Social
Responsibilities Unit Research Topics
Social Security
Should govt. force businesses to provide
health care to all their workers?
Minimum wage
Should govt. be responsible to educate
everyone?
Should there be choice (vouchers) in
education?
Should education be privatized?
Should the govt.
or the individual be responsible for solving the overweight problem in
Should the government be more responsible
for protecting ecosystems against environmentally
damaging
corporations?
Should government provide unemployment
insurance?
Should there be affirmative action?
Should there be consumer protection
laws/class action lawsuits?
Should there be a graduated income
tax? (Should the wealthy pay more in
taxes to help the less
fortunate?)
Should there be punishment or
rehabilitation for drug offenses?
Should individuals/corporations be able to
file for bankruptcy?
Should companies be prevented from
"outsourcing" work to other countries?
Should there be laws forbidding
physician-assisted suicide?
Should there be censorship of the
internet?
Should the government pass laws enforcing
environmental restrictions on companies?
What should the function of our prison
system be...primarily punishment or rehabilitation?
Should the government pass laws
prohibiting the establishment of monopolies?
Should the government establish price and
wage regulations?
Should parents be held responsible for
crimes committed by their children?
Should a mother be held responsible for
health problems of her baby because of her actions
while
she was pregnant...drugs/alcohol/smoking?
What is the government's social
responsibility to immigrants? Legal? Illegal?
Should the government provide benefits to
illegal aliens?
Should the restrictions be tightened on
immigration to the
Should it be a crime to help an illegal
immigrant?
If an illegal
immigrant is in the
and they be allowed to apply for citizenship without fear of deportation?