Purpose This assignment is designed to provoke thinking, and have you thoughtful

Purpose
This assignment is designed to provoke thinking, and have you thoughtfully examine and make explicit your fundamental assumptions and beliefs about the topic.
Directions
Your reflection piece is to be roughly 1 page long (250-300 words), typed and double-spaced. Remember that the maximum length requirement is an important aspect of this assignment. Please cite sources following APA style.
On Loyalty and Whistleblowing
Your task in this paper is twofold:
First, from this week’s readings, you have a choice.
(A) Select one of this week’s two main readings — Bird or Soles. In your paper’s first part, briefly explain the central argument of the piece you chose. What is the author primarily trying to convince you of, and why? Devote no more than half your reflection piece to this expository task.
(B) Address one of this week’s case studies — either the Hersh piece on Abu Ghraib or the Ross piece on the whistleblower complaint against Donald Trump. In your paper’s first part, briefly explain the scenario that generates an ethical problem of whistleblowing.
Second, depending on whether you chose to write about one of the main readings or the case study, clearly and succinctly explain (A) whether you are convinced by the author’s argument, and why or why not, or (B) what you think is the morally correct way to address the ethical problem raised in the scenario you chose to analyze. Be sure to spell out your reasons use at least one concrete example to illustrate your perspective.
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Submit your reflection as an attachment (.doc or .docx).
Upload your Reflection Piece to Canvas by Sunday 11:59 p.m. US Eastern Time. Click the Submit Assignment button on the upper right corner of the screen. Scroll below for the File Upload box to choose and attach your file for uploading to Canvas.
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You are allowed one attempt to submit the final version of your assignment as repeated submissions checked via Turnitin will produce inaccurate and high similarity scores that indicate possible plagiarism.
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The reflection piece will be graded on a 100 point scale. All Reflection Pieces will contribute 20% towards your final course grade. Please review the rubric below to understand how the assignment will be graded.
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Rubric
BLHV 231 Reflection Piece Assignment Grading Rubric
BLHV 231 Reflection Piece Assignment Grading Rubric
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Content Reflection
50 pts
Exceeds Expectations
Reflection demonstrates a high degree of critical thinking in applying, analyzing, and evaluating key course concepts and theories from readings, lectures, media, discussions activities, and/or assignments. Insightful and relevant connections made through contextual explanations, inferences, and examples.
40 pts
Meets Expectations
Reflection demonstrates some degree of critical thinking in applying, analyzing, and/or evaluating key course concepts and theories from readings, lectures, media, discussions activities, and/or assignments. Connections made through explanations, inferences, and/or examples.
30 pts
Does Not Meet Expectations
Reflection lacks critical thinking. Superficial connections are made with key course concepts and course materials, activities, and/or assignments
50 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Personal Growth
30 pts
Exceeds Expectations
Conveys strong evidence of reflection on own work with a personal response to the self-assessment questions posed. Demonstrates significant personal growth and awareness of deeper meaning through inferences made, examples, well developed insights, and substantial depth in perceptions and challenges. Synthesizes current experience into future implications.
24 pts
Meets Expectations
Conveys evidence of reflection on own work with a personal response to the self-assessment questions posed. Demonstrates satisfactory personal growth and awareness through some inferences made, examples, insights, and challenges. Some thought of the future implications of current experience.
18 pts
Does Not Meet Expectations
Conveys inadequate evidence of reflection on own work in response to the self-assessment questions posed. Personal growth and awareness are not evident and/or demonstrates a neutral experience with negligible personal impact. Lacks enough inferences, examples, personal insights and challenges, and/or future implications are overlooked.
30 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Writing Quality
20 pts
Exceeds Expectations
Well written and clearly organized using standard English, characterized by elements of a strong writing style and basically free from grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling errors.
16 pts
Meets Expectations
Above average writing style and logically organized using standard English with minor errors in grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling.
12 pts
Does Not Meet Expectations
Poor writing style lacking in standard English, clarity, language used, and/or frequent errors in grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling. Needs work.
20 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Timeliness
0 pts
0 points deducted
Reflection is submitted on or before deadline.
0 pts
1-5 points deducted
Reflection is submitted within 1 day (24 hours) after the deadline.
0 pts
6-10 points deducted
Reflection is submitted 2-3 days (49-72 hours) after the deadline.
0 pts
Overview
In this module, we analyze loyalty and whistle-blowing as problems of responsible leadership, with special attention to case studies that have had an outsized impact on current events in our own society. Our focus in this module will be on how ethical leadership challenges are faced not only by business leaders, but also by their employees, customers, and community stakeholders. How can those with less institutional power hold to account those who have more?
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:
Investigate possible failure modes for ethical leadership and apply them to our own experience.
Dialogue about loyalty: its foundations, importance, and pitfalls.
Apply what we have learned in this module to crises of ethical leadership in recent and current events of great significance for our society.
Key Concepts
This module focuses on the following major topics:
A taxonomy of ways in which stakeholders fail to practice ethical leadership in business settings
One theorist’s view of the ethical bases for employee loyalty
Practical situations where problems of responsible moral leadership, especially whistle-blowing, have had significant and continuing repercussions on society
Summary of Module Learning Activities
This section outlines the activities that you will complete in this module. It is recommended that you complete the readings in the module prior to submitting the assignments.
Read: Ciulla et. al readings, and other readings
Readings
All readings below that are listed with page numbers are in our Ciulla et al. reader unless otherwise specified.
Frederick Bruce Bird, “Moral Muteness and Moral Blindness,” p. 315
David E. Soles, “Four Concepts of Loyalty,” p. 327
Box, “Blind to Earned Loyalty,” p. 330
Hersh, S. M. (2004, April 30). Torture at Abu Ghraib. Retrieve at The New Yorker. (Links to an external site.)
Giglio, M. (2019, September 27). Revenge of the Intelligence Nerds. Retrieve at The Atlantic. (Links to an external site.)
Recommended Reading
Ross, J. (2019, September 26). Here’s the Whistleblower Complaint Against President Trump. Retrieve at The Daily Beast.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MKt1YtvSlcLSGthJcEuMfl1cWxbKDKqFXSKfBJIM7ws/edit#heading=h.a74t9fhfu2dr