case Martha McCaskey.

It is a Sunday afternoon. [4pm] You are gettin" rel="nofollow">ing ready to watch a movie on NetFlix before goin" rel="nofollow">ing out to an early din" rel="nofollow">inner with friends. You’re win" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ing down from the workweek and a busy Saturday when the phone rin" rel="nofollow">ings. It’s a San Francisco number and you wonder who it could be. You pick up the phone, and it’s one of your old classmates from Brooklyn College who got a job with a prestigious consultin" rel="nofollow">ing firm. It’sMartha McCaskey. It’s a pleasant surprise. Martha sat next to you in" rel="nofollow">in Prin" rel="nofollow">inciples of Accountin" rel="nofollow">ing and you became good friends, but you have both been workin" rel="nofollow">ing long hours sin" rel="nofollow">ince graduatin" rel="nofollow">ing and you haven’t spoken to Martha for almost a year. You and Martha chitchat about the excitin" rel="nofollow">ing developments at your jobs, and she shares with you some of the challenges she is facin" rel="nofollow">ing at her job. After chattin" rel="nofollow">ing for some time, you need to say goodbye to Martha in" rel="nofollow">in order to join" rel="nofollow">in some friends for din" rel="nofollow">inner. [9pm] Throughout din" rel="nofollow">inner, you could not stop thin" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">ing about Martha and her difficult situation at work. It sounds like Martha faced a dilemma, although she didn’t use that exact word. Martha’s situation with a particular client is causin" rel="nofollow">ing you to be concerned about the choices she needs to make. As a friend, you decide to send Martha a short email of 200 words summarizin" rel="nofollow">ing (1) your concerns and (2) your advice on what she should do. [Please compose a 200-word email to Martha – it should be friendly and in" rel="nofollow">informal, but please use proper grammar.] [10pm] You feel better now that you have written Martha and shared your concerns and advice. You believe that you gave Martha good advice, but in" rel="nofollow">in a Brooklyn College philosophy course you learned that there are often several legitimate perspectives on a situation such as this one. Because you miss writin" rel="nofollow">ing papers for Brooklyn College professors, you sit down to write a short 200-word essay on possible alternative viewpoin" rel="nofollow">ints and advice compared to what you offered Martha in" rel="nofollow">in the 9pm email. You don’t want to confuse Martha, so don’t send her this essay describin" rel="nofollow">ing alternative viewpoin" rel="nofollow">ints! [Please compose a 200-word essay describin" rel="nofollow">ing alternative viewpoin" rel="nofollow">int(s) and advice to the one offered in" rel="nofollow">in the email to Martha.] [11pm] You reflect on the email and subsequent essay you wrote in" rel="nofollow">in the past two hours. Tomorrow is a busy day, but you are a perfectionist and a loyal friend. In your gut, you know that you gave Martha good advice, but you feel the need to explain" rel="nofollow">in to yourself why you gave the advice you did rather than the alternative viewpoin" rel="nofollow">ints you described. Before goin" rel="nofollow">ing to bed, you decide to write another 200-word essay on why you feel comfortable with the advice you gave Martha in" rel="nofollow">in the email. This essay should not simply repeat the poin" rel="nofollow">ints you made in" rel="nofollow">in the email but should compare your advice with the alternative perspectives. Explain" rel="nofollow">in why you feel more comfortable with the advice you gave rather than the alternative perspective. [Please compose a second 200-word essay describin" rel="nofollow">ing why you feel comfortable with the origin" rel="nofollow">inal advice you gave Martha, as opposed to the alternative viewpoin" rel="nofollow">int(s).] Time Estimate 1. Read the Martha McCaskey case – 2 hours. 2. Compose the email to Martha – 1 hour 3. Describe alternative viewpoin" rel="nofollow">ints – 1 hour 4. Explain" rel="nofollow">in why you rejected the alternative viewpoin" rel="nofollow">ints