should come at the end of your introductory material. State your thesis in the form of a sentence or two. It should not be in the form of a question. Your thesis should be a brief statement, in your own words, that points out the major issues about this topic that you discovered in your research. If you can’t articulate in a sentence or two what your main point is then you probably don’t have a good idea of what you will be writing about.: Your introductory material should set up your topic for your audience. Briefly summarize your findings on the subject – If the sources disagree about the value of or perspective on the subject, point out the areas of disagreement. Your introduction should not meander around the point of your paper. It may be more than one paragraph in length, but at some point, very early in the paper you then need to start the substance of the paper. Your thesis should come at the end of your introductory material. State your thesis in the form of a sentence or two. It should not be in the form of a question. Your thesis should be a brief statement, in your own words, that points out the major issues about this topic that you discovered in your research. If you can’t articulate in a sentence or two what your main point is then you probably don’t have a good idea of what you will be writing about.
Body of Paper: Use subheadings, where appropriate, to separate different aspects of your paper which support your controlling idea (your thesis). The body of your paper should provide supporting evidence to support your thesis, in a logical, fully developed manner. For each new topic which supports your overall thesis, provide a topic sentence or two which is, in effect, the thesis for that sub-topic. If you do not use subheadings, you need to provide transition sentences to move your reader from one paragraph to the next. Your supporting sub-topics should address these issues: How will this knowledge advance science or technology or society – not in broad, abstract ways, but in concrete ways? What is the major impact of these findings? How will they affect people? What are the benefits to people? Are there any disadvantages?
A writer of a research paper should synthesize the information gained from sources and weave them into a well ordered discourse, using the sources as evidence to support key points. A paper which is just a string of quotes shows that the author made no attempt to come to grips with the subject and is relying on the sources to speak for her or him.
Conclusion: Your conclusion should make some “wrap up” statements about what you learned about your chosen topic and the possible impact of your findings on people and perhaps society in general. Also, address any issues that may still not be resolved for you. Don’t be reluctant to address any issues that aren’t easily resolved or have negative or ambiguous outcomes. I am not necessarily looking for a neatly wrapped up conclusion with no loose ends. I am looking for a conscientious, thoughtful look at some topic in your field, sharing the major significance of this issue, and any unanswered questions, if any, you are still dealing with.
Format
Your research paper should be in the MLA style. The length is 7 to 8 double spaced pages of text (not including graphics, cover page, appendices, or reference pages). Ten “rambling” pages is not better than 7 clear, fully developed pages. The margin are 1 inch top, bottom, left, right.
You also need to include the final proposal, all supporting facts and evidences as a completed submission.