This guide is for BUSI 570 Week 8 Ethics Journal, start to submission. Weekly first-person answers on the provided template to questions from the Rae and Wong readings, submitted in Week 8.
BUSI 570 is Ethical Leadership, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MBA. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as BUSI570; it is the same course.
| Course | BUSI 570 Ethical Leadership |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 8 |
| Points | 100 points |
| Length | Not set in the guide; answer each week's questions on the template |
| Sources | The Rae and Wong readings |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Provided template; first person; no research or APA required |
What BUSI 570 Week 8 Ethics Journal asks for
After each week's Rae and Wong readings, you answer the accompanying questions on the provided template. The journal is first person and shows thoughtful reflection; no additional research or APA formatting is required. It is submitted in Module/Week 8. Worth 100 points.
Where it fits in BUSI 570
In the published schedule, Ethics Journal is one of 7 graded written assignments in BUSI 570. It follows Week 7 Group Presentation, and it is the last written assignment in the course.
How BUSI 570 Week 8 Ethics Journal is graded
Liberty grades Ethics Journal with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 100 points in the published guide. That is about 10% of the course's 1,010 points. The rubric rows are the real instructions. Draft against them, and you will rarely be surprised by the grade.
Course grades in BUSI 570 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 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: Module/Week 1 begins on Monday at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends Friday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). Modules/Weeks 2-8 begin on Saturday morning at 12:00am. (ET) and end on Friday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
Since no research is required, the grade rests on thoughtfulness and completeness; check every week is present before submitting.
The BUSI 570 Week 8 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
Explain the event through the course material. A reflection that never names a concept from the reading is a diary entry, not an assignment.
Bring in the evidence the guide asks for
Support the analysis with The Rae and Wong readings. Use the sources to show that what you saw is a known pattern and what the literature says about preventing or handling it.
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 (Not set in the guide; answer each week's questions on the template).
Write each week's entry the week of the reading, answering every question on the template with a specific situation from your work or life.
A structure for BUSI 570 Week 8 Ethics Journal
Word targets are planning numbers for about 900 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly answers | Every week's questions. | ~450 words |
| Reflection | Thoughtful, personal engagement. | ~360 words |
| Template | Used as provided. | ~90 words |
A topic angle that works
The journal rewards honest reflection: how the reading challenges your own decisions at work, not a summary of the chapter.
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.
Week 4. Rae and Wong ask whether we have ever stayed silent about something wrong at work. I have: I knew a colleague was padding expense reports and said nothing, telling myself it was not my business. Reading their discussion of complicity, I see that silence protected me, not the company or my colleague. Next time I would speak to the colleague privately first.
- The question.
- An honest example.
- A changed response.
Mistakes that cost points on BUSI 570 Week 8
- Summaries instead of reflection.
- Missing weeks.
- Ignoring the template.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Not set in the guide; answer each week's questions on the template
- Sources: The Rae and Wong readings
- 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
Does the BUSI 570 ethics journal need sources?
No. It is first person reflection on the Rae and Wong readings, with no additional research or APA formatting required.
How many points is BUSI 570 Week 8 Ethics Journal worth?
100 points in Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 570, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 10% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is BUSI 570 Week 8 the same in every section of BUSI 570?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 570. 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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