Ethics

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: Chapter 11
Lesson
Minimum of 2 scholarly sources

Instructions
Develop, in detail, a situation in which a health care worker might be confronted with ethical problems related to patients and prescription drug use OR patients in a state of poverty.

Your scenario must be original to you and this assignment. It cannot be from the discussion boards in this class or any other previous forum.
Articulate (and then assess) the ethical solutions that can found using “care” (care-based ethics) and “rights” ethics to those problems.
Assessment must ask if the solutions are flawed, practicable, persuasive, etc.
What health care technology is involved in the situation?What moral guidelines for using that kind of healthcare technology should be used there? Explore such guidelines also using utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, ethical egoism, or social contract ethics.
Say how social technologies such as blogs, crowdfunding, online encyclopedias can be used in either case. What moral guidelines for using that kind of healthcare technology should be used there? Develop such guidelines also using utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, ethical egoism, or social contract ethics.

You should not be using any text you used in a discussion board or assignment for this class or any previous class.

Cite the textbook and incorporate outside sources, including citations.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

Length: 3-4 pages (not including title page or references page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources)

Grading
This activity will be graded based on the Assignment Grading Rubric.

Course Outcomes (CO): 7, 8

Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday

Rubric
ETHC445 Week 6 Assignment Rubric – 100 pts.
ETHC445 Week 6 Assignment Rubric – 100 pts.
Criteria Ratings Pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Assignment Content

60.0 pts
Addresses all aspects of the questions, applying professional knowledge, and research regarding weekly concepts.

51.0 pts
Addresses most aspects of the questions, applying professional knowledge, , and research regarding weekly concepts.

45.0 pts
Addresses some aspects of the questions, applying professional knowledge, and research regarding weekly concepts.

36.0 pts
Minimally addresses the questions, applying professional knowledge, and research regarding weekly concepts.

0.0 pts
No effort

60.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Professional Communication

15.0 pts
Presents information using clear and concise language in an organized manner (minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation).

12.0 pts
Presents information in an organized manner (some errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation).

11.0 pts
Presents information using understandable language but is somewhat disorganized (some errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation).

9.0 pts
Presents information that is not clear, logical, professional or organized to the point that the reader has difficulty understanding the message (numerous errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and/or punctuation).

0.0 pts
No effort

15.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome Source Integration

15.0 pts
Paper includes reference to 2 scholarly sources and masterfully integrates the sources into the essay.

12.0 pts
Paper includes reference to 2 scholarly sources and integrates them effectively throughout the essay.

11.0 pts
Paper includes reference to 2 scholarly sources but does not properly integrate the sources.

9.0 pts
Paper includes reference to 1 scholarly source and integrates it effectively in the essay

0.0 pts
Paper does not make reference to a scholarly sources.

15.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome APA Format

10.0 pts
Paper meets all source requirements, and is properly formatted in APA style throughout (i.e. title page, spacing, font, in-text citations and references.)

8.5 pts
Paper meets all source requirements, and is mostly properly formatted in APA style (i.e. title page, spacing, font, in-text citations and references.)

7.5 pts
Paper meets all source requirements, and is somewhat properly formatted in APA style (i.e. title page, spacing, font, in-text citations and references.)

6.0 pts
Paper fails to meet source requirements and/or is improperly formatted in APA style throughout

0.0 pts
No effort

10.0 pts

Total Points: 100.0