Guidelines and Strategies: The student’s written HBR Signature Assignment is de

Guidelines and Strategies:
The student’s written HBR Signature Assignment is designed to invite
the student to provide an in-depth written examination of the HBR
assigned articles. Read the following two articles:
• HBR Ethical mind: A conversation with Psychologist Howard
Gardner by Bronwyn Fryer; Howard Gardner
• HBR Ethical breakdowns by Max H. Bazerman; Ann E.
Tenbrunsel Numbered Headings in Paper:
This written essay is a response to the following questions. Students
must create numbered headings for each section, and please include the
question or paraphrasing of the theme for each section:
Section 1:
– Why are the issues presented critical to a leader’s understanding of
leadership based on the readings?
Section 2:
– What are the major themes/perspectives around ethics and leadership
found in the readings?
Section 3:
– What are the unique challenges and benefits of a leader’s ethics on an
organization and its employees?
Section 4:
– What are your responses/opinions to the findings, results, or actionable
outcomes of the readings?
Section 5:
– How would you advance conversations and strategies connected to the
ethics of a leader in the student’s organization? Provide specific
examples.
Structure and Style:
Position Papers are to have a cover page, references page, and contain
written narrative of no less than 3 pages. The student is strongly
encouraged to keep the Turnitin “similarity index” at or below the
recommended level (see syllabus for Similarity Index Rate). All papers
must adhere to the APA writing guidelines found in the syllabus and
clarified through the APA writing style at: http://www.apastyle.org/
Students are also encouraged to include additional resources when they
feel that additional support is needed to reinforce their point, the
author’s point, or to refute the premise of the article.
Grading Rubrics:
The following rubrics will be applied in the grading process for each
paper:
1. Did the student follow the APA formatting and structure of the
paper?
2. Did the student answer each question and use the prescribed
headings?
3. Did the student apply critical thinking and their own perspective to
the messages in the article, and go into depth and support their
assertions?