Article: https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2018/02/25/s... Everything I pasted below can be seen in the syllabus I attached and the rubric is also on the last page of the syllabus. Independent Article Reports (IAR): Each student will submit two, 5-page independent article reports. For each of the two IARs, students will select one current article to review (not more than 6 months old) from traditional, editor-reviewed media sources (i.e. the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Time Magazine, the Star-Ledger, Sports Illustrated, CNN.com, FOXNews.com, NBCNews.com, USA Today, the Asbury Park Press, etc.). If a student is unsure whether their article fits this requirement, then they should consult with the Instructor. The article must be about ethics, social responsibility, or stakeholder management. Any topic covered in class by or before the IAR’s submission date is acceptable. Remember, this is a business course and is part of a business school curriculum. As such, students should not choose articles that focus on politics or the political climate either locally, nationally, or globally. IARs will normally be graded and returned within two weeks. As this is a writing intensive course, in addition to each report’s content students will be graded based on their writing style, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.Addendum A: Guidance on Preparing an Independent Article Report First and foremost, an independent article report (IAR) is not a book report. As such, students should avoid providing a simple summary of their selected article. Providing a simple summary of the article will result in a “0” grade for the assignment. Each IAR should be prepared with standard word processing software (i.e. Microsoft Word, Apache Open Office, Corel WordPerfect, etc.) and adhere to standard APA formatting guidelines as described below. A clear and concise, yet potent writing style will be necessary to score well on the IARs. Approximately 1 page of each IAR should provide some background on the article with the remaining 4 pages emphasizing the student’s analysis of the article. Each IAR should be presented in APA format including an APA-formatted cover page (you do not need to include an abstract page) and the full 5 page report itself. In addition, students must include a References page indicating the citation for the chosen article and any other sources referenced in the paper. As per approved APA guidelines, the IAR should adhere to the following document style and citation format: 12 point Times New Roman font with one inch margins on all sides of each page. IARs must be double-spaced; no additional spacing is permitted before or after any paragraph lines. When a student’s IAR is due, the report must be submitted via eCampus. Late reports will be subject to grade reductions for each day, week, or partial week that the report is overdue. When students are preparing their IARs, the following points should guide their thoughts: 1. What is the theme of the article from your point of view? 2. How does this article relate to business ethics? 3. What are the theory (or theories) of business ethics found within the article? a. Students should refer to and reference theories from the class lectures and readings in this section 4. What is your personal reaction to the article? 5. What would you have done if you were in a management or leadership position in the situation presented in the article? In applying these guiding questions, students may consider breaking their IARs into the following headings: • Theme of the Article • Relationship to Business Ethics • The Theories of Business Ethics Mentioned • Reaction to the Article’s Content • How I Would Address the Issue

Using the references you identified in the module 1, write a first draft of your paper in 2,500-3,000 words. Include Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and References sections and headings. Refer to one of the journal references you are using and copy its writing style/format rather than APA (You can also typically go to the journal’s home page and find links to their exact rules). Identify which journal format you are using on the title page. This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment. This week’s assignment is the fourth assignment for your evidence-based research paper/project. This week is the development of the first draft of your evidence-based research paper. You have been working on your topic for the past couple of weeks, and this is the culmination of all of that work into a complete document. The following criteria must be met: Your paper needs to be 2500-3000 words in length, and an effective evidence-based research paper needs to be this length. This is not a typical, informational research paper, but rather an evidence-based research paper. The basis of this paper is to have a research problem statement and that you address this problem with a testable hypothesis. That you use evidence from your peer-reviewed sources to test this hypothesis.  Remember: The hypothesis is the basis for this entire project; therefore it is essential that you have a nicely defined and described hypothesis. Your paper needs to include the following required sections:  Abstract: Actually, this is not required, but including it is helpful and informative. This is where you describe the major aspects of each section of your paper (typically only a sentence or 2 are devoted to each section), and use it as a short summary of your entire paper. Introduction: Background information about your topic and its importance in the field of healthcare administration. Then definitively state your research problem statement and your hypothesis Methods: How did you collect/gather the evidence that you are using to test your hypothesis? This is not where you need to describe the methods used in your peer-reviewed sources, but rather then methods you used to gather than evidence Results: This is where you state/describe the data/information from your 7+ credible, peer-reviewed sources to test your hypothesis. You can only use peer-reviewed data/information as evidence for this paper  In the past students have attempted to perform their own surveys/questionnaires and use this as evidence to test their hypothesis. That is commendable, but not acceptable for this paper. Unless the survey/questionnaire data comes from a peer-reviewed source, it cannot be used as evidence. Discussion: Analyze the importance of the data described in the Results section, and discuss how that evidence is related to your problems statement/hypothesis Conclusion: Summarize the major points of your paper and determine if your hypothesis was supported or rejected. Reference Section: Include the sources cited in your paper using the APA Style (10+ credible sources are needed, with 7+ being peer-reviewed sources that are used as evidence to test your hypothesis). Make sure you accurately cite the information of all of your information throughout your paper, directly after you used that information.  Direct quotes are rarely, if ever, used in scientific research papers. You need to paraphrase the information into your own words and then properly cite the source of that information. Properly cite the source(s) of your information for your paper directly after you use that information in your timeline, and list those sources in a properly formatted reference section.  Consult the GCU APA Style Guide (Resources -> Student Success Center -> The Writing Center) for detailed information related to citations and reference section formatting Be sure to review the grading rubric prior to creating your paper to ensure that you know what is expected for each section and how each section is weighted in terms of points. You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite, so you need to abide by the GCU policies related to the maximum allowable LW report score for a passing grade (20%). Failure to submit your assignment to the LW dropbox prior to submission will result in an incomplete submission, and late penalties will accrue until you completely submit your assignment to both the LW and LoudCloud dropboxes.