CJ 510 Module Eight Memorandum Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: Read the article 2 Baltimore Jail Guards Face Charges of Misconduct. The head of the agency has asked you as a new person in a leadership position to outline a strategy to improve the moral and ethical decision-making of the agency’s employees. In the form of a memorandum, address the issue in the Baltimore jails and outline a strategy for improvement.
This assignment will help you analyze a situation from a leadership perspective and develop a strategy to help address this issue. This will help you prepare for the recommendations you need to develop for your selected case study.
Prompt: Include the following critical elements in your memorandum:
Issue: Identify the issue occurring in the article. Improvement Need: Explain why this issue needs improvement. Community Impact: Explain how this issue could potentially impact the community. Cultural Impact: Explain how this issue impacts the culture of the organization. Improvement Strategy: Outline a strategy for improving the moral and ethical decision-making of the agency’s employees. Support your work with scholarly evidence from the text or outside sources.
Refer to the Criminal Justice Library Tips for support in finding and citing outside resources.
Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your memorandum does not follow typical APA guidelines and can be single-spaced. Include evidence from the textbook as well as at least one outside scholarly source, which should be cited in APA format at the end of the memorandum.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (80%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Issue Identifies the issue in the article Identifies elements of the issue but there are gaps in accuracy or specific details
Does not identify the issue in the article
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