Assignment 1: Ethics case study

In our first few weeks together we’ve learned a lot about professionalism, responsibility, and ethics. For this Assignment you will work through practice ethical cases published by the American Sociological Association.

Instructions:

You will choose an from those posted on the American Sociological Association website. You may choose from the six cases below, falling under these three categories. Read through only the “Situation” description first. Write a 2-3 page reflection on what ethical issues you identified with the case and how you would advise the person in the case to have handled the situation differently, meeting ethical standards. To conclude, go back to the case and read through the “Discussion” section. Compare and contrast this recommendation to the advice you provided about the case. Throughout, support your ideas by integrating the American Sociological Association Code of Ethics as well as at least two additional scholarly sources.

Informed Consent

• Case 50- Informed consent with vulnerable populations
• Case 54- Stage names and deception: Two examples

Authorship Credit

• Case 70- Rights to authorship
• Case 71- Establishing mutually acceptable agreements

Conflicts of Interest

• Case 23- Avoidance of personal gain
• Case 24- Avoidance of personal gain

General requirements:

• Submissions should be typed, double-spaced, 1″ margins, times new roman 12 pt font, and saved as .doc, .docx, .pdf.
• Use APA format for citations and references
• View the grading rubric so you understand how you will be assessed on this Assignment.
• Disclaimer- Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.
• This course has “Resubmission” status enabled to help you if you realized you submitted an incorrect or blank file, or if you need to submit multiple documents as part of your Assignment. Resubmission of an Assignment after it is grades, to attempt a better grade, is not permitted.