The assignment for the course paper is to describe and analyze a situation involving the demonstration of moral leadership. Your paper should be approximately fifteen pages long, double-spaced. Don’t worry if your paper turns out to be longer than this. I enjoy reading these papers and don’t count words.

Assignment
The purpose of the final paper is to help you clarify—and chronicle—your own understanding of moral leadership, particularly as it has evolved during the course. The assignment has three parts:

• A description of a situation that you believe demonstrates moral leadership from the book you’re reading

• Analysis of why you believe this – the reasoning behind your assumption, and your assessment of the decisions and actions of the protagonist

• Reflections and lessons – implications you draw from the protagonist/situation and the course that inform your understanding and your own, personal definition of moral leadership.

Suggestions
First, you should err on the side of depth rather than breadth. You will find it more rewarding to describe something, provide an analysis of it, and connect it to your own insights if you focus on one (or at most two) characters facing one or two decisions/actions/events/episodes that you believe demonstrate moral leadership. It is preferable to dig deeper into one or two situations than to attempt a broad sweep of multiple situations, especially those involving an array of characters.

Second, an important aspect of this paper is showing how your thinking has been influenced by the stories we have read, the themes that have been raised, and the discussions you’ve participated in. For example, in addition to reflecting on moral leadership, your analysis may include a discussion of the type of moral challenge the protagonist faces, or whether you see evidence of what you would consider to be moral reasoning. You may also find it helpful to contrast the decisions and actions of the protagonist with protagonists and situations read about during the course. Here, too, depth is preferable to breadth. This may mean drawing fewer lessons but presenting each with greater detail and fuller analysis. It generally means drawing upon fewer rather than more works of literature.

Third, you will find the paper more valuable to the extent that the lessons you draw are personal. You should write this paper for yourself and make it an opportunity for reflection on aspects of moral leadership that matter to you.

Lastly, please ensure your paper is in APA format, double spaced, 12 pt font, and it includes a Title page and Reference page. Also, do not forget to include proper in-text citations.