Tasks (All four questions are compulsory, 500 WORDS each)
1. Choose the cause that you would like to support and to which you wish to donate (this can be any charity or organisation that advances your valued cause). (500 Words, preferably talking about donating to animal charity/organisation)
2. Are corporate scandals the ‘new normal’? A corporate scandal can occur any time there is evidence of unethical behaviour or negligence that impacts a companys reputation. Write a 500 -word blog entry covering one of the scandals that you think is topical. (500 words)
3. Choose your own topic or an example of a moral dilemma, and in 500 words, explain why this dilemma is difficult to solve (500 words)
4. In his discussion of pluralistic thinking (thinking that incorporates multiple views of the world), Amartya Sen suggests that the power of individual identity (our vision of ourselves, our understanding of our heritage, culture, history, etc.) could be challenged by the power of other competing identities. In our normal life we see ourselves as members of a variety of groups, such as a person’s citizenship, profession, religion, gender, class, politics, taste in music, sports, etc. Each of these groups gives us part of our identity.
– Please list 5 categories of identity with which you closely associate. Provide a 500-word account highlighting how these 5 categories might influence your job (preferably from a student perspective)
