<p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Issue Prompt:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18px">Scandals are useful because they focus our attention on problems in ways that no speaker or reformer ever could.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18px"><em>Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.</em></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18px"><strong>Argument Prompt:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18px">The vice president of human resources at Climpson Industries sent the following recommendation to the company's president.<br />
"In an effort to improve our employees' productivity, we should implement electronic monitoring of employees' Internet use from their workstations. Employees who use the Internet from their workstations need to be identified and punished if we are to reduce the number of work hours spent on personal or recreational activities, such as shopping or playing games. By installing software to detect employees' Internet use on company computers, we can prevent employees from wasting time, foster a better work ethic at Climpson, and improve our overall profits."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:18px"><em>Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.</em></span></p>
