PSYC 644 Organizational Ethics Sample Papers, Week by Week

Liberty University · MS in Industrial/Organizational Psychology · Psychology, counseling and social work · Updated

PSYC 644 reads Johnson's Organizational Ethics: A Practical Approach, from ethical competencies and decision making through leadership, followership and organizational culture. These samples ask whether a backdated shipment came from a bad apple or a bad barrel, trace an accounts payable clerk down a slippery slope, teach a utility's staff to argue about the work instead of each other, follow ethical leadership from an operations director to the dispatch desk, reflect on a bank analyst's move from yes-person to courageous follower, weigh a poultry technician's choice to report falsified logs and argue that citizenship should be encouraged but never compelled.

CoursePSYC 644 Organizational Ethics (PSYC644)
Credit hours3
ProgramMS in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Length8 Module/Weeks, online
Weeks with written work7 of 8
Samples on this site7 week sample papers
SourcesLiberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published PSYC 644 course guide
UpdatedOctober 2026

What PSYC 644 covers

The four forums fall in Modules/Weeks 1, 2, 5 and 7, each a 500 to 600 word thread with at least two replies of 250 to 300 words, and every post cites Johnson, Scripture and a scholarly journal article; the two 800 to 1,200 word case analyses come in Modules/Weeks 2 and 4.

The narrated PowerPoint of 12 to 15 slides on relationships, communication, conflict and negotiation comes in Module/Week 3, the 2,000 to 2,400 word reflective essay on followership in Module/Week 6 and the 800 to 1,200 word persuasive essay on an organizational citizenship topic in Module/Week 8.

Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog describes PSYC 644 Organizational Ethics this way:
Exploration of ethical/legal issues confronted by organizations, and discussion of ethical theories pertaining to decision-making and problem solving in organizations. Special consideration given to how Christian faith informs ethics. (Crosslisted with MSPS 655)

PSYC 644 week by week, with the sample for each

WeekWritten work in the course guidePointsSample
Week 1DB Forum 1 (Course Requirements Checklist and Class Introductions also due)90Read the Week 1 sample
Week 2DB Forum 2 (Case Analysis 1 also due)90Read the Week 2 sample
Week 3PowerPoint Presentation200Read the Week 3 sample
Week 4Case Analysis 2 (answers the case questions in the course's assignment instructions; not sampled)No written paper this week
Week 5DB Forum 390Read the Week 5 sample
Week 6Reflective Essay140Read the Week 6 sample
Week 7DB Forum 490Read the Week 7 sample
Week 8Persuasive Essay100Read the Week 8 sample

Where PSYC 644 papers lose points

PSYC 644 work loses points when a forum overshoots its 600-word or 300-word ceiling, when a reply leans on the thread's verse and article instead of its own, when a training deck tells employees that all conflict is healthy, when a followership reflection summarizes theory without an honest story and when a persuasive essay describes a topic without defending a position.

Using a PSYC 644 sample well

The samples cite Johnson, Kish-Gephart and colleagues, Jones, Kaptein and Schwartz, Welsh and colleagues, Detert and colleagues, Moore and colleagues, Edmondson, De Dreu and Weingart, de Wit and colleagues, Fisher and colleagues, Mayer and colleagues, Ng and Feldman, Bedi and colleagues, Kelley, Carsten and colleagues, Uhl-Bien and colleagues, Chaleff, Mesmer-Magnus and Viswesvaran, Detert and Burris, Martin and Cullen, Organ, Podsakoff and colleagues and Bolino and colleagues.

PSYC 644 questions, answered

What textbook does PSYC 644 use?

Johnson's Organizational Ethics: A Practical Approach, read across eight modules from ethical competencies and perspectives to leadership, followership, organizational culture and citizenship.

How long are PSYC 644 forum posts?

Threads run 500 to 600 words and each of at least two replies runs 250 to 300 words, with Johnson, Scripture and a journal article cited in every post.

Does the PSYC 644 PowerPoint need audio?

Yes; the 12 to 15 slide training presentation, not counting cover and reference slides, must be narrated and must draw on at least three sources including the text.

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