RESEARCH PAPER & ETHICAL ANALYSIS GUIDELINES
In addition to the Research Paper requirements, each class member is to select, analyze, evaluate, synthesize and report on a 06-08-page Word document for Windows an ethical violation case (scandal); and if presented to the class, PowerPoint slides are to be prepared and submitted with the presentation. Your Analysis and Evaluation report must cover the following nine (9) points which are to be clearly shown as headings to facilitate its grading. Failure to show these headings will result in a grade reduction of at least twenty (20) points. CASE: FIFA FRAUD SCANDAL
0. What are ethics and why are they important in global banking and business?
0. What was the case about (Summary of Case)?
0. Who was (were) the individual(s) and company (ies) involved?
0. When and where did it happen and how much money was involved?
0. Why did it happen?
0. How did it come to the attention of the media?
0. What was the outcome of the case?
0. How could this case have been avoided?
0. What can we learn from the case?
The written reports must:
1. Be typed in double space format.
2. Show in the cover page:
a. The title of the research paper
b. The course number and name
c. Professor’s name
d. Your full name as it appears on the class roster
e. Your Panther ID
f. Your telephone number and e-mail address
g. Show the date you finished the report
3. Show footnotes or in-text citations or end-notes and a bibliography, in accordance with an accepted manual of style. Credit must be given to any author whose work was consulted, whether it is quoted or paraphrased. Failure to follow this requirement is a violation of ethical standards for which sanctions can be imposed by the University. Refer to section on Academic Honesty. The professor, will use “Turnitin” software to detect ethical violations.
4. Internet address (URLs) by themselves will not be accepted as footnotes and bibliography. Sources consulted must contain author’s name, title of article or publication, and applicable dates. You can insert the” URL” address below the citation.
5. All report pages should be numbered and shown at the bottom center or right side of the page only.
