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Applying Ethical Principles Scoring Guide

Applying Ethical Principles Scoring Guide

Criteria	Non-performance	Basic	Proficient	Distinguished
Summarize the facts in a case study and use the three components of an ethical decision-making model to analyze an ethical problem or issue and the factors that contributed to it.	Does not summarize the facts in a case study or use the three components of an ethical decision-making model to analyze an ethical problem or issue and the factors that contributed to it.	Inadequately summarizes the facts in a case study or incompletely uses the three components of an ethical decision-making model to analyze an ethical problem or issue and the factors that contributed to it.	Summarizes the facts in a case study and uses the three components of an ethical decision-making model to analyze an ethical problem or issue and the factors that contributed to it.	Summarizes the facts in a case study and uses the three components of an ethical decision-making model to analyze an ethical problem or issue and the factors that contributed to it. Supports the reasoning with examples from scholarly readings.
Apply academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to an ethical problem or issue as evidence to support an analysis of the case.	Does not apply academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to an ethical problem or issue as evidence to support an analysis of the case.	Identifies academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to an ethical problem or issue as evidence but does not apply them to support an analysis of the case.	Applies academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to an ethical problem or issue as evidence to support an analysis of the case.	Applies academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to an ethical problem or issue as evidence to support an analysis of the case, and explains how the chosen articles support the analysis.
Discuss the effectiveness of the communication approaches present in a case study.	Does not discuss the effectiveness of the communication approaches present in a case study.	Describes the communication approaches present in a case study but does not discuss their effectiveness.	Discusses the effectiveness of the communication approaches present in a case study.	Discusses the effectiveness of the communication approaches present in a case study, explaining which approaches should be used more and which should be avoided.
Discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by a professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical practice in a case study.	Does not discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by a professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical practice in a case study.	Describes the approach used by a professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical practice in a case study but does not discuss its effectiveness.	Discusses the effectiveness of the approach used by a professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical practice in a case study.	Discusses the effectiveness of the approach used by a professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical practice in a case study, and describes consequences of using effective and non-effective approaches.
Apply ethical principles to a possible solution to an ethical problem or issue described in a case study.	Does not apply ethical principles to a possible solution to an ethical problem or issue described in a case study.	Identifies ethical principles involved in a possible solution to an ethical problem or issue described in a case study but does not apply them.	Applies ethical principles to a possible solution to an ethical problem or issue described in a case study.	Applies ethical principles to a possible solution to an ethical problem or issue described in a case study, and explains how the proposed solution is based in ethical principles.
Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.	Does not write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.	Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics with some errors and lapses.	Writes clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.	Writes clearly and logically, using evidence to support a central idea, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; and ensures the paper contains supporting examples for the main points.
Write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.	Does not write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.	Writes following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references with some errors and lapses.	Writes following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.	Writes following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references without errors, and uses current reference sources.