NASA and the Space Shuttle Disaster (Whistle-blowing)
Write a research paper explaining the NASA and the Space Shuttle Disaster (Whistle-blowing)
T E R M P A P E R R E Q U I R E M E N T S
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.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 report is due the last day or night for the lecture class this semester unless. For those that are taking it through the D2L and the Web only, the due date is set out in the Schedule within the Web Course. Web based students submit their papers through an attachment to an Email to your instructor. Web students may also submit it by putting it in your instructor’s door at his office at Nashville State, Clement Building, room C-232A. You must also put on it that you are part of the WEB Business Ethics course .Web students must also submit their papers in a format that can be opened by your instructor such Microsoft Word.
7. 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.
