Adult citizens have knowledge of other cultures and apply that knowledge to engage and negotiate different perspectives, understand the consequences of their actions on the physical environment and on the lives of others at the local and global levels, respect human rights and exercise ethical judgment in their personal and professional lives.

• Define the ways in which cultural divergence challenges the ability of any single approach to comprehend the impact of a discipline on all peoples.
• Describe ways in which members of their academic discipline or profession can work as activists and social critics in society.
• Generate potential resolutions to problems and analyze their effectiveness.
• Describe the code of ethics for their chosen profession, and provide actual examples.
• Delineate conflict negotiation methods and describe ways in which these methods can be used to bring about understanding by those who hold different values and perspectives.
• Articulate the broad ethical dimensions of their discipline.

• Select a workplace experiencing organizational conflict. Describe the conflict based on models presented in class, recommend methods of managing the conflict, and suggest organizational changes that might be made to reduce likelihood of reoccurrence.
• Role-play (small group activity) an interpersonal conflict that might occur in a workplace. Model the methods by which the conflict might be managed. One student can serve as the consultant who suggests organizational changes.
• Participate in a study group. Each student will select a case study involving civic responsibility issues in context of the class focus, analyze that case study and present it to their fellow group members. Group members will then discuss the case and its analysis and provide feedback to the facilitator for that case.
• Reflect on a personal experience or that of a close friend or relative. Discuss issues related to discrimination, wrongful discharge, or other relevant legal employment issues in the workplace.
• Interview an experienced human resources professional regarding his or her perceptions of how concerns regarding racial and gender discrimination have changed hiring practices in his or her field. Compare this information to relevant sections in the text or professional literature.
• Conduct a study examining how the discipline (management, accounting, etc.) is practiced in other countries, with emphasis on similarities and differences in practices including principles of ethics and conflict resolution.
• Submit a case analysis of a contemporary corporation facing an ethical dilemma. Make recommendations for changes within the organization that will reduce the likelihood of recurrence.

• Develop an ethics policy for an information technology department or company.
• Write a paper examining the relationship between constitutional protections and common computer-related practices.
• Conduct a panel discussion examining a situation in which a software package that was not fully tested caused harm.
• Conduct a debate about a relevant "Information Age" issue such as copyright protection, pornography on the Internet, or privacy of email communication.
• Conduct a study examining how information technology issues are addressed in other countries with emphasis on similarities and differences in practices.

• Select a book (fiction or non-fiction) generally identified as an American "classic." Write an essay on ways in which members of a particular ethnic or cultural group (i.e. African-Americans, recent immigrants, the elderly) might view the work in a different way from how the work is traditionally interpreted.
• Conduct an interview with a conflict negotiation professional focusing on ways in which effective written and oral communication skills play a role in that discipline.
• Write an essay containing a critical analysis of the importance of competent writing or effective public speaking within your chosen discipline.
• Conduct a panel discussion or debate on the ethical issues related to a controversial current event (e.g. campaign finance, what constitutes a "just war," euthanasia, drug legalization).
• Write a paper examining your own moral development.
• Conduct an online search on a current trend or idea that is influencing American culture. Identify key Web sites containing information about this trend/idea and provide an annotated bibliography of the sites you found most useful, indicating the reliability of the information on the site, the scope of information provided there, any specific agenda or bias of the site, and the usefulness of links provided by the site. (Try to provide at least four sites in your bibliography.

• Write an essay on the effect of race and gender issues in a specific area of a discipline.
• Conduct a study examining how the discipline (e.g., mental health, criminal justice, gerontology) is practiced in different cultures and show how relevant issues are addressed with emphasis on similarities and differences in practices.
• Write an essay containing a critical analysis of a specific social science theory and supporting research, including its implications with respect to a particular aspect of civic responsibility.
• Conduct a panel discussion on the ethical issues related to a specific topic within the discipline (e.g, drug legalization, achievement testing, termination of parental rights, financial guardianship for elderly relatives).
• Write a paper examining how different cultures interpret aging and the life cycle.
• Examine the practical and ethical issues related to the use of technology in the practice of a discipline (psychology, criminal justice, government and policy, geriatrics).

• Research recent advances in the genetic engineering of food sources. Write a position paper from either the pro or con side. At the conclusion of your paper, write two to three paragraphs summarizing the arguments that are typically made by those with an opposing view.
• Conduct a panel discussion weighing the need for environmental protection versus the need for economic development in ecologically sensitive regions with depressed economies (e.g., the rainforests of South America, the timberland of the Pacific Northwest).