This set of exercises mirrors the hands-on exercises throughout this chapter, following the same steps as the textbook exercises but based on a different scenario. It may be useful for in- class demonstration. Paper on Unethical Business Practices for Business Ethics Class An assignment in your Business Ethics class is to write a one- to two-page paper on unethical business practices. You have chosen to research the current DraftKings and FanDuel fantasy sports scandal.
Hands-On Exercise 1: Research Paper Basics
You have been asked by your professor to format your research paper to MLA style. Having reviewed your draft copy, your professor would also like you to submit your research paper as a sample paper for the English writing class. Initially, your sample paper will use citations and a bibliography. Your assignment for the ethics class will use footnotes instead of citations, have an attached cover page, include a table of contents and an index. Steps: 1. Select a Writing Style and Create a Source a. Open w04_script_data and save it as w04_script_LastFirst. b. Click the References tab and click the Style arrow in the Citations & Bibliography group. Select MLA Seventh Edition. Ensure that the following settings are in place: double-spacing; font is Times New Roman 12 pt; no paragraph spacing before or after any paragraph; margins are 1” at the top, bottom, left, and right; all body paragraphs are indented 0.5”; and the report title is centered. c. Insert a right-aligned header that includes your last name, followed by a space and a plain page number. The page number should be inserted as a field, not simply typed, and the header should be formatted as Times New Roman 12 pt. d. Place the insertion point before the ending period in the first body paragraph (ending in reaching $14.4 billion in 2020). Click the References tab and then click Insert Citation in the Citations & Bibliography group. Click Add New Source, click the Type of Source arrow, and then click Document from Web site. Complete the citation as follows, but do not click OK after completing the source. Author: Drape, Joe; Williams, Jacqueline; Name of Web Page: Scandal Erupts in Unregulated World of Fantasy Sports Name of Web Site: The New York Times Year: 2015 Month: October Day: 5 Year accessed: 2016
Month accessed: January Day Accessed: 25 Medium: Web e. Click to select Show All Bibliography Fields, click in the Editor box and type Williams, Margaret. Click OK. f. Click before the ending period in the second body paragraph (ending in normally banned in the sports world). Click Insert Citation and in the Citations & Bibliography group and click Drape, Joe, Williams, Jacqueline to insert a citation to the same source as that created earlier. g. Place the insertion point after the ending quotation mark and before the ending period in the first sentence (ending in on the rival FanDuel site) of the fourth body paragraph. Add a new source, selecting Document from Web site as the source type: Author: Baker, Liana B Name of Web Page: FanDuel, DraftKings start fightback against New York order halting bets Name of Web Site: Reuters Year: 2015 Month: November Day: 11 Year accessed: 2016 Month accessed: January Day accessed: 25 Medium: Web h. Click to select Show All Bibliography Fields, click in the Editor box and type McCool, Grant;. Click OK. i. Click the parenthetical citation in the fourth body paragraph. Click the Citation Options arrow and click Edit Citation. Under Suppress, click the check box to the left of Author and click OK. Save the document. 2. Share and Search for a Source and Create a Bibliography a. Click Manage Sources in the Citations & Bibliography group. Point out that the sources you created in the previous step are shown in the Master List and the Current List. They are available for use in other documents, as well as the current document. Click Close. b. Press Ctrl+End and then press Ctrl+Enter to insert a page break. Click Bibliography in the Citations & Bibliography group and click Works Cited. c. Drag to select all text on the Works Cited page, including the heading Works Cited and all sources. Change the line spacing to 2.0, the paragraph spacing Before and After to 0, and the font to Times New Roman 12 pt. Select the Works Cited heading, remove the bold format, change the font color to black, and center the line. Save and close the document. 3. Create and Modify Footnotes
a. Open w04_script_data2 and save it as w04_script_2_LastFirst. b. Click the Select arrow in the Editing group on the Home tab and click Select All. Ensure that the following settings are in place: double-spacing; font is Times New Roman 12 pt; no paragraph spacing before or after any paragraph; all body paragraphs are indented 0.5”; and set alignment to left. c. Deselect the text. d. Click after the period of the fourth sentence in the first paragraph (ending with there is DraftKings and FanDuel). Click the References tab and click Insert Footnote in the Footnotes group. Type Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys and Robert K. Kraft of the New England Patriots have stakes in DraftKings. (include the period). e. Click after the question mark of the second sentence in the last paragraph (ending with Will Congress get involved?). Insert a footnote. Type It is too early to say whether Congress will weigh in with new legislation under its commerce powers or continue to leave any policing to the states. (include the period). f. Right-click the footnote at the bottom of page 2 and click Style. Click Modify and change the font size to 12. Click OK then click Apply. Save the document. 4. Create a Table of Contents and an Index a. Remove the tab from the first line of the document and delete the text, Unethical?. b. After the first body paragraph, ending with reaching $14.4 billion in 2020, press Enter and type Pros and Cons of Fantasy Sports. After the third body paragraph, ending in not chance, press Enter and type Other Considerations. Left-align the heading. After the fourth body paragraph, ending in essentially gambling, press Enter and type Conclusion. Apply the Heading 2 style to these four lines. Then apply bold and change the font color to black. c. Press Ctrl+Home. Press Ctrl+Enter to insert a page break. Move the insertion point to the beginning of the new page and press Enter twice. Click the References tab, and click Table of Contents in the Table of Contents group. Select Automatic Table 2. d. Point to the Other Considerations link in the Table of Contents, and press Ctrl+Click to move to that section of the document. Change the Other Considerations heading to Additional Considerations. Press Ctrl+Home to move to the beginning of the document and select the Table of Contents. Click Update Table at the top-left corner of the table, click Update entire table, then click OK. e. Point to the The Fantasy Sports Business link in the Table of Contents, and press Ctrl+Click to move to that section of the document. Select DraftKings in the fourth sentence of the first body paragraph. Click Mark Entry in the Index group, click Mark All in the Mark Index Entry dialog box, and then click Close. Repeat this process for the word FanDuel in the same sentence. f. Press Ctrl+End. Press Ctrl+Enter. Click Insert Index in the Index group. Click OK to accept all settings and insert an index. Save the document. 5. Create a Cover Page a. Insert a new page at the top of the document and place the insertion point at the top of this new blank page. Apply the following formatting: Center alignment, font size 16 pt, and font color Black, Text 1.
b. Type CASE STUDY OF FANTASY SPORTS BUSINESS. Press Enter three times. Type your first and last names. Press Enter three times. Type Business Ethics. Press Enter three times. Type the current date. c. Click the Layout tab and click the Page Setup Dialog Box Launcher. Click the Layout tab, click the Vertical Alignment arrow, then click Center. Click OK. d. Click the View tab and click One Page. Save and close the document. Hands-On Exercise 2: Document Tracking Your professor has reviewed the paper you submitted and has made some comments and suggested some additional editing. In addition, the professor has provided a cover sheet in PDF format to be submitted with your final paper. Lastly, you will review the comments and changes and act on the suggestions. Steps: 1. Use Markup and Add, View, and Reply to Comments a. Open w04_script_data3.docx and save it as w04_script_3_LastFirst. b. Click the Review tab, click the Simple Markup arrow in the Tracking group, and then click All Markup. Review the comments made by your professor, as well as the tracked edits in the document. Click the All Markup arrow in the Tracking group and click Simple Markup to return to an uncluttered view. c. Click the Review Pane arrow in the Tracking group and click Reviewing Pane Vertical. Scroll through the comments and edits shown in the Reviewing Pane. Close the Reviewing Pane (titled Revisions). d. Click the vertical red bar on the left side of the fourth body paragraph to view all edits and comments to be displayed in the All Markup view. Click the bar again to hide the tracked changes and return to Simple Markup view. Point to the first comment balloon on the right of the first body paragraph and note the highlighted text See comments. Click the comment balloon to view the comment and note that you need to insert a citation. Click after the words in 2020 but before the period. Insert a citation for the Web document written by Joe Drape and Jacqueline Williams for The New York Times. Click the comment balloon again to close the comment. e. Click the second comment balloon. Click after the words rival FanDuel site. Insert a citation for the Web document written by Liana B Baker for Reuters. f. Click the first comment, point to the comment text, and click Reply. Type Please check my revisions. (include the period). Close the comment. Save and close the document. 2. Work with a PDF Document a. Click the File tab and click Open. Change the type of files to PDF Files (*.PDF). Open w04_script_data3.pdf and click OK if warned that the conversion might take a while. Complete the form. b. Click the File tab and click Export. Click Create PDF/XPS Document, and click Create PDF/XPS. Navigate to the device and folder you want to save this document in, verify that Open file after publishing is checked, and save the file as w04_script_4_LastFirst. Click Publish.
c. Close the document after the PDF version of the completed form opens. Close the Word version of the document without saving. 3. Use Track Changes and Accept and Reject Changes a. Open w04_script_3_LastFirst.docx and save it as w04_script_5_LastFirst. b. Click the Review tab and click the Simple Markup arrow and click All Markup. c. Click the Accept arrow and click Accept All Changes and Stop Tracking. Delete all comments. Save and close the document. Hands-On Exercise 3: Online Document Collaboration Your professor will finalize the editing of your paper. You will be the chairperson who will assume the task of posting and sharing the document. You must also have a group name that you will include in the filename. You will work with a draft of the paper, co-authoring the document online with a few students in your group. Steps: 1. Use OneDrive with File Explorer a. Open an Internet browser window and go to https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/. Review with the class the content on the website to learn about the capability of OneDrive. b. Close the browser. 2. Present a Document Online a. Start Word. Open w04_script_data4 and save it as w04_script_6_LastFirst. After Group Name, type Chapter 4. b. Click the File tab and click Share. Click Present Online and click Present Online again. c. Log in to your Microsoft Account and provide a copy of the link to one or two members of the class. Click START PRESENTATION, scroll through the document, and present it to the class. d. You are the chairperson, so you can scroll though the document, presenting it to the group. Click Edit to temporarily pause the presentation and make edits. Click the Home tab, click Text Highlight Color, and highlight the following areas in the document, indicating that they are to be edited later (toggle off Text Highlight Color when highlighting is complete): Highlight the words a couple of bucks in the second sentence of the first paragraph. Highlight the word that in the third sentence of the second paragraph. e. Click Resume to return to the online presentation. As the chairperson, click End Online Presentation. Click End Online Presentation again to disconnect all participants. Save the document and keep it open. 3. Share Documents in Word Online a. Click the File tab and click Save As. Click Browse and select OneDrive. Click New Folder, type Chapter 4, and then press Enter. Click Chapter 4 and click Save. Close the document. b. Go to OneDrive.com and sign in. Navigate to Chapter 4 folder and right-click w04_script_6_LastFirst to open a shortcut menu.
c. Click Share and click Get a link. Ensure that Edit is the chosen option. Click Shorten link to display a shorter version of the link. Copy this link for distribution to the selected members of the class. Click Close. Close the browser. 4. Collaborate on a Document a. Open a browser window and paste the link provided in the previous step. Press Enter. b. Click Edit in Word Online to start editing the shared document. Provide login information related to your Microsoft account if required. c. Change the Group Name from Chapter 4 to Script 4. When all edits are complete, click the File tab, click Save As, and click Download a Copy. Click Click here to download your document in the Microsoft Word Online dialog box, and click Open in the new browser window. Close the browser. d. Click Enable Editing and save the document as w04_script_7_LastFirst. Type your name as the instructor name, Business Ethics as the course, and ensure the current date shows today’s date. Save and close the document.