Cycle I & Cycle II Combined
Challenge Essay: Ethical Decisions, Communication, Critical Thinking, Social Responsibility,
Empirical & Quantitative Skills
Instructions:
Include at the top of the assignment (as the only item in the heading) the course number and section
number example: PSYC2301.000*
See your Canvas Home page or Syllabus for your section number.
Please Do Not include your name anywhere on the assignment.
Save your paper with filename ISLO, as a .doc or .docx file extens Submit the assignment; then check you submitted the correct item.
Dilemma: Read the following scenario
Here is a situation that is a dilemma for ethical decisions. Three weeks before the students’ psychology
term papers are due; Jennifer and two classmates visit the campus library to conduct online literature
searches on their topics. After 30 minutes of surfing the Web, Blake announces that he has found a Web
site that offers inexpensive term papers on a variety of subjects including Psychology! He tells Jennifer
and Sharon that he is planning to buy one if he finds one on his paper topic. Jennifer, who has never
cheated in her academic career, says nothing and maintains her concentration on her own research, trying
not to notice Blake’s plan. Sharon, who is appalled by Blake’s intention to cheat, vows that she will report
Blake to their professor. Blake says, “There’s no way I’ll be caught. I don’t think our professor even
knows what a Web site is.” Jennifer is still listening to what Blake is saying, and is still not certain she
wants to get involved. Sharon is starting to get irritated and distracted from her own work by Blake’s
actions. Each of these students is facing a situation that is causing them to consider difficult decisions that
affect themselves and may involve others.
Your job is to imagine the thinking that each student might have and answer the questions relating to their
moral reasoning.
Challenge Essay: Ethical Decisions, Communication, Critical Thinking, Social Responsibility,
Empirical & Quantitative Skills
Instructions:
Include at the top of the assignment (as the only item in the heading) the course number and section
number example: PSYC2301.000*
See your Canvas Home page or Syllabus for your section number.
Please Do Not include your name anywhere on the assignment.
Save your paper with filename ISLO, as a .doc or .docx file extens Submit the assignment; then check you submitted the correct item.
Dilemma: Read the following scenario
Here is a situation that is a dilemma for ethical decisions. Three weeks before the students’ psychology
term papers are due; Jennifer and two classmates visit the campus library to conduct online literature
searches on their topics. After 30 minutes of surfing the Web, Blake announces that he has found a Web
site that offers inexpensive term papers on a variety of subjects including Psychology! He tells Jennifer
and Sharon that he is planning to buy one if he finds one on his paper topic. Jennifer, who has never
cheated in her academic career, says nothing and maintains her concentration on her own research, trying
not to notice Blake’s plan. Sharon, who is appalled by Blake’s intention to cheat, vows that she will report
Blake to their professor. Blake says, “There’s no way I’ll be caught. I don’t think our professor even
knows what a Web site is.” Jennifer is still listening to what Blake is saying, and is still not certain she
wants to get involved. Sharon is starting to get irritated and distracted from her own work by Blake’s
actions. Each of these students is facing a situation that is causing them to consider difficult decisions that
affect themselves and may involve others.
Your job is to imagine the thinking that each student might have and answer the questions relating to their
moral reasoning.
Critical Thinking & Communication (Cycle I)
1. Stop and think to determine the facts.
a. Write a short description of 2 ethical issues presented in this situation.
b. Describe all the facts that are a part of this situation as you see it.
c. Describe the issues this situation has caused you to think about.
2. Identify possible alternatives
a. Describe possible alternatives or reactions to the problem other than telling the professor.
b. Identify 3 choices you might have to consider if you were in this situation.
c. Provide 2 or more relevant questions to help solve the issue.
Social Responsibility (Cycle II)
3. Consider consequences for yourself and others.
Explain some ways that Blakes action, might affect you and other people.
What might be 3 consequences for Sharon and Jennifer?
Present consequences that may affect others in the bigger world.
4. Make an ethical decision and a choice and take appropriate action.
Describe how your personal values would influence your decision.
Explain some ways that Blakes action, might affect you and other people.
What might be 3 consequences for Sharon and Jennifer?
Present consequences that may affect others in the bigger world.
4. Make an ethical decision and a choice and take appropriate action.
Describe how your personal values would influence your decision.
Describe what you would say and what actions you might take in this situation.
Explain the reasoning for your actions.
Empirical & Quantitative Skills (Cycle II)
5. Identify Empirical & Quantitative Skills
In a recent research on cheating, findings report that more than 60% of university students freely
admit to cheating in some form, whereas 95% of high school students admitted to participating in
some form of cheating (Facts and Statistics (academicintegrity.org)
Read this brief overview of statistics on college and high school cheating:
https://academicintegrity.org/resources/facts-and-statistics
Use the statistics to answer the following five questions:
1. What % of undergraduates admit cheating on an exam?
2. What % of undergraduates admit to using unauthorized electronic resources for an assignment?
3. What % of high school students admitted to cheating was on a test?
4. What % of high school students admitted to plagiarism?
5. What conclusion(s) can you make based on the data? Stop and think to determine the facts.What conclusion(s) can you make based on the data?
Explain the reasoning for your actions.
Empirical & Quantitative Skills (Cycle II)
5. Identify Empirical & Quantitative Skills
In a recent research on cheating, findings report that more than 60% of university students freely
admit to cheating in some form, whereas 95% of high school students admitted to participating in
some form of cheating (Facts and Statistics (academicintegrity.org)
Read this brief overview of statistics on college and high school cheating:
https://academicintegrity.org/resources/facts-and-statistics
Use the statistics to answer the following five questions:
1. What % of undergraduates admit cheating on an exam?
2. What % of undergraduates admit to using unauthorized electronic resources for an assignment?
3. What % of high school students admitted to cheating was on a test?
4. What % of high school students admitted to plagiarism?
5. What conclusion(s) can you make based on the data? Stop and think to determine the facts.What conclusion(s) can you make based on the data?