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Name: Integrating the Values of Responsibility and Honesty Into Class Attendance Module
ID: m13788
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module uses student absences as an opportunity to reflect on the moral values of honesty and responsibility as they arise in the context of class attendance and class absences. Students are provided with a framework with which to examine the legitimacy of the excuses they offer. Then they are encouraged to "take resonsibility" by developing plans for reporting to class groups, making up for material missed, and commiting to practices that will prevent future absences. Finally, students are asked to testify to the truthfulness of their assertions by signing a pledge at the end of the module. Taking a practice (holding students responsible for absences) which has been traditionally treated under the rubric of compliance ethics, this module seeks to nudge students into a more proactive, responsible stance toward class attendance. Rather than pitching at minimal compliance, this module poses to students exemplary standards of responsible class participation and encourages them to develop strategies for achieving this level. Developed through the EAC Toolkit project (NSF SES-0551779), this project has been integrated into Corporate Governance class as well as the Business Administration Statement of Values module collection. (The complete title of the NSF-funded EAC Toolkit is "Collaborative Development of Ethics Across the Curriculum Resources and Sharing of Best Practices."
Subject: Humanities
Keywords: Academic Integrity, Class Attendance, Ethics, Honesty, Responsibility, Statement of Value, Value
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: William Frey (wfrey@uprm.edu), Jose A. Cruz-Cruz (cruz.jose@adem.uprm.edu)
Copyright Holders: William Frey (wfrey@uprm.edu), Jose A. Cruz-Cruz (cruz.jose@adem.uprm.edu)
Maintainers: William Frey (wfrey@uprm.edu), Jose A. Cruz-Cruz (cruz.jose@adem.uprm.edu)
Version: 1.3 (history)
Created: Aug 20, 2006 2:24 pm GMT-5
Revised: Aug 16, 2007 3:20 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 1.3 Aug 16, 2007 3:20 pm GMT-5 by William Frey
Changes: 
Module title changed to fit in with UPRM ADEM Statement of Values.  Tables reformatted and clarified.  Explanatory material on reactive and proactive responsibility added.  Sections added in full source editing mode.
Version: 1.2 Mar 2, 2007 8:54 am US/Central by William Frey
Changes: 
Updated abstract
Version: 1.1 Aug 20, 2006 2:33 pm GMT-5 by William Frey
Changes: 
This module changes a previous policy on reporting on absences by emphasizing ethical reflection based on moral responsibility and honesty.  Students are asked to look forward rather than backward in relation to their attendance.

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