Include the following critical elements in your memorandum:  Issue: Identify the issue occurring in the article.  Improvement Need: Explain why this issue needs impr

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

10

Improvement Need Explains why this issue needs improvement

Explains why this issue needs improvement, but explanation lacks detail or contains inaccuracies

Does not explain why this issue needs improvement

20

Community Impact Explains how this issue could potentially impact the community

Explains how this issue could potentially impact the community, but explanation lacks detail

Does not explain how this issue could potentially impact the community

15

Cultural Impact Explains how this issue impacts the culture of the organization

Explains how this issue impacts the culture of the organization, but explanation lacks detail

Does not explain how this issue impacts the culture of the organization

15

Improvement Strategy Outlines a strategy for improving the moral and ethical decision- making of the agency’s employees

Outlines a strategy for improving the moral and ethical decision- making of the agency’s employees, but outline contains gaps or inaccuracies

Does not outline a strategy for improving the moral and ethical decision-making of the agency’s employees

20

Scholarly Evidence Utilizes scholarly resources to substantiate claims

Utilizes scholarly resources to substantiate claims, but resources do not align or are not relevant

Does not utilize scholarly resources to substantiate claims

10

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%