{"id":6,"date":"2021-02-07T21:53:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T21:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ethicsolympiad.org\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2024-03-07T11:30:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T11:30:13","slug":"ethics-olympiad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ethicsolympiad.org\/?page_id=6","title":{"rendered":"Ethics Olympiad Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RULES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Teams<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remember, this is not a debate. You can agree with each\u00a0others position but Team B can\u00a0raise questions yet to\u00a0be considered by team A\u00a0in order to further the discussion.<\/li>\n<li>Teams should consist of not more than 5 members and no less than three members.<\/li>\n<li>At the start of\u00a0each\u00a0heat,\u00a0fresh\u00a0scrap\u00a0paper will be\u00a0needed\u00a0for team members to\u00a0make\u00a0notes\u00a0during the match, but\u00a0pre-prepared\u00a0notes and materials are prohibited.<\/li>\n<li>Please make sure\u00a0your \u2018microphone\u2019 is turned off unless your team is invited to speak by\u00a0the moderator\/judge\u00a0during your assigned times.<\/li>\n<li>During private conferences\u00a0(the\u00a02-minute conference or one-minute conference),\u00a0students\u00a0should be located in the one room,\u00a0in which case they can turn their microphone off. If\u00a0team members are located in multiple locations they will need to organise a separate\u00a0online forum for team meetings.\u00a0If they are using this facility they\u00a0must not\u00a0be speaking on\u00a0that forum at any time\u00a0apart from the allotted team conference times.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0moderator\/judge\u00a0will keep the official time of each period\u00a0of the match. Teams may use\u00a0their\u00a0own\u00a0timers\u00a0with the following restrictions and conditions: the timer cannot be\u00a0any\u00a0device\u00a0that\u00a0stores data or connects to the internet\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0team may not time the\u00a0portions of\u00a0the\u00a0match\u00a0when the other team speaks or confers.<\/li>\n<li>Students do not have to be familiar with Ethical theories in order to participate in\u00a0the\u00a0event.\u00a0However, they are encouraged to explore alternate positions to the\u00a0position\u00a0they take.<\/li>\n<li>We\u00a0urge teams\u00a0to\u00a0provide an\u00a0outline\u00a0of their\u00a0presentation when it begins\u2014that is,\u00a0the\u00a0team\u00a0should explain who will be discussing\u00a0which\u00a0aspect(s) of the case\u00a0and\u00a0why. This\u00a0way, a\u00a0moderator\/judge will know what kind\u00a0of\u00a0presentation to expect.<\/li>\n<li>Students are encouraged to\u00a0read the cases carefully beforehand and\u00a0the linked\u00a0resources\u00a0to understand the full breadth of the cases, determine their positions,\u00a0and\u00a0make the\u00a0strongest possible presentation.\u00a0Although teams may use outside\u00a0research to\u00a0prepare for\u00a0a match, they should not assume that merely presenting\u00a0factual information\u00a0will impress\u00a0the judges. Teams need to propose valid, sound,\u00a0persuasive arguments that\u00a0are\u00a0buttressed by facts\u00a0to score well.\u00a0If a team\u00a0introduces a specific fact not contained in\u00a0the\u00a0case, the team should cite the\u00a0source\u00a0(e.g. \u201caccording to a 2011 article in National\u00a0Geographic\u2026\u201d).<\/li>\n<li>If there is a Covid lockdown we will make provisions for teams and coaches to participate from home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Moderator\/Judges<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Should direct their questions to teams\u00a0based on the\u00a0discussion, not to\u00a0individuals.<\/li>\n<li>The moderator\/judge\u00a0can\u00a0allow a\u00a0team to finish a sentence once time has\u00a0expired.<\/li>\n<li>A timer will be used which everyone\u00a0can see. But if for some reason\u00a0that is not working\u00a0teams will\u00a0get two standardized time notifications from the\u00a0moderator\/judge\u00a0during their\u00a0presentations: one three minute\u00a0warning\u00a0and one\u00a0when one-minute\u00a0warning.<\/li>\n<li>The moderator\/judge\u00a0controls\u00a0the\u00a0room\u00a0during matches and should address any\u00a0unacceptable\u00a0behaviour including,\u00a0but not\u00a0limited to:\u00a0Coaches, parents, or audience\u00a0members\u00a0communicating\u2014verbally or\u00a0non-verbally\u2014or demonstrably reacting to, team\u00a0members\u00a0during a\u00a0match.<\/li>\n<li>Anyone in the\u00a0breakout\u00a0room who intentionally\u00a0makes\u00a0distracting noises while one of the\u00a0teams,\u00a0judges, or moderator has the floor\u00a0will be asked to step out.\u00a0Foul,\u00a0insulting, or\u00a0excessively graphic language or confrontational\u00a0behaviour by\u00a0anyone in the\u00a0room\u00a0will not\u00a0be\u00a0permitted.<\/li>\n<li>Please note, the moderator\/judge\u00a0can only control the noise within the\u00a0breakout\u00a0room. If\u00a0there\u00a0are\u00a0outside\u00a0distractions, it is up to\u00a0the\u00a0moderator\/judge,\u00a0not\u00a0a\u00a0coach\u00a0or\u00a0a\u00a0parent, to\u00a0decide if the\u00a0round\u00a0should be paused.<\/li>\n<li>Teams must\u00a0answer the case question during their\u00a0presentation\u00a0period.\u00a0Teams are\u00a0judged and scored on how well their members clearly and\u00a0systematically\u00a0address and\u00a0respond\u00a0to the question asked.<\/li>\n<li>Teams will not be penalized or rewarded\u00a0whether one\u00a0person\u00a0speaks or\u00a0everyone in the team contributes.\u00a0Judges\u00a0should neither penalize nor\u00a0reward\u00a0a\u00a0team for\u00a0using\u00a0either\u00a0approach: both are welcome.<\/li>\n<li>When one team confers or\u00a0speaks, the other team and\u00a0any\u00a0audience members\u00a0must\u00a0remain silent although writing\u00a0and\u00a0passing notes are permitted. (For example,\u00a0when\u00a0Team\u00a0A\u00a0is given the case and question,\u00a0they are allowed to confer for two\u00a0minutes\u00a0and then\u00a0present\u00a0for\u00a0five\u00a0minutes. During those\u00a0five\u00a0minutes, Team B is\u00a0permitted\u00a0to write notes, but\u00a0must\u00a0remain silent.<\/li>\n<li>The decisions of the\u00a0moderator\/judges is final and heats will be totalled\u00a0at the end of the\u00a0heat and the results publicised\u00a0on the\u00a0following\u00a0day. Where\u00a0there is a\u00a0tie the Head judge\u00a0will select the winner from the following process. The\u00a0highest\u00a0scores in\u00a0the first heat\u2026.if\u00a0that is still a draw the highest score in the second\u00a0heat\u00a0and so on.<\/li>\n<li>If there is a complaint or challenge to the results this should be put in writing to\u00a0the\u00a0organisers.<\/li>\n<li>The results will be emailed to supervising teachers\u00a0and\u00a0moderator\/judges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RULES Teams Remember, this is not a debate. You can agree with each\u00a0others position but Team B can\u00a0raise questions yet to\u00a0be considered by team A\u00a0in order to further the discussion. Teams should consist of not more than 5 members and no less than three members. At the start of\u00a0each\u00a0heat,\u00a0fresh\u00a0scrap\u00a0paper will be\u00a0needed\u00a0for team members to\u00a0make\u00a0notes\u00a0during the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ethicsolympiad.org\/?page_id=6\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ethics Olympiad Rules&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"iawp_total_views":107,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethicsolympiad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethicsolympiad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethicsolympiad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethicsolympiad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethicsolympiad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ethicsolympiad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1626,"href":"https:\/\/ethicsolympiad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/1626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethicsolympiad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}