Ethics and Leadership
Paper instructions:
Write an approximate 3 page response to the Questionnaire. I work in public education, so the questions about myself should be relevant to that.

Please do relevant research, as well as watch this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtTE4LrKzAs&feature=youtu.be

1. Discuss whether you think that:

Public and nonprofit officials today are moral mutants; or,
Public and nonprofit officials are morally and ethically as responsible as other segments of our society.
Why??

2. List three unethical behaviors that you believe are most prevalent among public officials.
a.
b.
c.
Why do you think these are most prevalent?

3. Identify three things that would trigger you to act or behave unethically.

a.
b.
c.

4. Have you ever experienced a conflict between your personal conception of ethical behavior and what is expected within your work environment? If, so what situation or category of conflict put you in this awkward position? What lessons did you learn from this experience?

 
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cultural immersion

Paper instructions:
Cultural Immersion Project

One way to understand the cultures of other people is to interact with them. This assignment is designed to get you to interact with somebody from another culture to find out more about particular cultural practices such as marriage ceremonies, work ethic, conflict management, issues related to healthcare, child care, recreation activities etc. In this assignment you are required to conduct an interview, write a paper and share your findings with the class
Final Project (100 Points)

Cultural Immersion Project

One way to understand the cultures of other people is to interact with them. This assignment is designed to get you to interact with somebody from another culture to find out more about particular cultural practices such as marriage ceremonies, work ethic, conflict management, issues related to healthcare, child care, recreation activities etc. In this assignment you are required to conduct an interview and share your findings with the class through a multi-media power point presentation. Below are the details of the assignment:

First, identify someone who has a different cultural background than you. This could be your co-worker, neighbor, friend etc. Note: make sure to use pseudo names, not the actual names of those you interview.

Get a general sense of his/her cultural background- history, practices etc.

Choose one topic or cultural practice that is of most interest to you and find out more about it through your interview.

SIX (6) page paper that address the following points.

Give a general background of the culture (Geographical location, history, social structure etc.)

Identify and discuss three (3) intercultural communication concepts that you identified in your interview.

What are the differences and similarities between your cultures?

How will your knowledge of the other culture help you to develop intercultural communication competence?