Case study using the Ethics Worksheet below: TESLA MOTORS Identify an actual media case which includes ethical considerations. The case may involve national or local news media, advertisers, public relations practitioners, or media entertainment in magazines, movies, books, etc. The sweep is broad, though the case must in some way involve one of the media: newspapers, magazines, books, TV, radio, movies, records or the web. It may involve advertising, public relations, or journalism. Try to choose an issue you're already interested in, or something based on a personal experience. It will make this project more fun to do. The choice must NOT be something we already used for a class case study. To find ideas, read, read, read, listen, listen, listen, or watch, watch, watch. Get ideas from your textbooks, or from class discussions. You can find oodles of ethically-sensitive cases out there, if you're looking. I won't give you possible choices here--as this is an theoretical-level class, it's time for you to take the initiative! b. Identify the ethical issue posed by the case, and collect background information on this issue from library sources and interviews with experts. You'll need to explain: · how the issue has been handled by philosophers and media people in the past; · legal considerations; · professional considerations; · opinions of experts in the field. Basically, tell me everything the world knows about the ethical issue raised by your sample case. c. Complete the ethics worksheet, decide how you would, or would have, handled the case. This part of the assignment is similar to previous class exercises. Length: Using the ethics worksheet as an outline, description of the case should be at least one page.Research on the case should total at least five to seven pages, and a good eight sources, (minimum is 5 sources) books and articles included--not only web sites! You'll probably have to rely on the library's on-line databases, perhaps interlibrary loan. Your paper should be set up using the ethics worksheet questions, with each question number indicated. Your answer will probably be both in narrative and bulleted form, as you think works best. This means your description of the case will fit into, perhaps, questions two and three. Your consideration of how ethical theories relate to your case will fit under question 11, etc. Your ethics worksheet analysis will be similar in size to those you've turned in for class projects (in other classes), but longer, about 10-12 double-spaced, typewritten pages. Objectives: To recognize an ethical issue based on an actual situation; to understand how ethics philosophers and writers have considered your chosen issue; to critically analyze a case,acknowledging ambiguities. At the end of your work, you'll be the expert on this issue, so I expect to read in your work a lot that I don't know already. Ethics Worksheet for Case Studies - Tesla Motors 1. What is the ethical issue/problem, in one sente ...

1. Case study using the Ethics Worksheet below: TESLA MOTORS
Identify an actual media case which includes ethical
considerations.
The case may involve national or local news media, advertisers,
public relations practitioners, or media entertainment in
magazines, movies, books, etc. The sweep is broad, though the
case must in some way involve one of the media: newspapers,
magazines, books, TV, radio, movies, records or the web. It may
involve advertising, public relations, or journalism. Try to
choose an issue you're already interested in, or something based
on a personal experience. It will make this project more fun to
do. The choice must NOT be something we already used for a
class case study.
To find ideas, read, read, read, listen, listen, listen, or watch,
watch, watch. Get ideas from your textbooks, or from class
discussions. You can find oodles of ethically-sensitive cases out
there, if you're looking. I won't give you possible choices here--
as this is an theoretical-level class, it's time for you to take the
initiative!
b. Identify the ethical issue posed by the case, and collect
background information on this issue from library sources and
interviews with experts. You'll need to explain:
· how the issue has been handled by philosophers and media
people in the past;
· legal considerations;
· professional considerations;
· opinions of experts in the field. Basically, tell me everything
the world knows about the ethical issue raised by your sample
case.
c. Complete the ethics worksheet, decide how you would, or
would have, handled the case. This part of the assignment is
similar to previous class exercises.
Length: Using the ethics worksheet as an outline, description of
the case should be at least one page.Research on the case should

2. total at least five to seven pages, and a good eight sources,
(minimum is 5 sources) books and articles included--not only
web sites! You'll probably have to rely on the library's on-line
databases, perhaps interlibrary loan.
Your paper should be set up using the ethics worksheet
questions, with each question number indicated. Your answer
will probably be both in narrative and bulleted form, as you
think works best. This means your description of the case will
fit into, perhaps, questions two and three. Your consideration of
how ethical theories relate to your case will fit under question
11, etc. Your ethics worksheet analysis will be similar in size to
those you've turned in for class projects (in other classes), but
longer, about 10-12 double-spaced, typewritten pages.
Objectives: To recognize an ethical issue based on an actual
situation; to understand how ethics philosophers and writers
have considered your chosen issue; to critically analyze a
case,acknowledging ambiguities. At the end of your work, you'll
be the expert on this issue, so I expect to read in your work a lot
that I don't know already.
Ethics Worksheet for Case Studies - Tesla Motors
1. What is the ethical issue/problem, in one sentence? State this
in the form of an ethical question a media practitioner would
need to consider.
2. What facts have the most bearing on the ethical decision you
must render in this case? Note: facts do not include ethical
judgments at this point.
3. Are there any other external or internal factors to be
considered? (Economic, political, etc.)
4. Who are the claimants and in what way are you obligated to
each of them? (List all affected by your decision.)
5. What are the operant ideals? Note: ideals are values and

3. behaviors based on them.
• For you.
• For the client/organization/profession.
6. Do any of these ideals conflict? In what order would you
honor them?
7. What are your options, and which would be favored by each
affected party? (List at least three.)
8. Which options could cause harm to any claimant?
9. Would honoring any of the ideals listed above invalidate any
of your options?
10. Are there any rules, principles or codes (legal, professional,
organizational, or other) that automatically invalidate any of
your options?
11. Determine a course of action based on your analysis.
12. Defend your decision in writing to your most adamant
detractor.
Instructions for assignment:
: Motion to Enforce Plea Agreement: State v. John
Doe. Remember to review the grading criteria prior to
submitting your assignment. The prosecutor has withdrawn a
plea agreement he offered for your client, and now your
attorney wants the court to enforce the plea agreement. Once
again using the provided templates, you will prepare a notice of
motion to enforce the plea agreement, certification, affidavit,
proposed form of order and proof of mailing discussing the plea
bargain offered by the prosecutor. Submit your response in a
Word document.

4. A motion to enforce the plea agreement (aka plea bargain) is a
separate filing from the notice of motion. A plea agreement
between the prosecution and defendant is considered by law to
be a contract; when the prosecution makes an offer and the
defendant accepts the offer knowingly & voluntarily, it is
binding on the state as long as the defendant has not violated
the terms of the agreement or unless there’s language in the
agreement permitting the prosecutor to withdraw it. Otherwise,
a defendant does have the right to have the agreement
enforced. See, State v. Salentre, 576 A.2d 36 (App. Div. 1990).
A notice of motion must also be submitted. The purpose of the
notice has not changed from prior weeks: you are legally
notifying the opposing party that you are going to file a motion
and what the motion is. The notice of motion does not need to
be any longer than one page.
A certification must also be submitted. This purpose has not
changed. You are telling the court the reasons why the motion
should be granted. The attorney should complete the
certification. Overall, the attorney should certify that he entered
into plea negotiations with the prosecutor, his client accepted
the plea agreement, and the prosecution withdrew from the
agreement. The length of your certification will vary but in this
case it really does not need to be more than two pages in length.
This week for the first time, you will complete an affidavit in
support of the motion to enforce the plea agreement. The
affidavit should be completed by the defendant. Overall, John
Doe needs to certify his understanding of the plea agreement
and that he knowingly and voluntarily agreed to enter into it.
Again the length of the affidavit will vary. Most successfully
written affidavits by students in the past for this assignment
have been 3-4 pages, double-spaced.
A proof of mailing must be submitted. Just as in past weeks,

5. this is evidence to the court that you have properly served the
opposing party with your motion. This should be no longer than
one page.
Finally, a proposed form of order must also be submitted.
Remember from prior weeks that this is a form used by the
judge either to grant or deny your motion. It’s usually filled out
by the attorney who won the motion – in this case, that’s you
and the court is ordering the prosecution to perform its part of
the agreement. This should be no longer than one page.
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Environmental Law: Final Project
© 2013 South University
Final Project Case Scenario: EPA Vs. A1 Uranium, Clinton
Chemicals, and ChurchHill
Unlimited Chemicals.
In 1988, three companies sought to open plants in the state of
South Carolina. These plants
would produce hazardous chemicals along with 100% uranium
for use in nuclear weapons. The
three companies were A1 Uranium, Clinton Chemicals, and an
international company called
ChurchHill Unlimited Chemicals.
The three companies sought a certification from the state
agency for full operation within a 20-
mile radius of restaurants and office buildings. The companies
were provided certification by the
state to do so. When the construction of the plant was

6. completed, the companies began moving
the necessary equipment into the plant.
During the process a truck that was transporting toxic material
began leaking. This was noticed
by a pedestrian, but the pedestrian never told anyone about the
leak. A child who was playing in
the vicinity dropped the ball in the waste. The child’s mother
unknowingly picked the ball from
the waste and returned it to her child to play. Two days later
both mother and child became sick
along with others who had stepped on the waste.
In addition, the fumes from the plants were nauseating and
caused some of the employees to
vomit and have dizzy spells. An important thing to note here is
the fact that the staff at the plant
noticed the leak each time the truck came into the area, but none
took the initiative to correct the
problem. One of the citizens who got sick contacted the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The citizen asked the EPA to investigate the illnesses that were
affecting the people.