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Assignment: Your initial discussion thread is due and you have to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses.

Ethics and Moral Development

Prepare: In preparing for this discussion, you should first review the Week Two required resources that focus on ethics and morals. This will help assist you in examining your own development of ethical and moral responsibilities.

Reflect: Take a deeper look at your own life and determine which experiences have inspired ethical and moral reasoning. Were there any huge influences in this process?

Write: For this discussion you will address the following prompts:

Explain what it means to be ethical as it relates to personal, academic, and professional growth.

Provide at least one ethical dilemma you have encountered and describe how the issue was resolved.

Describe how your general education courses have influenced your ethical values.

Explain why a college-educated person might have different duties to society than someone not as educated.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, which should include a thorough response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full reference information of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations  and references.

Respond to Peers: Review your classmates' posts, and respond to at least two of your peers. In each response, provide comments that prompt further critical thinking and insight on your classmate's perspective on ethical values as they relate to their personal, academic, and professional lives. Each participation post should be a minimum of 75 words.