Prepare an 11- to 15-page paper (not including the title and reference pages) that assesses a legal/ethical issue or situation relating to a current, previous, or potential future work environment. Use at least 10 scholarly sources that are suitable for research in a graduate-level course.
Your paper must include the following:
- A description of a business situation that presents a legal and ethical issue. The business situation must be from prior, current, or anticipated future employment experiences or from a current event. The description of the business situation must not exceed two pages.
- An analysis of the ethical concerns raised by the situation.
- Apply at least two different ethical theories to the situation to support at least two different outcomes.
- The paper must determine which ethical outlook as applied to this particular situation will result in the best legal outcome for the business.
- An explanation of at least three of the relevant areas of law that have been addressed in this course (e.g., constitutional law, contracts, anti-trust law, securities regulations, employment law, environmental law, crimes, or torts) and an assessment of the each area of law as it applies to the business situation identified.
- A recommendation to reduce liability exposure and improve the ethical climate or the overall ethics of the situation. Your recommendation must be supported by specific legal, ethical, and business principles. A recommendation to reduce liability exposure and improve the ethical climate or the overall ethics of the situation.
Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:
- Must be 11 to 15 double-spaced pages in length (not including the title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style.
- Must include a title page with the following:
- Title of paper
- Student’s name
- Course name and number
- Instructor’s name
- Date submitted
- Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement which identifies the focus of the paper.
- Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
- Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
- Must use at least 10 scholarly sources.
- Must document all sources in APA style.
The issue that I will be addressing in my final paper is if a business can refuse service or to provide goods or services based on religious beliefs. Recently, there have been several instances were small businesses have refused to provide goods or services based on their disagreement with the customer’s intent to use the product or service. Specifically, there has been a bakery shop that has refused to bake a cake for a wedding because it was between gays. I think this is a great topic and very interesting to look at from the law standpoint that protects individuals, thus businesses as an individual entity, and their religious freedoms. Yet, there are times when religious views differ and the question becomes who should have to do what.
I think two ethical theories that I will evaluate the event from would be religious fundamentalism and probably utilitarianism. Religious fundamentalism is the idea that ethics are derived directly from religious views and utilitarianism is the idea of bringing about the greatest good for the most people.
I think this issue will fall under civil law. In addition, it will also be interesting to view this issue from a contract standpoint.
