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VERY IMPORTANT
Select a topic to be used for a debate. The topic should be controversial and phrased to allow a yes or no answer. Examples include “Should guns be outlawed?” or “Should the U.S. military leave Afghanistan?”
Submit your topic to your facilitator for approval in Week Three.
Read the Debate Paper assignment requirements located in Week Nine.
Week 9
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Objective
9.1 Evaluate communications for potential cultural diversity issues.
Reading
Read Ch. 3 of Business and Professional Communication.
Reading
Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings
Participation
Participate in class discussion.
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Final Project
Debate Paper and PowerPoint
Resource: Debate Paper Outline
Write a 1,250 to 1,500 word debate paper in which you create a debate of a current event or other controversial topic and provide an analysis of arguments presented for both sides. Complete the following sections in the paper:
· Introduction: Introduce the issue that is the subject

of the debate.
· Body
o Include a minimum of two but no more than four arguments for the pro and con sides of the debate.
o Evaluate any potential ethical, moral, or legal issues.
· Conclusion
o Identify what you determined is the more persuasive argument.
o Reflect on the arguments presented and reveal your consensus.
o Base the conclusion solely on the pro and con arguments.
o Include a rebuttal of weaker arguments.
o Explain why the selected arguments were more persuasive.
Cite at least three sources.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Select one of the following countries:
· India
· Japan
· Brazil
Create a 5-7 slide PowerPoint Presentation covering a cultural evaluation in which you identify the ways that arguments or a presentation of the arguments would need to be changed as the result of cultural differences in the selected country.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
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