January 9, 2020

Doing the Right Thing – How did we get into this mess?

DISCUSSION FORUMS
a.Faith Integration Forums: A Faith Integration Forum is provided each week, to which you must post a response. This is a graded activity. Your posting will be assessed based on your understanding, thinking, writing, communication, application, references, and response postings, using the rubric provided in the course resources. You will not be assessed on the expression of your beliefs. In other words, it is the quality of your posting that is being assessed, not the viewpoint. Your posting to the Faith Integration Forum must be posted by 11:59 pm on Tuesday of each week. A response posting to at least one of your colleagues postings is due by midnight Saturday. Late postings are penalized at 50 percent per day, and no postings are accepted after 11:59 pm on Saturday.

b.Discussion Forums: Each week you will be provided with videos, cases, exercises, or discussion questions to which you must post a response. Your posting will be assessed based on your understanding, thinking, writing, communication, application, and documentation, using the rubric provided in the course resources. Both the quality and content of your posting will be assessed. Your posting to discussion forums must be posted by 11:59 pm on Thursday. For each discussion forum, you are also required to respond to at least two of your colleagues postings. Responses must be posted by 11:59 pm on Saturday. Late postings are penalized at 50 percent per day, and no postings are accepted after 11:59 pm on Saturday.

c.Experiential Exercises and Case Analyses: Throughout the course you will find assignments for experiential exercises and case analyses. Follow the instructions as given in the assignment. Both the quality and the content of your analyses will be assessed using rubrics identified in the assignment and provided in the course resources. These assignments must be posted by 11:59 pm on Saturday. Late assignments are penalized at 20 percent per day or portion of a day.

Faith Integration Discussion

Post a substantive response to the questions below by 11:59 pm Tuesday night. Include information from the weekly readings to support your response.
Post a substantive response to at least one of your peers by 11:59 pm Thursday night.
Please see the Online Discussion Forums section of the course syllabus for complete instructions. The Faith Integration Rubric will be used to assess your postings.
Please respond to the questions at the end of the following case from Chapter 4 of Hill’s Just Business. Dora manages the pharmacy department of a large retail store. Over the past few months, small quantities of a very expensive prescription heart medication have been disappearing on a regular basis. After setting up a hidden camera, Dora catches her technical assistant pilfering. As she is about to call the police, Dora asks him why he has turned to crime. He explains that his niece will die without the drug and that her parents cannot afford medical insurance. His request for understanding leaves Dora pondering what her next step should be.
Analyze the case through all three moral lensesholiness, justice, and love. When combined, what guidance do they give Dora?
What similar experiences have you had?
As you reflect on your past similar experience(s), what conclusions can you draw?
After reading the Hill text this week and exploring the holiness-justice-love framework, what have you learned?
Describe at least one specific way in which you can apply what you have learned about dual morality.