ETHICS/CONTROVERSY

REPORT

A Major Grade

ETHICS IN
THE
WORKPLACE

You may be exposed, directly or indirectly, to

many of these issues in your future career.
You will be better prepared to identify and use
your best communication skills to take action,
should they arise.

Research a significant issues present in most

professions

Must use one source that is not a news article

(website, paper, academic article)

Must use at least one news articles on the subject

Published within the last year

Write a one page double spaced paper

OR

Create an at least seven slide PowerPoint

Cite your sources

DIRECTIONS

Next Thursday (2/26/15) and Friday

(2/27/15), you will present your
findings.

Should be a summary of the report,

not the whole report.

One and a half to two and a half

minutes

Your grade will be determined by a

combination of the presentation and
the paper/PowerPoint.

You will turn the paper/PowerPoint into

me after your speech.

DIRECTIONS

POSSIBLE TOPICS

Affirmative Action

Policy of favoring members

of a disadvantaged group
who are perceived to suffer
from discrimination within a
culture.

Age Discrimination
Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation

Equal Opportunity Employment Laws

POSSIBLE
TOPICS

Female Leadership
Styles
Hidden Bias

POSSIBLE
TOPICS:

Nepotism

POSSIBLE
TOPICS

The practice among

those with power or
influence of favoring
relatives or friends,
especially by giving
them jobs.

POSSIBLE
TOPICS

Outsourcing

Patriarchy in the Workplace

Inappropriate Use of Company

Communications

POSSIBLE TOPICS:

Physical Disability
Discrimination
Queen Bee
Syndrome

a woman in a
position of authority
who views or treats
subordinates more
critically if they are
female

Racial
Discrimination

Racial Profiling
Religious Discrimination
Sexual Harassment

POSSIBLE
TOPICS

The Glass Ceiling

The unseen, yet un-breachable

barrier that keeps minorities and
women from rising to the upper
rungs of the corporate ladder,
regardless of their qualifications or
achievements

POSSIBLE TOPICS