Assignment:
Choose a member of the plural executive in Texas-Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller, Land Commissioner, or Commissioner of Agriculture-that you want to be. Choose an issue the officer you have chosen has to deal with. Write a five-paragraph essay describing how you in the role that you have chosen would deal with that issue in light of the above criteria.
Term Paper Proposal Assignment:
For the proposal I need a paragraph which tells me which executive you have chosen to identify with on what issue. I also need citations of two relevant articles scholarly articles for your paper. This is only about half a page.
Final Draft:
Paragraph 1 (Introduction)
Tell what role in the Texas plural executive you have chosen to be and why you chose that office. Next, identify the issue that you are going to deal with in your role. Why did you choose this issue? What is your goal? What do you hope to accomplish?
Paragraph 2 (Understanding Choices)
Describe two (2) options that you have in dealing with the issue you have selected.
Paragraph 3 (Understanding Actions)
What are the advantages of each option?
Paragraph 4 (Understanding Actions)
What are disadvantages of each option?
Paragraph 5 (Understanding Consequences)
Which option do you choose and why? How does the choice you made connect to ethical decision-making?
Formatting
• Word processed
• 1" margins
• Double-spaced
• Minimum of one full page
• Research must be cited with in text citations and a Works Cited page on a separate page at the end. Minimum of two scholarly journal (Peer-reviewed) articles.
• Written at the college level and free of grammatical, punctuation, spelling, and other writing style mistakes.
• Do not put your name on any pages other than the cover page
Papers should be stapled in the upper-left hand corner; do not place in folders or covers