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PROBLEM IDENTIFCATION ESSAY—CAPITALISM/DEMOCRACY The Problem Identification essay, 2 pages, single spaced, establishes your ability to invent a scholarly research question from the larger and more complex problems of business ethics

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PROBLEM IDENTIFCATION ESSAY—CAPITALISM/DEMOCRACY The Problem Identification essay, 2 pages, single spaced, establishes your ability to invent a scholarly research question from the larger and more complex problems of business ethics. This essay is, essentially, the 1st section of any longer piece of writing, and should exhibit your ability to: 1) Describe the overall context of the problem at hand 2) Describe the problem as it emerges from the context 3) Invent a research question or specific problem that you want to interrogate Typically, the 1st Section (the Problem Identification Essay) of your writing includes: • A Set-up for your Research Question, a brief lay-of the land narrative that provides a broad description of the problem at hand. This general comment shows what brings you to the issue, often by way of setting down the current scholarly debate, or by describing a scene from a film, book, or news event. Set-up Sample: “The themes of citizenship and community are being discussed in many quarters of the left today. This is no doubt a consequence of the crisis of class politics and indicates the growing awareness of the need for a new form of identification around which to organize the forces struggling for a radicalization of democracy.” • The Problem as you see it, which hints at the Research Question itself. This brief narrative frames the issue at hand so that you can then ask a specific question for your research. Problem Sample: “I believe that the question of political identity is crucial and that the attempt to construct citizens’ identities is one of the more important tasks of democratic politics. But there are many different versions of citizenship and vital issues are at stake in their contest. The way we define citizenship is intimately linked to the kind of society and political community we want.” • The Research Question (#1 above) which can take the form of a stated problem (“In this essay I want to interrogate the ways ideology informs our identity-constructs”), or an actual question (“In what ways does ideology determine our identity?) This is the single most important component of your writing. Research Question Sample: “How should we understand citizenship when our goal is both a radical and plural democracy? Such a project requires the creation of a chain of equivalence among democratic struggles, and therefore the creation of a common political identity among democratic subjects. For the term citizens to actually mean this and function in this way, what conditions must it meet?” • The Research Method and a glimpse of your Researched Argument. This optional narrative shows how you plan to address the question through research, and how your argument will emerge from your findings. Research Method Sample: “These are the problems that I will address, and I will argue that the key task is how to conceive of the nature of the political community under modern democratic conditions. I consider that we need to go beyond the conceptions of citizenship of both the liberal and civic republican tradition while building on their respective strengths.” Set-up Sample: “The themes of citizenship and community are being discussed in many quarters of the left today. This is no doubt a consequence of the crisis of class politics and indicates the growing awareness of the need for a new form of identification around which to organize the forces struggling for a radicalization of democracy.” Problem Sample: “I believe that the question of political identity is crucial and that the attempt to construct citizens’ identities is one of the more important tasks of democratic politics. But there are many different versions of citizenship and vital issues are at stake in their contest. The way we define citizenship is intimately linked to the kind of society and political community we want.” Research Question Sample: “How should we understand citizenship when our goal is both a radical and plural democracy? Such a project requires the creation of a chain of equivalence among democratic struggles, and therefore the creation of a common political identity among democratic subjects. For the term citizens to actually mean this and function in this way, what conditions must it meet?” Research Method Sample: “These are the problems that I will address, and I will argue that the key task is how to conceive of the nature of the political community under modern democratic conditions. I consider that we need to go beyond the conceptions of citizenship of both the liberal and civic republican tradition while building on their respective strengths.” The themes of citizenship and community are being discussed in many quarters of the left today. This is no doubt a consequence of the crisis of class politics and indicates the growing awareness of the need for a new form of identification around which to organize the forces struggling for a radicalization of democracy. I believe that the question of political identity is crucial and that the attempt to construct citizens’ identities is one of the more important tasks of democratic politics. But there are many different versions of citizenship and vital issues are at stake in their contest. The way we define citizenship is intimately linked to the kind of society and political community we want. How should we understand citizenship when our goal is both a radical and plural democracy? Such a project requires the creation of a chain of equivalence among democratic struggles, and therefore the creation of a common political identity among democratic subjects. For the term citizens to actually mean this and function in this way, what conditions must it meet?” These are the problems that I will address, and I will argue that the key task is how to conceive of the nature of the political community under modern democratic conditions. I consider that we need to go beyond the conceptions of citizenship of both the liberal and civic republican tradition while building on their respective strengths.” Notes—9/14 I'm having a little difficulty understanding what the identification essay is about. Does our question have to be based around capitalism/democracy? Is this assignment completely different from our big paper due at the end of the semester? I wanted to talk about surveillance capitalism or the relationship between social media use and business ethics in the workplace (I don't have a specific question yet). Can the topic I write about for the identification essay be the same or different for the big paper? 1) Shoshanna Zuboff—Michele Foucault--Zuckerberg—Cambridge Analytica—etc— this is the contextual section—how SC has morphed into something grotesque— 2) How this capitalistic endeavor exploits democratic freedoms? Employee that takes this data? User also neglects to see what is happening. Is this consent? 20 pages of legalese? 3) Salesperson? What is the “ethical” thing to do here, while also make a living? Paradox? 4) This is the problem I will address, and I will argue that…make sure they understand what they are buying—leverage the sale toward an ethic, then you are better off in the capitalistic long-run— 1) Set the groundwork/context 2) More specifically the problem 3) Exploit customers? 1) Contextual information—privacy laws—use of cookies to collect data (selling of the data)—terms of service agreements—80 pages of legalese—ethical thing?—exploitation (81 years old)—eye detection used for collecting data? 2) Invasion of privacy—(not democratic—JS Mill would despise this practice) 3) What would Legitimate consent look like in the age of SC?--4) 1 page of clear and concrete (video) explanation of the privacy “invasion”— Research—(The Great Hack)—what are tech companies doing about this?—what are ethicists (Zuboff) doing about this?—BE journals— 1) Amazon’s expansion—Arlington—blah blah—situation 2) (expansion and gentrification) 3) What are the problems with Amazon’s expansion, given that…? 4) Do the things that are not just the legal minimums! Netflix TV presentation https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&ei=6bRfXM0iYixBYePncAF&q=gentrified+on+netflix&oq=gentrified+on+&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktY WIQARgAMgUIABCRAjIICAAQFhAKEB4yCAgAEBYQChAeMggIABAWEAoQHjIGC AAQFhAeOgQIABBHOgIIADoFCAAQsQNQvAtY1hBgvRtoAHABeACAAaACiAH1Bp IBBTAuMS4zmAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpesgBCMABAQ&sclient=psy-ab Research (A research problem is a definite or clear expression [statement] about an area of concern, a condition to be improved upon, a difficulty to be eliminated, or a troubling question that exists in scholarly literature, in theory, or within existing practice that points to a ne ed for meaningful understanding and deliberate investigation. A research problem does not state how to do something, offer a vague or broad proposition, or present a value claim. In philosophy, the research problem establishes the means by which you interrogate the relevant literature, and drives both your argument and implications for new knowledge and understanding). A template for the problem identification essay includes: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Introducing the reader to the importance of the topic for study, and the uniqueness of your question. Placing the topic into a particular context that defines or identifies the parameters of what would be investigated (if you were to write a full essay). Anchoring the specific research questions, hypotheses, or assumptions that would follow in your study (if you were to write a full essay). Fleshing or parsing out the question in its complexities . Proposing new and better questions as a result of #4. Providing the framework for reporting the results and indicating what is probably necessary to conduct the study and explain how the findings will present this information (if you were to write a full essay). A template for the abstract to a researched argument essay should: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Convey the study's importance, benefits, and justification Demonstrate a researchable topic or issue—the feasibility of conducting the study is based upon access to information that can be effectively acquired, gathered, interpreted, synthesized, and understood Identify what would be studied, specifically, while avoiding the use of value-laden words and terms, Identify an overarching question or small set of questions accompanied by key factors or variables Identify key concepts and terms Articulate the study's conceptual boundaries or parameters or limitations Convey more than the mere gathering of descriptive data, or providing only a snapshot of the issue or phenomenon under investigation An introduction to a researched argument essay should contain: 1. 2. 3. 4. A lead-in that helps ensure the reader will maintain interest over the study A declaration of originality—how your study adds to the prior literature An indication of the central focus of the study—establishing the issue and boundaries of analysis An explanation of the study's significance or the benefits to be derived from investigating the research problem NOTE: An introductory statement describing the research problem of your essay should not be viewed as a thesis statement with which you may be very familiar. Instead, you establish the philosophical problem, present the research, and then offer a very soft claim. Typically, the 1st Section of your writing includes: • A Set-up for your Research Question, a brief lay-of the land narrative that provides a broad description of the problem at hand. This general comment shows what brings you to the issue, often by way of setting down the current scholarly debate, or by describing a scene from a film, book, or news event. “The themes of citizenship and community are being discussed in many quarters of the left today. This is no doubt a consequence of the crisis of class politics and indicates the growing awareness of the need for a new form of identification around which to organize the forces struggling for a radicalization of democracy.” • The Problem as you see it, which hints at the Research Question itself. This brief narrative frames the issue at hand so that you can then ask a specific question for your research. “I believe that the question of political identity is crucial and that the attempt to construct citizens’ identities is one of the more important tasks of democratic politics. But there are many different versions of citizenship and vital issues are at stake in their contest. The way we define citizenship is intimately linked to the kind of society and political community we want.” • The Research Question (#1 above) which can take the form of a stated problem (“In this essay I want to interrogate the ways ideology informs our identity-constructs”), or an actual question (“In what ways does ideology determine our identity?) This is the single most important component of your writing. “How should we understand citizenship when our goal is both a radical and plural democracy? Such a project requires the creation of a chain of equivalence among democratic struggles, and therefore the creation of a common political identity among democratic subjects. For the term citizens to actually mean this and function in this way, what conditions must it meet?” • The Research Method and a glimpse of your Researched Argument. This optional narrative shows how you plan to address the question through research, and how your argument will emerge from your findings. There are four general conceptualizations of a research problem in the social sciences: 1. 2. 3. 4. Casuist Research Problem -- this type of problem relates to the determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by analyzing moral dilemmas through the application of general rules and the careful distinction of special cases. Difference Research Problem -- typically asks the question, “Is there a difference between two or more groups or treatments?” This type of problem statement is used when the researcher compares or contrasts two or more phenomena. This a common approach to defining a problem in the clinical social sciences or behavioral sciences. Descriptive Research Problem -- typically asks the question, "what is...?" with the underlying purpose to describe the significance of a situation, state, or existence of a specific phenomenon. This problem is often associated with revealing hidden or understudied issues. Relational Research Problem -- suggests a relationship of some sort between two or more variables to be investigated. The underlying purpose is to investigate specific qualities or characteristics that may be connected in some way.