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CJ 510 Module Two Short Paper: Scenario Analysis Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: Place yourself into the following scenario. You will take on the role of union president and use the facts presented in the scenario to make a plan of action in dealing with the ethical dilemmas.

A union represents employees’ best interest in their employment by ensuring employees are treated fairly and lawfully by their employers. They represent employees in negotiations for pay and benefits and file grievances on behalf of employees who allege mistreatment due to violations of their collective bargaining agreements or violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

You hold a position of a patrol officer in your police department or a guard in a correctional facility, and you have recently been elected by your peers as union president. As the union president, you have a responsibility to your membership to represent their best interests regarding their employment. As an elected union president, you are a leader. You need to consider the employees’ best interest. The union has recently been advised by administration that due to budget cuts, layoffs are likely. Your membership is calling for a work slowdown if staffing cuts occur.

A work slowdown is when a union informs its membership to only complete the minimum work necessary to meet their responsibilities. This allows them to complete the minimum work needed so they will not be subject to termination or other discipline for refusing to work.

In a 1–2-page short paper, discuss the ethical dilemmas you face and identify what the best course of action is to take. Address the potential impact your decision will have on the employees of the organization as well as other stakeholders. Include the reasoning behind your decisions. Support your reasoning with the textbook or other research.

This scenario analysis short paper will help you prepare for your final project because you are analyzing the ethical dilemmas and how to handle them in a leadership role, as you will need to do for your final project.

Prompt: Your short paper should include the following critical elements:

1. Introduce the ethical dilemma(s) and the various stakeholders affected by it. 2. Propose a solution to the ethical dilemma. Explain the actions needed to properly address all stakeholders concerns. 3. Explain the impact of the solution. Discuss the effect your decisions will have on the various stakeholders. 4. Support your reasoning behind your solution with the textbook or other sources.

Refer to the Criminal Justice Library Tips for support in finding and citing outside resources.

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your short paper should be 1–2 pages, in 12-point Times New Roman font, double spaced, and follow appropriate APA formatting.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (80%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Ethical Dilemma(s) Introduces the ethical dilemma(s) in the scenario and the various stakeholders that are affected by it accurately

Introduces the ethical dilemma(s) in the scenarios, but does not introduce various stakeholders that are affected by it or introduction contains inaccuracies

Does not introduce the ethical dilemma

22

Solution to the Ethical Dilemma

Proposes a solution to the ethical dilemma and the actions needed to properly address all stakeholders’ concerns

Proposes a solution to the ethical dilemma, but does not include the actions needed to properly address all stakeholders’ concerns or the solution lacks clarity

Does not propose a solution to the ethical dilemma

22

Impact of the Solution

Explains the impact decisions made will have on the various stakeholders

Explains the impact decisions made will have on various stakeholders, but explanation lacks detail or is inaccurate

Does not explain the impact decisions will have on the various stakeholders

22

Support Reasoning Includes information from the course text or other sources to support reasoning behind the solution to the ethical dilemma

Includes information from the course text or other sources to support the reasoning behind the solution to the ethical dilemma, but supportive information contains inaccuracies or is not directly connected to the solution

Does not include information from the course text or other sources to support reasoning behind the solution to the ethical dilemma

22

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

12

Total 100%