BTS 1 assignment AND Monday's (2/16) homework

Building Technical Skills (BTS) 1: Procedural How To
Due: Friday, 2/20/2009 by 6pm, by e-mail

Your task: write a technical document in which you present an ethical-dilemma example for teaching management-level employees how to deal with their staff.

The document you are creating will be read and demonstrated to employees, and must include the steps they should take when encountering a problematic scenario within the workplace.

You have the choice of which kind of scenario you would like to write a step-by-step document for how to solve the problem. Some example general topics you may consider using:

- Sexual harassment in the workplace
- Prejudice within the workplace (choose a specific discrimination to provide a solution for)
o Racial
o Gender
o Sexual orientation
o Religious beliefs
o ??? – Other cultural instances of profiling, etc.
- Inappropriate use of office supplies
- Office romance
- Inappropriate use of work hours
- Some other ethical dilemma that you can think of…

Required Content:

1) Describe a hypothetical ethical scenario:
- Use of detail to give a clear picture of the ethical dilemma
- Use character names for employees so we know roles in the scenario
- Make sure the actual ethical dilemma is clearly explained

2) Define and explain the ethical dilemma:
- Use of one or more of expanded definition tools (Chapter 9, p. 181-185)

3) Provide a detailed solution(s):
- What method(s) do you use? Clearly explain each method.
- Give step-by-step directions to method (review p. 139 and 144 to help you with an “organization pattern” in writing out your solution)

4) Format to be coherent and readable (Chapter 10):
- Use of a coherent title
- Use of Headers
- Use of typeface

Format Requirements: 1-2 pages in length; use 10-12 pt font size; readable font; make consistent spacing and other formatting choices throughout document (some noted above).



Homework:
- Read Chapter 11 (Structuring Effective Sentences) for discussion
- Post the first draft to the first two parts* of BTS 1 to your blog, by 2:45p.m. Monday, 2/16à
o Describing the hypothetical ethical dilemma (the scenario)
o Definition and explanation of why scenario is unethical

*Note: use formatting (section headers) so audience can coherently see and understand each part.