Ethical Issues

Assignment: Find three articles from books and/or reference books, and library-subscribed scholarly and/or trade journals about a current moral or ethical issue in this field. Write brief critical annotations for each. Provide a proper citation using the stylesheet preferred in the field. Include the call numbers of books and the database used for periodical articles.

How to:

  • Using a keyword search on the SOUTHcat, the library catalog enter ethic? management(using your field of study). See the Catalog Tutorials if you haven't yet searched it.
  • For Reference books you might add the word encycloped?.
  • For books you can check out, use the "Limit To" window to select "University Library Bookstacks."
  • For articles go to "Articles, Indexes, Databases." Select an appropriate database for the field or EBSCO's Academic Search Premier. Search using the words ethics or ethical or truncate to ethic* and (your field of study).

Support: Offer students a list of some current moral or ethical issues in the field. Here are some topics and information resources. Provide a printed code of ethics (if there is one in your specialty.) Recommend important journals and databases. Style sheet websites. Alert the Library Reference department.

Use: Vary the number of articles, books or reference books as wished. Use as a group project. Use as a precursor to a full research paper.

Objectives: Learn to think as a professional using current ethical debates. Practice using the catalog and disciplinary databases. . Learn the citation style for the field.