In your own words, explain the difference between personal and professional ethics, and how your personal and professional responsibilities may or may not impact your ethics. Focus your professional ethics on your chosen sport profession (physical therapist, coach, administrator, fitness trainer, etc.), and be sure to provide information regarding how the two sets of ethics do or do not impact each other.

Grading Rubric:

Score	Criteria	Exemplary	Competent	Beginning
40%	Synthesis of Concepts	Response shows a clear understanding of main ideas and mentions at least three concepts from the required weekly readings. There are no irrelevant comments and the information is on point. The response provides examples that tie in with the course material being discussed.	Response shows a clear understanding of main ideas and mentions at least one concept from the required weekly readings. There are no irrelevant comments and the information is generally on point.	Response generally mentions a topic from the weekly readings, but does not clearly mention concepts from the required weekly readings. Argument lacks detail and there are some irrelevant comments present.
30%	Discussion Participation	Responded to more than four classmates. Responses are two or three paragraphs, demonstrate careful analysis of others opinions, and incorporate several terms, concepts or theories from the required readings.	Responded to at least two classmates. Responses were at least a courteous paragraph, formed a counter-argument or supported another students answer, and incorporated one or two terms, concepts or theories from the required readings.	Minimal interaction with classmates. Responses lacked a topic sentence with logically supporting sentences and did not incorporate terms, concepts or theories from the required readings.
10%	Adherence to Instructions and Deadlines	All posts submitted on time and posted directly in forum. No formatting code in any posts.	One or more of the following occurred: initial post not submittedon time,responses to classmates not submitted by Sunday, posts uploaded in Word document, or formatting code in posts.	Two or more of the following occurred: initial post not submittedon time,responses to classmates not submitted by Sunday, posts uploaded in Word document, or formatting code in posts.
20%	Writing Standards	Response is free of grammatical errors and made proper reference to the course text or to other materials that were used in the discussion. Statements are well organized with a clear thesis statement and concluding thoughts.	Response is generally free of grammatical errors and includes proper citations. Statements are clear with a thesis defined, though a few points may be out of place or confusing.	Response has numerous grammatical errors and lacks proper citations. Statements are disorganized; perhaps with a general structure defined, but stream of logic lost in the argument.

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