Questions1. Even though Professor Ramirez deviated from the college’s policy regarding plagiarism, do you feel that she acted ethically?2. If you were a student in this class and learned Professor Ramirez made an exception for this student, would you think she acted ethically? Explain.3. In Table 12.1, the Six Pillars of Character are detailed. Which of these six pillars did Professor Ramirez display in consideration for her student, and how?4. Professor Ramirez’s actions ultimately brought into question whether or not the ends justify the means. Do you feel that her leniency in this case made her a stronger or more ethical leader? Explain. 12.1 Case Study: The Write ChoiceEach semester, community college professor Julia Ramirez requires her students to do a 10-hour community service project at a nonprofit agency of their choice and writea paper about the experience. In the paper, they are to discuss their volunteer experience and incorporate concepts presented in class into this reflection. This is the sixthsemester that Professor Ramirez has used this assignment, and she has always received positive feedback about the benefits of the assignment from her students and thenonprofits.The community college that Professor Ramirez works at is making an effort to be "green" and, in order to cut down on paper usage, requests that faculty and staff utilizeonline tools for giving and receiving assignments and providing feedback to students. Professor Ramirez takes advantage of these green initiatives, requiring hercommunity learning papers to all be turned in electronically at noon on the last Friday before exams. She likes having the papers turned in electronically because it hassignificantly cut down on late papers and it is now very easy to check student work for plagiarism.That day has arrived, and Professor Ramirez downloads her student papers from the class webpage and begins to grade them. The papers are informal in nature, written infirst-person narrative as if the students were talking directly to Professor Ramirez. After grading a number of papers, Professor Ramirez comes to the paper written bystudent Kelly Declan. Kelly's paper reads less like a personal narrative and more like a brochure for the organization where she volunteered. At first, Professor Ramirez isimpressed with the amount of detail that Kelly retained from volunteering, but after reading part of the paper, she becomes suspicious. To be safe, Professor Ramirezdecides to copy a passage from Kelly's paper into her Internet search engine to see if it matches any other published sources. It does; in fact, it is a direct match for anonline brochure of a similar organization in a neighboring state. Professor Ramirez tests a few more sections from Kelly's paper and finds that 90% of it was plagiarizedfrom this one source on the Internet.Plagiarism is taken very seriously at the college. Students accused of plagiarism are reported to the student review board, and if the board confirms that a student's work isnot his or her own, the student is dismissed from the college. Students who have been dismissed for plagiarism are able to reapply to the college after waiting onesemester, and if they are readmitted, they are placed on academic probation for a year.Despite the college's policy, Professor Ramirez is conflicted about how to deal with this situation. She knows that Kelly had a very difficult semester. Her mother is ill withcancer, and during the semester, Kelly drove twice a week to her hometown two hours away to take her mother to doctor's appointments and chemotherapy. Knowingthis, Professor Ramirez accommodated Kelly's schedule during the semester so that she did not have to drop the course. This is also Kelly's last semester beforegraduation, and she will be the first person in her family to graduate from college. Kelly also has a job lined up after graduation, for which Professor Ramirez wrote her aletter of recommendation, and if she does not graduate, she will most likely lose the job. Losing the job will be certain if Kelly is ejected from the college.Professor Ramirez decides not to report the incident of plagiarism to the review board right away. She chooses instead to approach Kelly one-on-one and will proceedbased on what Kelly has to say. During their meeting, it is apparent to Professor Ramirez that Kelly did complete the required service hours but was overwhelmed when itcame to writing the paper. Kelly had let the assignment go until the very end and then when she had to write it, she could only come up with one page rather than thethree pages required. She added the plagiarized information to make the paper reach the required length. Kelly is genuinely remorseful and admits she is terrified of the

“Since you have posted multiple questions, we will provide the solution only to the first question…

Answered: Questions 1. Even though Professor…

14th Edition

ISBN:9780190931919

Author:NEWNAN

Publisher:NEWNAN

Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1QTC