– You will have to present your opinion on the current controversial (has both sides of the argument) topic in the domain of legal environment and regulation of business.
– You can pick any issue within this broad domain and present your analysis. In your critical thinking, you should include your identification and analysis of the central issues related to your topic, your evaluation of the alternative perspectives related to your topic, and a description of your current stance on the issue you have chosen.
– A note: Critical thinking process consists of 4 parts (Brookfield, 2012): 1) identifying the assumptions; 2) checking out the accuracy and validity of those assumptions; 3) looking at the ideas and actions from several different perspectives; and 4) on the basis of all this, taking informed actions.
– Let’s say you picked a topic of affirmative action to analyze – critically assess the arguments of whether affirmative action is still a viable option for our society to deal with past discrimination. If you follow the 4 steps of critical thinking you will have to identify what are the assumptions that the idea of affirmative action is based on (e.g. affirmative action helps level the playing field), but is that assumption true? You will have to check for the accuracy and validity of it (step 2). Then try to look at the idea from different perspective (for and against)—step 3, and on the basis of this take an informed action – conclusion on what is your take on AA and ideas on the alternatives.
– The analysis must be a full 5 pages in length (no more and no less) and must be doublespaced and printed using Times New Roman, size 12 font, with 1.25 inch margins on the side and 1 inch margins on the top and bottom. Also, please do not use any space saving techniques (e.g. adding extra space between paragraphs, etc.) In addition, you must attach a cover page that includes the topic you have chosen and a page of references at the end of your paper (the cover page and reference page do not count toward the 5 page requirement). You must use at least eight references for each paper.The analysis must be a full 5 pages in length (no more and no less) and must be doublespaced and printed using Times New Roman, size 12 font, with 1.25 inch margins on the side and 1 inch margins on the top and bottom. In addition, you must attach a cover page that includes the topic you have chosen and a page of references at the end of your paper (the COURSE SYLLABUS cover page and reference page do not count toward the 5 page requirement). You must use at least eight references for each paper.
– In preparing the paper you should avoid using more than three direct quotes and no quote should be longer than one or two sentences.in preparing the paper you should avoid using more than three direct quotes and no quote should be longer than one or two sentences.