Memo: The Negative Publicity Regarding the Ethics in Google’s AI

Introduction
Continue your critical examination of the one or more moral problems in your organization. Incorporate feedback from your instructor while also writing a new section. Use not an academic but a business style.
Directions
Below is detail about this stage.
1. Revise the date of your memo and expand its body and references.
2. Limit this stage of your memo to a maximum of 2 pages with 1-inch margins, 12-point serif font, and double-spacing.
3. Incorporate your instructor’s feedback on the previous stages of your memo.
4. Continue to write the body of your memo by inserting the section title “The Approach.”
5. Use the past tense for this section.
6. Then pretend that you followed a specific process for critically examining the moral problem and use prose to answer the questions below. Do not merely restate the questions and provide their answers. Instead, ensure that the body has a narrative flow.
a. Who was involved in the process for critically examining the one or more moral problems? If you identify more than 5 people, discuss the 5 most important people only. Provide each person’s name, title, organization, and role in the process (i.e., in terms of being an ally, working team member, or content expert).
b. What steps did the team take to critically examine the one or more moral problems?
7. Throughout this section, provide sufficient support for your statements with (a) facts and (b) values from organizational overviews (e.g., an “About Us” page on a website) or codes of conduct (e.g., “Code of Ethics,” “Principles of Professional Practice,” or “Responsible Code of Conduct”) and professional codes of conduct.
8. When drawing from sources, provide citations in the body and a “References” appendix in accordance with APA.
9. Upload your assignment here by the deadline.
Scoring:
Following is the grading rubric:
Feedback: Incorporate instructor’s feedback from previous drafts of the memo 2
Analysis: Focus on the questions, provide sufficient answers 5
Specificity: Avoid vague statements, be concise 3
Clarity: Define terms, use transitions to connect ideas 2
Justification: Use credible sources, present sufficient facts, ensure a greater balance of facts over speculation 5
Values: Sufficiently identify the organizational and professional values; connect the values to the issues 5
Editing: Follow APA style related to mechanics, citation, and referencing 3
Total 25
Resources:
The following reading defines moral courage.
*Hannah, S. T., Avolio, B. J., & May, D. R. (2011). Moral maturation and moral conation: A capacity approach to explaining moral thought and action. Academy of Management Review, 36(4), 663-685. (focus on “Moral Courage” on pp. 676-677)
One way to build moral courage is to identify mentors. The following reading provides tips on how to find mentors in the workplace. Although it is written by a female for female professionals, the advice is pertinent to male professionals as well. Your journal entry will build on this reading, so I recommend that you read the questions for the journal entry before you go through the reading (select journal entry from the lesson navigation menu).
*Sandberg, S. (2013). Are you my mentor? (pp. 64-76). In Lean In: Women, work, and the will to lead. New York, New York: Lean In Foundation. (read all 13 pages)
Mentors can be not only people in the organization where you work but also individuals from history or even fictional stories and movies. This week, we will discuss the events depicted in the movie, The Whistleblower, about an historical figure about whom a movie has been made—Kathryn Bolkovac. The readings expand upon the movie by describing what happened to her after she became a whistleblower. This movie depicts scenes of human trafficking, sexual violence, and graphic violence in general, so watching the movie is optional, and feel free to read the articles and skip watching the film if that's not something you're comfortable with. Initial comments are due by Saturday and remember to reply to at least one post from your peers during the week. Your discussion relies on the events discussed in the readings, so I recommend that you review the discussion questions before going through the materials.
*Rattray, C., Piovesan, C., Kaufman, A., & Nola, T. (Producers). (2010). The Whistleblower [Online movie]. Available from https://jhu(dot)kanopy(dot)com/video/whistleblower (watch all 112:00)
*NPR Staff. (2011, July 30). A “whistleblower” made into a Hollywood heroine. Weekend Edition Saturday. Retrieved from https://www(dot)npr(dot)org/2011/07/30/138826591/a-whistleblower-made-into-a-hollywood-heroine (read all 6 pages)
*Diu, N. L. (2012, February 6). What the UN doesn’t want you to know. The Telegraph. Retrieved from https://www(dot)telegraph(dot)co(dot)uk/culture/film/9041974/What-the-UN-Doesnt-Want-You-to-Know.html (read all 6 pages)
*Slanjankic, A. (2016, February 29). Bolkovac: "UN tries to cover up peacekeeper sex abuse scandal." DW. Retrieved from http://m(dot)dw(dot)com/en/bolkovac-un-tries-to-cover-up-peacekeeper-sex-abuse-scandal/a-19082815 (read all 5 pages)