Ethics In COVID-19 Times

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Do not approach this assignment thinking that there is one chapter inthe readings that you can use in your discussion. It is wide opened!More than likely, the one on Ethics will be the easiest to use. Justremember to support your opinion with a reference that is a pagenumber, article name, or title/slide number.

There is no right or wrong answer. Can you follow instructions anduse your critical thinking skill to produce a credible answer is thegoal:)

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Becauseof efforts to slow the spread of Covid-19, a large university has, likemany others, transitioned to online instruction for the foreseeablefuture. In-person classes are not prohibited, but the administration hasstrongly recommended against them. Because the semester was close tobeing over when the university transitioned its classes to online,finals are approaching. This means that professors must choose from anumber of less-than-ideal options for administering final exams.

Someinstructors have given students the choice of an optional final, orcanceled them altogether, basing their grade entirely on past work.Others have chosen to use an online service that monitors students whilethey take their tests in order to ensure that they do not cheat. Thedownside of this service is that it requires access to a computer with awebcam, a reliable internet connection, and access to a quiet, emptyroom. Those requirements pose a challenge for many college students,particularly those with fewer resources — and more roommates.

Inconsideration of this, another popular option is to require an onlineexam with a request for academic honesty as the only safeguard againstcheating. No notes, books, internet or classmates are to be used whentaking the final. Based on conversations overheard on campus betweenclassmates, many students think it is fair to assume that the vastmajority of students will take advantage of the resources now availableto them (i.e., notes, friends, the internet) in order to succeed. Thiswill result in a much higher average performance than an in-person examwould, putting anyone who does not cheat at a disadvantage as anygrading on a curve would hurt them.

Moststudents know that it is dishonest to cheat, but they also want tomaintain a high G.P.A., and it seems that those goals are in conflictwith each other.

If youwere one of these students, what sort of ethical reasoning would youengage in to figure how to approach the upcoming final? I am looking tosee you pick one type of ethical reasoning and use that concept todiscuss how you will take the final. There is no right or wrong answerbut any discussion of your reasoning must be support by a reference.This can be answered in one or two good paragraphs. Spelling andgrammar are important.