Miss Witkowski's Computer Science Discoveries Class: Tuesday, January 16th- 8th Grade- Part 3 of the 6 Step Ethical Decision Making Guide

Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 1-16-2018

Teacher:	Witkowski
Lesson/Unit Topic:	Understand requirements for seeking, gaining, and maintaining employment
Standards:	6.03 Understand behaviors required to maintain employment

“I Can…” Statement
I can explain the 6 steps of ethical decision making.

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)

Ethics- set of moral principles by which people conduct themselves personally, socially and professionally.

http://www.acfe.com/uploadedImages/ACFE_Website/Content/images/topic-landing/ethics-and-compliance.jpg

Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

1. Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com

2. You MUST Open 5.02 Business Ethics 2017 PowerPoint.

You will need it for activity

Lesson-Instructional Strategies and Procedures for Teacher and Students

(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)

Guided Lesson: Test THIS Thursday

Ethical Decision Criteria:

Moral Rules Based- individual or society rule followed

Thomas Hemy's famous painting (circa 1892) of soldiers standing fast on HMS Birkenhead while the women and children head off in a lifeboat in the background- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_and_children_first#/media/File:Wreck_of_the_Birkenhead.jpg

Virtue Based- a certain trait determined to be important

Children have their entire life ahead of them - virtue (youth)
http://www.fellowshipwesleyan.org/fellowshipwesleyan/wp-content/uploads/children1.jpg

I don't like teachers or school-
virtue (certain jobs are more important)

Outcome Based- who do you want in a crisis situation?

http://www.tori.ng/userfiles/image/2017/oct/26/doctor-1.jpg

Principle Based- a combination of the above criteria.

http://clipground.com/images/combination-puzzle-clipart-11.jpg

Independent Exercise:

Students will review different ethical processes

Ethical Decision-making- 6 Steps

Groups of 2 or 3 https://www.quandarygame.org/
Play as Guest
Choose a person
You earn points by completing the 6 step ethical decision process

1st Period- Click on Episode 2 WATER WAR

2nd Period- Click on Episode 3 FASHION FACTION
Step 1- What is the ethical issue or problem?

Water is an important and scarce resource on the planet.
Which option to control the water should be used?

http://wellconnectedmom.com/blog/p-content/themes/atahualpa342/images/articles/2014/10/Quandary-Decision-Making-Game-6.png

Step 2- What facts have the greatest impact on the decision?
Step 3- Who could be affected by your decision? How?

You earn points by correctly identifying opinions, facts, or solutions.
Example:
Opinion- I hate math
Fact- 2+2=4
Solution- Use a calculator

See below picture from http://wellconnectedmom.com/blog/p-content/themes/atahualpa342/images/articles/2014/10/Quandary-Decision-Making-Game-13-1024x768.png

Step 4- What would each person want you to do about the issue?

You earn points by correctly listening to the colonists viewpoints.

https://lh6.ggpht.com/LUZJiW6w-4tyanzDWb9NguAI4fIKhfh_I7QCh8e_xW-6rl1aUouOMpYSGnCvB6dVKuc=h900

Note that:

You need to select a colonist and solution before you can play a fact card.
You score points for presenting solutions and for presenting relevant facts.
- The value of each fact card can drop after being played, so think carefully about
which fact cards to play and when.

Step 5 What are 3 alternative actions? Who would be harmed by each choice?
How? Are there automatic reasons to eliminate any choice?