Checklist

• Review the PowerPoint slides for the Ethics Paper Details presentation and be sure to ask questions in class or in PioneerWeb
• Attend class (General channel link) so that you can work with one or more other students in refining your ethics paper thesis statement
• The ethics paper thesis statement is due tonight in PioneerWeb 

Ethics Paper Thesis Statement 

• Should be short, ideally a sentence or two
• Thesis statement should be specific and debatable
• Could somebody, using the same facts and framework as you are, reasonably argue for the opposite of your claim?
• Use the format:  Stakeholders acted unethically by causing/not preventing harm to a group of people by their actions, according to sections x.x .. x.x of the ACM Code of Ethics.  
• Before submitting your thesis statement:  Pair up, share thesis statements and make sure that the answer to the above question is “No” … make improvements as needed