Leadership Laws

Introduction

This assignment is intended to introduce different ethical principles individuals’ value.  This will be observed from a Christian perspective.  Also ethical terminology will be reviewed or introduced.

Upon successful completion of this assignment you should be able to: 

• Define ethical terms
• Compare and contrast the difference between basic ethics and dilemma ethics.
• Identify the Leadership Laws as described by Maxwell and Elmore needed to create sound policy.

Resources

• Website: “Teaching the Virtues” by Christina Hoff Somners:  http://forerunner.com/forerunner/X0116_Teaching_the_Virtues.html
• Textbook: Maxwell leadership Bible
• Textbook: Rae Moral Choices
• File:  Ethical Vocabulary List
• PowerPoint:  Ethical Decision Making

Instructions

1. View the Ethical Decision Making PowerPoint.
2. Read the essay “Teaching the Virtues” by Christina Hoff Somners at http://forerunner.com/forerunner/X0116_Teaching_the_Virtues.html
3. Review three Leadership Laws from the Maxwell Leadership Bible (2007). An Index for the Leadership Laws can be found in the back of your Bible. Consider your own personal and professional growth as you decide which laws to review.
4. Review/ define the ethics vocabulary list found as an attachment in course materials under workshop one. Be prepared to apply the ethical theories and principles to discussions and assignments throughout the course. We need to understand and speak the language of ethics as we participate in ethical discussions.
5. Review the PowerPoint on ethical decision making models.
6. Access at least two of the following or other ethical resources online:
   1. Potter Box
   2. Decision Model Based on Moral Development Theory (Kristen Alley Swain)
   3. Hasted’s Bioethical Decision Making Model
   4. Kohlberg & Gilligan
   5. The President’s Council on Bioethics
   6. World Transhumanis Association
   7. American Society of Bioethics and Humanities
   8. NCBC The National Catholic Bioethics Center
   9. Six Step Ethical Decision Making Model
7. Navigate to the threaded discussion and respond to the following:
   1. Post a two or three paragraph summary of your thoughts/ideas on this material and the integration of personal ethics with organizational and public ethics. 
   2. Compare and contrast the difference between basic ethics and dilemma ethics.
   3. Review of leadership laws
8. Your initial post is due by the fifth day of the workshop.
9. Read and respond to at least two of your classmates’ initial postings and any questions you are asked in your initial post by the end of the workshop.
10. Use this material as you respond to various discussions and prepare work during the remainder of the course.

Research the range of contemporary issues teenagers face today. In a 1000word paper, choose one issue (besides teen pregnancy)and discuss its effect on adolescent behavior and overall well-being. Include the following in your submission:

1.  Describe the contemporary issue and explain what external stressors are associated with this issue.

2.  Outline assessment strategies to screen for this issue and external stressors during an assessment for an adolescent patient.

3.  Describe what additional assessment questions you would need to ask and define the ethical parameters regarding what you can and cannot share with the parent or guardian.

4.  Discuss support options for adolescents encountering external stressors. Include specific support options for the contemporary issue you presented. 

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style, NO PLAGIARISM, 5 APA REFRENCES WITHIN THE LAST 5 YEARS.

 

In this assignment, students will pull together the change proposal project components they have been working on throughout the course to create a proposal inclusive of sections for each content focus area in the course. At the conclusion of this project, the student will be able to apply evidence-based research steps and processes required as the foundation to address a clinically oriented problem or issue in future practice.

Students will develop a 1,250-1,500 word paper that includes the following information as it applies to the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need profiled in the capstone change proposal:

1. Background
2. Problem statement
3. Purpose of the change proposal
4. PICOT
5. Literature search strategy employed
6. Evaluation of the literature
7. Applicable change or nursing theory utilized
8. Proposed implementation plan with outcome measures
9. Identification of potential barriers to plan implementation, and a discussion of how these could be overcome
10. Appendix section, if tables, graphs, surveys, educational materials, etc. are created

Review the feedback from your instructor on the Topic 3 assignment, PICOT Statement Paper, and Topic 6 assignment, Literature Review. Use the feedback to make appropriate revisions to the portfolio components before submitting.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

 

Click link to read Mark Twain’s essay “The Late Benjamin Franklin“

Resource: Twain, M. (1983). THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Saturday Evening Post, 255(2), 18-93. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database.

In a 1-page essay, provide an analysis that identifies fallacious reasoning in the story and explain why.