This guide is for BUSI 472 Week 7 Personal Code of Ethics, start to submission. A paper of no more than 1 page on your personal goals, norms, beliefs and values.
BUSI 472 is Organizational Ethics, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's BS in Business Administration. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as BUSI472; it is the same course.
| Course | BUSI 472 Organizational Ethics |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 7 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Length | No longer than 1 page |
| Sources | Personal reflection |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | One page maximum |
What BUSI 472 Week 7 Personal Code of Ethics asks for
You write a paper of no more than 1 page focused on your personal goals, norms, beliefs and values. It is due in Module/Week 7 with Hosmer chapter 6. Worth 20 points.
Where it fits in BUSI 472
In the published schedule, Personal Code of Ethics is one of 12 graded written assignments in BUSI 472. It follows Week 7 Discussion Board Forum 4 and comes before Week 8 Research Paper Final. The same week also has Discussion Board Forum 4, so plan the week's writing together.
How BUSI 472 Week 7 Personal Code of Ethics is graded
Liberty grades Personal Code of Ethics with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 20 points in the published guide. That is about 2% of the course's 1,010 points. Read the rubric first. Each row is a criterion, and the wording of the highest column is the closest thing you have to a model answer.
Course grades in BUSI 472 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 900 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Monday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The page limit is strict, so cut anything general. A code that a reader could imagine you following on a hard day is stronger than a list of virtues.
The BUSI 472 Week 7 method, step by step
Pick one event and stay with it
Reflection writing works when it is specific. Pick one situation, one decision point, and stay with it for the whole paper.
Describe it briefly and accurately
Tell what happened in a few sentences. Remove names and identifying details; the reader needs the situation, not the people.
Analyze it with course concepts
Use the concepts from Organizational Ethics to explain why it happened. This is the part graders weigh most: the reflection must show the course changed how you see the event.
Bring in the evidence the guide asks for
Meet the source rule (Personal reflection). Sources turn a personal account into professional analysis by showing how others have studied the same problem.
Say what you would do differently
End with a specific change in practice that follows from the analysis. Graders look for growth that is tied to the evidence you cited.
Write in first person, formatted in APA
Use first person where you describe your own experience and keep the APA format for everything else. Check the length (No longer than 1 page).
Write norms as concrete behaviors you will follow at work, such as "I will not sign a document I have not read," because specific commitments make a code usable. Keep beliefs and values brief and connect each norm to one of them.
A structure for BUSI 472 Week 7 Personal Code of Ethics
Word targets are planning numbers for about 600 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | What you aim for in your work and life. | ~150 words |
| Norms | Rules you follow in practice. | ~150 words |
| Beliefs | What you hold to be true. | ~150 words |
| Values | What matters most. | ~150 words |
A topic angle that works
The four elements the assignment names (goals, norms, beliefs and values) make a natural structure: one short paragraph or list for each.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Beliefs: Every person bears God's image and deserves honesty and respect. Values: integrity, stewardship, fairness. Norms: I will tell the truth even when it costs me a sale; I will give credit to the people who did the work; I will report misconduct I see, starting with my supervisor. Goal: to be a manager whose team trusts that decisions are fair.
- Four elements.
- Concrete norms.
- A goal.
Mistakes that cost points on BUSI 472 Week 7
- Over 1 page.
- Vague virtues.
- Missing an element.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: No longer than 1 page
- Sources: Personal reflection
- No names or identifying details of patients, clients or coworkers
- At least one course concept named and applied
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
How long is the BUSI 472 personal code of ethics?
No longer than 1 page.
How many points is BUSI 472 Week 7 Personal Code of Ethics worth?
20 points in Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 472, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 2% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is BUSI 472 Week 7 the same in every section of BUSI 472?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 472. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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