The document provides guidance on developing a thesis statement and outline for an essay. It presents four models of thesis statements with varying levels of complexity, from a simple single-sentence thesis to one with concessions and reasons. An example five-paragraph essay outline is also given based on one of the thesis statement models, with an introductory paragraph, three body paragraphs addressing different reasons, and a concluding paragraph. The document aims to help students structure their ideas and arguments for an essay with a clear thesis statement and outline.

1. Running head: BUS LAW & HR MGMT DB 1
BUS LAW & HR MGMT DB 2
Bus Law
Prepare a list containing the following information:
Column 1: Name of the partnership form
Column 2: Federal tax structure associated with the partnership
form
Column 3: State tax structure associated with the partnership
form
Column 4: Corporate asset liability exposure
Column 5: Personal asset liability exposure
Discuss your favorite partnership formation providing the
rational for the selection.
References

2. HR Mgmt
Evaluate the pay structure at your current job or a job you have
recently had. How much do/did you know about the pay
structure? Do you believe the pay structure is/was fair, or
comparable to other jobs like it?
References
Noe, R. A., Hollenbeck, J. R., Gerhart, B., & Wright, P. M.
(2011). Fundamentals of human resource management (4th ed.).
Chicago, IL: McGraw-Hill.
Running head: BUS
LAW & HR MGMT D
B
1

3. Bus Law
Prepare
a
list
containing
the
following
information
:
Column 1: Name of the partnership form
Column 2: Federal tax structure associated with the partnership
form
Column 3: S
tate tax structure associated with the partnership form
Column 4: Corporate asset liability exposure
Column 5: Personal asset liability exposure
Discuss your favorite partnership formation providing the
rational for the selection.

4. References
HR Mgmt
Evaluate the pay structure at your current job or a job you have
recently had. How much do/did you know
about the pay structure? Do you believe the pay structure is/was
fair, or comparable to other jobs
like it
?
Running head: BUS LAW & HR MGMT DB 1
Bus Law
Prepare a list containing the following information:
Column 1: Name of the partnership form
Column 2: Federal tax structure associated with the partnership
form
Column 3: State tax structure associated with the partnership

5. form
Column 4: Corporate asset liability exposure
Column 5: Personal asset liability exposure
Discuss your favorite partnership formation providing the
rational for the selection.
References
HR Mgmt
Evaluate the pay structure at your current job or a job you have
recently had. How much do/did you know
about the pay structure? Do you believe the pay structure is/was
fair, or comparable to other jobs
like it?
Topics and Questions
Note: To the right of the topics, you will find the weeks in
which these topics are directly addressed.
Please go to those weeks and begin using the required and
recommended resources in those weeks
to gather information for your papers. However, bear in mind
that many of these topics will also

6. overlap with material from other weeks, so you will want to be
thinking about how that other
material might bear on your chosen topic.
Just War/Military Ethics (Weeks Three and Four)
• What are some circumstances that would make a war just or
unjust?
• What are some controversial reasons nations have gone to war,
contemplated going to war,
or refrained from going to war? Were they justified?
• Are there ways of conducting a war that should be defended as
just or opposed as unjust?
• Thinking of some specific technology such as drone weapons,
nuclear weapons, or chemical
and biological weapons, is its use justified? When would it not
be justified?
• Consider various methods of war such as carpet bombing,
targeting of civilians or
intentionally killing non-combatants, using human shields, the
use of blockades, sanctions,
and other means of preventing basic good from reaching the
enemy civilians. When would
one of these be justified or unjustified?

7. • Are there forms of treatment of suspected enemy combatants,
such as torture, imprisonment
without trial, warrantless surveillance, etc., that should never be
done? Why or why not?
• Is it justified to violate the normal rights of one’s own citizens
to ensure the safety of the
country?
• What kinds of virtues do persons in the military need?
• What sorts of behavior might those virtues require?
• What sorts of behavior would be contrary to those virtues?
• Are there times when a soldier’s virtues and/or duties may
conflict?
• How should a soldier act in such circumstances?
• Should a soldier disobey an immoral or unjust command?
• What policies should the military have in place to respond to
such conflicts?
Gender and Equality (Week Five)
• What does it mean to say that women and men are equal?
What does it not mean?

8. • Are there ways in which women and men are treated
differently that are unjust?
• Are there ways in which women and men are treated
differently that are just?
• Are there social structures, cultural trends (such as in media or
advertising), or other aspects of
our society that convey and sustain gender inequality?
• What should our response to them be as individuals?
• What should our response to them be as a society?
• Are there certain religious or cultural beliefs or practices that
convey and sustain gender
inequalities?
• What should our response to them be as individuals?
• What should our response to them be as a society?
Relativism and Multiculturalism (Week One)
• What should our response be to behavior in other cultures that
are disturbing or seem morally
wrong?
• What are examples of behaviors that might pose a strong
challenge to cultural relativism?
• What are examples of behaviors that might pose a strong

9. challenge to absolutism or
universalism?
• Are there behaviors that should be regarded as obligatory or
prohibited regardless of time, place,
culture, or any other contingent circumstance?
• Should people be held responsible for immoral behavior when
most of their community or
culture also behaves that way?
Responsibility to Animals (Week Two)
• What does it mean to respect non-human animals in the way
we as individuals live our lives?
• How should we weigh human needs and/or desires against
those of non-human animals?
• What kinds of behaviors would that involve?
• What kinds of behaviors would that exclude?
• Is eating consuming meat and/or other animal products (dairy,
eggs, leather, etc.) ethical?
• Is it ethical to harm or kill animals for purposes such as
scientific research?
• Why do we treat some animals as pets, or even members of the
family, and others simply as

10. resources? Is there a moral justification for this distinction?
• Do we as individuals have moral obligations toward non-
human animals when our own behavior
has very little direct effect on the overall state of things?
• Does a government have an obligation to care for non-human
animals as well as its human
citizens?
• How should the answer to this question affect political policy
Responsibility to the Environment (Week Four)
• What does it mean to respect the environment in the way we as
individuals live our lives?
• What kinds of behaviors would that involve?
• What kinds of behaviors would that exclude?
• Do we as individuals have moral obligations toward the
environment when our own behavior
has very little direct effect on the overall state of things?
(Consider the products we buy and use,
the cars we drive, the energy we consume, etc.)
• How should we weigh human needs and/or desires against
environmental impact?

11. • Does a government have an obligation to care for its natural
resources as well as its human
citizens?
• How should the answer to this question affect political policy?
End of Life Medical Issues (Week One)
• Do people have a right to end their lives whenever they choose
to?
• Can people be mistaken about whether their life has value and
ought to be ended?
• Does the answer to this question affect the answer to the first
question?
• Can we set polices that determine in each case what the value
of a human life is and when it
should or should not be ended?
• Does the answer to this question affect the answer to the first
question?
• Does it make a difference whether a person’s life is ended by
an act of active killing, or whether
it is simply allowed to expire?
• Does it make a difference whether the agent (i.e., the person
causing the death), in either case, is

12. the person himself or herself or someone else (such as a
doctor)?
• Is there a limit to the amount of resources we should allocate
toward the preservation of a life in
the face of limited resources for other healthcare needs?
• Considering lives that are on the brink of death, under what
circumstances (if any) would it be
ethically wrong to prolong that life?
• Under what circumstances (if any) would it be ethically
required to prolong that life?
• Under what circumstances (if any) would it be ethically
required to end that life?
Topics and Questions
Thesis Statement Guide Results
Thesis Statement Model #1: Simples Thesis Statement
Parents should regulate the amount of television their children
watch.
Thesis Statement Model #2: Thesis with Concession
Notice that this model makes a concession by addressing an
argument from the opposing
viewpoint first, and then uses the phrase "even though" and

13. states the writer's opinion/main idea
as a rebuttal.
Even though television can be educational, parents should
regulate the amount of television
their children watch.
Thesis Statement Model #3: Thesis with Reasons
Here, the use of "because" reveals the reasons behind the
writer's opinion/main idea.
parents should regulate the amount of television their children
watch because it shortens
children's attention spans, it inhibits social interaction, and it
isn't always intellectually
stimulating.
Thesis Statement Model #4: Thesis with Concession and
Reasons
This model both makes a concession to opposing viewpoint and
states the reasons/arguments for
the writer's main idea.
While television can be educational, parents should regulate the
amount of television their
children watch because it inhibits social interaction, shortens
children's attention spans, and
isn't always intellectually stimulating.
Remember: These thesis statements are generated based on the
answers provided on the form.
Use the Thesis Statement Guide as many times as you like. Your
ideas and the results are
anonymous and confidential. When you build a thesis statement

14. that works for you, ensure that it
addresses the assignment. Finally, you may have to rewrite the
thesis statement so that the
spelling, grammar, and punctuation are correct.
Thesis Statement Guide: Sample Outline
Use the outline below, which is based on the five–paragraph
essay model, when drafting a plan
for your own essay. This is meant as a guide only, so we
encourage you to revise it in a way that
works best for you.
Introductory Paragraph
Start your introduction with an interesting "hook" to reel your
reader in. An introduction can
begin with a rhetorical question, a quotation, an anecdote, a
concession, an interesting fact, or a
question that will be answered in your paper. The idea is to
begin broadly and gradually bring the
reader closer to the main idea of the paper. At the end of the
introduction, you will present your
thesis statement. The thesis statement model used in this
example is a thesis with reasons.
Even though television can be educational , parents should
regulate the amount of television
their children watch because it shortens children's attention
spans, it inhibits social
interaction, and it is not always intellectually stimulating
Paragraph #1

15. First, parents should regulate the amount of television their
children watch because it
shortens children's attention spans.
Notice that this Assertion is the first reason presented in the
thesis statement. Remember that the
thesis statement is a kind of "mapping tool" that helps you
organize your ideas, and it helps your
reader follow your argument. In this body paragraph, after the
Assertion, include any evidence–a
quotation, statistic, data–that supports this first point. Explain
what the evidence means. Show
the reader how this entire paragraph connects back to the thesis
statement.
Paragraph #2
Additionally, it inhibits social interaction.
The first sentence of the second body paragraph should reflect
an even stronger Assertion to
support the thesis statement. Generally, the second point listed
in the thesis statement should be
developed here. Like with the previous paragraph, include any
evidence–a quotation, statistic,
data–that supports this point after the Assertion. Explain what
the evidence means. Show the
reader how this entire paragraph connects back to the thesis
statement.
Paragraph #3
Finally, the most important reason parents should regulate the
amount of television their
children watch is it is not always intellectually stimulating.

16. Your strongest point should be revealed in the final body
paragraph. Also, if it's appropriate, you
can address and refute any opposing viewpoints to your thesis
statement here. As always, include
evidence–a quotation, statistic, data–that supports your
strongest point. Explain what the
evidence means. Show the reader how this entire paragraph
connects back to the thesis
statement.
Concluding Paragraph
Indeed, while television can be educational, parents should
regulate the amount of television
their children watch.
Rephrase your thesis statement in the first sentence of the
conclusion. Instead of summarizing
the points you just made, synthesize them. Show the reader how
everything fits together. While
you don't want to present new material here, you can echo the
introduction, ask the reader
questions, look to the future, or challenge your reader.
Remember: This outline is based on the five–paragraph model.
Expand or condense it according
to your particular assignment or the size of your opinion/main
idea. Again, use the Thesis
Statement Guide as many times as you like, until you reach a
thesis statement and outline that
works for you.
Thesis Statement Guide ResultsThesis Statement Model #1:

17. Simples Thesis StatementThesis Statement Model #2: Thesis
with ConcessionThesis Statement Model #3: Thesis with
ReasonsThesis Statement Model #4: Thesis with Concession and
ReasonsThesis Statement Guide: Sample OutlineIntroductory
ParagraphParagraph #1Paragraph #2Paragraph #3Concluding
Paragraph