NASA and the Space Shuttle Disaster (Whistle-blowing)

1. The paper should be written in the format set up in most word processing programs with double-spaced typewritten pages, with a minimum of 70 characters per line and fonts no greater than 12 points. Margins must be no more than 1 inch both top and bottom and both sides. (This page is written in 12-point font).

2. The paper should be five to seven fully typewritten pages. This does not count the title page and a bibliography or Works Cited pages. You should use outside sources not counting your textbook, which can also be used as a source. You must cite your sources within your paper and provide a “Works Cited” page. No grade to any paper that does not cite your sources within the written work. Further, students in the lecture classes need to turn in all your research that you have printed out.

3. You should use the format taught in English Composition using MLA or APA format. A FREE web site for information on MLA is at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

4. The subject matter and topic may be from the topics listed on the next page of this Pass Out. If there is another ethical problem or topic that especially interests you, simply confer with me first and get my approval. No approval is needed for topics  listed. It is not sufficient for you to simply turn in a paper you have written for another class. This exercise is designed as a learning experience and for the students to demonstrate their ability to do research and creative writing. Papers must be over the subject of BUSINESS ETHICS.

5. Topics which are not acceptable are subjects we have spent a considerable time on in the textbook such as sexual harassment and affirmative action. Other topics that are not acceptable are organ donation, welfare fraud, women suffrage, underage drinking, violence and teenagers, inmate’s rights, dying decisions and other general ethical questions. This paper must be Business Ethics in nature.

6. The Term Research Paper will account for a minimum of 10% of your final grade (or 100 points), which is a full letter grade. If you do not prepare a term paper, your final average will drop by one full letter grade.

. Your instructor will submit your paper to a search on the Internet to make sure that your work is original, and that plagiarism has not occurred. This has become very easy through Google and other academic searches now available to teachers. Therefore, make sure you properly cite all words and thoughts of other persons. A zero will be awarded for any paper where there is plagiarism.