Ethical dilemma(s): Discuss the ethical dilemma(s) you and the agency face. How does this issue affect the community?  Responsibilities of ethical leader: What are your resp

CJ 510 Module Six Memorandum Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: You have been promoted from first- line supervisor and now hold a position of an executive officer (below the head of the agency) in a police department or correctional facility. You are aware of several officers who have long been the subjects of a disproportionally high rate of excessive use of force complaints. One of these officers is the brother of the head of the agency you work for, and you are aware that each of these use of force complaints has been dismissed.

The purpose of this assignment is for you to be able to identify an ethical dilemma and the responsibilities of the ethical leader and make recommendations for strategies for improvement. In your final project, you will be using these skills to identify these components in your selected case study.

Prompt: In the form of a memorandum, complete the following:

 Ethical dilemma(s): Discuss the ethical dilemma(s) you and the agency face. How does this issue affect the community?  Responsibilities of ethical leader: What are your responsibilities as a leader in this situation? Discuss how you would properly address this as a leader

and ethical professional.

 Impact of decision: Discuss how your decisions on this issue dealing with officers using excessive force may impact the culture of the organization.  Strategies for improvement: What strategies can you recommend that will help to improve the relationship between the community and the

organization as you address this issue?

 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.

Guidelines for Submission: Your memorandum need 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

Ethical Dilemma(s) Identifies the ethical dilemma(s) in the scenario accurately and how it affects the community

Identifies the ethical dilemma(s) in the scenarios, but there are gaps in accuracy or lacking specific details about how it affects the community

Does not identify the ethical dilemma and how it affects the community

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Responsibilities of Ethical Leader

Explains responsibilities as a leader and ways to address this situation as an ethical professional

Explains responsibilities as a leader, but does not explain how a leader and ethical professional should address this situation

Does not explain the responsibilities of the leader and ways to address this situation as an ethical professional

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Impact of Decision Discusses how the decisions on this issue dealing with officers using excessive force may impact the culture of the organization

Discusses how the decisions on this issue dealing with officers using excessive force may impact the culture of the organization, but explanation is cursory or inaccurate

Does not explain how the decisions on this issue dealing with officers using excessive force may impact the culture of the organization

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Strategies for Improvement

Recommends strategies to improve the relationship between the community and the organization

Recommends strategies, but it is not clear how they will help improve the relationship between the community and the organization

Does not recommend strategies to improve the relationship between the community and the organization

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Support With Research Includes evidence from the course text and outside scholarly sources to support description of proper response to the ethical dilemma

Includes evidence from the course text and outside scholarly sources, but evidence does not fully support description of proper response to ethical dilemma or is not scholarly

Does not include evidence to support the description of proper response to the ethical dilemma

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Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

10

Total 100%