{"id":"study-business-ethics-assumption-questions","audience":"college","category":"studying","technique":"constraints","track":"study","title":"Get Socratic questions on a business ethics argument","free":false,"task":"Your Business Ethics seminar grades you on defending your position paper out loud, and you want to be ready. Get exactly 3 numbered questions that a skeptical classmate might ask, under 80 words total, plain text, with no answers. The first must target the hidden assumption your professor circled, and all of them must stay within the case and your argument.","materialLabel":"The case and your argument (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"BUS 3400 - Business Ethics - Prof. Lindgren\nCase 6: Brightline Grocers and the self-checkout decision\n\nBrightline Grocers, a regional chain with 40 stores, plans to replace half of its cashiers with self-checkout machines over two years. The company says this will cut costs by $6 million a year and let it keep prices low. About 900 cashier jobs will be eliminated; the company has offered to retrain 300 workers for stocking and delivery roles. Customer surveys show 52% prefer self-checkout and 31% prefer a cashier.\n\nMY POSITION (draft argument):\nBrightline is ethically justified because most customers prefer self-checkout, so the change serves the majority. Lower costs mean lower prices, which helps everyone, including low-income shoppers. The workers who lose jobs can find new ones.\n\nPROF. LINDGREN'S COMMENT (circled the last sentence): \"Hidden assumption. What are you assuming here? Be ready to defend it.\"\n\nSeminar format: classmates question you for 5 minutes. You can't read from notes.\n\nAlso note: 17% of survey respondents had no preference.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking what's wrong","why":"The AI writes a critique and then tells you how to fix the argument, so you never practice defending it.","fix":"Say: \"Only questions, no answers.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not saying how many questions","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more questions than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 3 numbered questions.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Missing the circled point","why":"The AI asks about anything, not the assumption your professor already flagged.","fix":"Add: \"Question 1 targets the assumption that workers can find new jobs.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Letting in outside examples","why":"The AI brings up real companies and statistics you can't respond to in seminar.","fix":"Add: \"Use only the case and my argument.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each question: \"each under 20 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it will be read","why":"AI formats for a screen, with bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in your notes.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many questions","patterns":["\\b(3|three)\\b.{0,25}question"]},{"label":"Names the circled assumption","patterns":["assumption","new (jobs|ones)","circled","workers"]},{"label":"Says not to give the answer","patterns":["(don't|do not|never|no).{0,25}(answer|solution|solve|tell me|give)","only (ask|question|hint)"]},{"label":"Says to use only the material","patterns":["only.{0,30}(notes|material|source|excerpt|text|reading|passage|draft|facts|article|handout|sheet|guide|chapter|data|list)","no outside","don't add","do not add","don't invent","case"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"To practice defending your position, you need questions, not a critique. Say how many, which assumption to hit first, to stay within the case, and to leave the answers to you.","rubricLabels":["Question 1 targets the assumption that the laid-off workers can find new jobs (for example, asking what evidence supports that, or about the 600 not offered retraining)","All questions draw on the case details or the student's argument (such as the 52% figure, the $6 million savings, or whether savings actually lower prices), with no outside facts or other companies","Contains only questions: no answers, suggested replies, praise or explanations"]}