Question

Questions 4 through 6 are based on the following: A committee was appointed by Cal State Fullerton President Garcia to determine whether students should still be given the option of completing evaluations of their professors at the end of each semester. One of the issues raised by President Garcia was that some students would not use their best efforts to complete these evaluations in good faith such as:

• Some students would purposely miss class on the day designated for student evaluations.
• Some students, after not maintaining regular attendance during the semester, would make a point of attending class on the day designated for student evaluations even though these students would not be very wellinformed about the professor or the class.
• Some students would write false statements about a professor they personally disliked in an attempt to discredit the professor and ruin the professor’s career.

            In sum, President Garcia was concerned about the validity of using student evaluations to make faculty personnel decisions such as whether a professor should be granted tenure. However, she did realize some students used their best efforts to evaluate their professors since they believed that was how they would want to be evaluated by their professors in the grading process. (Questions 4 and 5 are on this page; question 6 is on the next page.)

            4. Which of the following is the best example of the students’ following the Golden Rule?

            A. Some students used their best efforts to evaluate their professors since they believed that was how they would want to be evaluated by their professors in the grading process.

B. Some students would purposely miss class on the day designated for student evaluations.

C. Some students, after not maintaining regular attendance during the semester, would make a point of attending class on the day designated for student evaluations even though these students would not be very well-informed about the professor or the class.

D. Some students would write false statements about a professor they personally disliked in an attempt to discredit the professor and ruin the professor’s career.

            5. Which of the following is the best example of the students’ following the categorical imperative?

            A. Some students used their best efforts to evaluate their professors since they believed that was how they would want to be evaluated by their professors in the grading process.

B. Some students would purposely miss class on the day designated for student evaluations.

C. Some students, after not maintaining regular attendance during the semester, would make a point of attending class on the day designated for student evaluations even though these students would not be very well-informed about the professor or the class.

D. Some students would write false statements about a professor they personally disliked in an attempt to discredit the professor and ruin the professor’s career.

            6. Which of the following is the best example of the students’ following the organization ethic?

            A. Some students used their best efforts to evaluate their professors since they believed that was how they would want to be evaluated by their professors in the grading process.

B. Some students would purposely miss class on the day designated for student evaluations.

C. Some students, after not maintaining regular attendance during the semester, would make a point of attending class on the day designated for student evaluations even though these students would not be very well-informed about the professor or the class.

D. Some students would write false statements about a professor they personally disliked in an attempt to discredit the professor and ruin the professor’s career.

Answer 1

ANS 4: OPTION A IS CORRECT BECAUSE THE GOLDEN RULE MEANS THE RULE MADE BY THE ORGANISATION OR THE TOP MANAGEMENT. HERE ALSO THE COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED AND THEY IMPLEMENTED THE PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS TO EVALUATE THE PROFESSOR'S. THEREFORE THE STUDENTS WHO WILL FOLLOW THIS CORRECTLY AND HONESTLY WILL SAID TO BE FOLLOWING THE GOLDEN RULE.

ANS 5. OPTION A IS CORRECT BECAUSE ACCORDING TO DEFINITION OF CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE, THE PERSON ACTS IN THE MANNER BECAUSE HE WANTS ALL OTHERS TO ACT IN SAME WAY. IN THIS CASE THE STUDENTS WHO GENUINELY EVALUATES A PROFESSOR DOES SO BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THAT THEIR PROFFESORS WOULD ALSO EVALUATE THEM AND OTHER STUDENTS IN THE SAME WAY.

ANS 6: OPTION A IS CORRECT BECAUSE ORGANISATION ETHIC MEANS TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH HONESTY AND SINCERITY. SO THE STUDENTS WHO ARE READY TO EVALUATE THE PROFESSORS ARE FOLLOWING THE NORMS.