Strike and Soltis

Using the case study from the Strike and Soltis excerpt covered in Unit 3, (the article “Strike and Soltis” is also posted in “Resources”), as your model, write a case study describing a situation that created an ethical dilemma for you as a professional. It may involve a student, an administrator, or parent, or a peer. If you have no classroom experience, you may write a case study from another setting. It is required, however, that you use your own experience to write this case study, since resolving it would be more meaningful for you personally.

• Questions that emerged in your mind as you struggled with this issue. First person is acceptable for this assignment.
• After writing the case study, discuss how a consequentialist and non consequentialist would have resolved the dilemma.
  • Be sure to define each position and why the action would align with the theory you have described.
  • Remember, these theories are not “common knowledge;” thus they must be documented, even when summarizing in your own words. Citations are absolutely necessary.
• Concluding your case study, give your reader the details describing the solution you chose, or the solution you should have chosen, and why you feel this way.
• You can find models for case studies in the text, which basically present the situation and the perplexities surrounding it.
  • In many ways a case study follows a narrative story line with a conflict, climax, and resolution. You will also want to discuss how you handled the situation, what you would have done differently, or other information that helps your reader understand the dilemma more fully.
• The case study and discussion of ethical positions should be 4 pages.
• You may use your own name or a fictional one.
• APA documentation is required, and there are websites available that can help you maneuver your way through the citation confusion, one of them is called: www.citationmachine.net
  • Scores will be lowered if you do not follow APA rigorously. Remember to include a title page and reference page, which are not part of the 4 pages required.
• Remember that all borrowed material, including summaries or paraphrases from reading, must be cited and documented.