INSTRUCTIONS
This research and reflection project asks students to do three things:
significant that the parties are excused from future performance, both legally and ethically? I have included an old journal article with this project that will help you think about these questions from an ethical perspective. You will want to do additional research, of course, but this article is a good place to start. In writing about American law on the issue of changing conditions and contract performance, you will want to analyze and discuss at least five cases.
3. Think about and describe what motivates you. Perhaps your motivations come from a well- developed sense of ethics, or perhaps from a faith tradition like Christianity. Once you have spent some time considering what your ethical or faith tradition teaches about business ethics, apply it to contract performance. In other words, how will you behave as a contracting party in light of the ethical and faith commitments that you claim to have? Does your faith make any difference? I have included a reading from a legal historian, Harold Berman, that discusses the religious foundations of contract law. This reading may help you think about the ethical and theological dimensions that are present when two parties make and perform a contract.
You will demonstrate your research and reflection in a written paper of at least 2000 words.
GRADING GUIDELINES
1. Rubric
Your paper must address the three prompts contained in the Instructions section, above, and will be graded based on the following rubric:
An excellent paper (A- to A+) will adhere carefully to the prompt, be on-topic and appropriate in scope and length, match the rhetorical task of the assignment, be virtually flawlessly edited, and consistently follow the format guidelines in either: MLA, APA, the Chicago Manual of Style, or the Bluebook (you may pick any of these citation formats, so long as you are consistent throughout the paper).