Assignment
Submit a paper stating your organization's position on the specific legislation being considered.
For additional details, please refer to theMilestone Two Guidelines and Rubricdocument and theFinal Project Guidelines and Rubricdocumen
HSE 330 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric For Milestone Two, you will submit a paper stating your organization’s position on the specific legislation selected for your final project. Make sure to state your role in your organization. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: III. Your Position. In this section, you will lay out your organization’s position on the specific legislation being considered. It should be evident from your analysis that you have reviewed a full copy of the legislation and have researched the related issues and debate. Specifically, you should address the following points: a. Is your organization for or against the legislation? Why? Your answer should analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the legislation in terms of potential effectiveness, cost, public acceptance, and political feasibility. In other words, how might economic, social, or political factors (including other legislation) help or hinder the policy’s implementation and effectiveness? What specific concerns does your organization have? b. How might cultural, socioeconomic, and other diversity issues impact the quality and equity of services provided under the selected legislation? What concerns does your organization have? Provide examples to support your position. c. What legal or ethical matters related to the legislation is your organization concerned about, if any? Explain your answer and provide examples, if appropriate. d. Based on your analysis, how could the legislation in question be redesigned to better address the needs of intended beneficiaries? Be sure to address the following points and provide evidence to support your recommendations. i. How could the legislation better address diversity in meeting the needs of intended beneficiaries? ii. How could it better address legal or ethical concerns in meeting beneficiaries’ needs? If there are no concerns specific to this legislation, make suggestions for how the legislation might help prevent legal or ethical concerns in future policies. Support your suggestions with evidence. iii. What other changes to the legislation would make it more effective in serving intended beneficiaries? Consider the cost, public acceptance, and political feasibility issues you identified above in making your suggestions. e. Be sure to use language and communication strategies appropriate for political or organizational leaders in explaining your organization’s position and recommendations. Remember the goal is to convince your audience that your analysis is credible without burdening them with undue detail. Guidelines for Submission: Milestone Two must be two to three pages in length (plus a cover page and references) and must be written in APA format. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three references cited in APA format. Rubric Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Your Position: Advantages and Disadvantages Analyzes the legislation’s advantages and disadvantages in terms of potential effectiveness, cost, public acceptance, and political feasibility in presenting the organization’s position Analyzes the legislation’s advantages and disadvantages, but does not address all elements (effectiveness, cost, public acceptance, political feasibility) or does not connect analysis to the organization’s position Does not analyze the legislation’s advantages and disadvantages 13 Your Position: Diversity Examines how cultural, socioeconomic, and other diversity issues might impact the quality and equity of services provided under the selected legislation in presenting organization’s concerns and provides relevant examples Examines how cultural, socioeconomic, and other diversity issues might impact the quality and equity of services provided under the selected legislation in presenting organization’s concerns, but does not provide relevant examples or examination lacks relevant detail Does not examine how cultural, socioeconomic, and other diversity issues might impact the quality and equity of services provided under the selected legislation in presenting the organization’s position 13 Your Position: Legal or Ethical Matters Examines legal or ethical matters related to the legislation in presenting organization’s position and explains response Examines legal or ethical matters related to the legislation in presenting organization’s position, but does not explain response Does not examine legal or ethical matters related to the legislation in presenting organization’s position 13 Your Position: Redesigned: Addressing Diversity Proposes ways to improve the legislation being considered to better address beneficiary diversity using analysis presented in the paper and supports suggestions with evidence Proposes ways to improve the legislation being considered to better address beneficiary diversity, but suggestions are not connected to analysis presented in the paper or are not supported with evidence Does not propose ways to improve the legislation being considered to better address beneficiary diversity 13 Your Position: Redesigned: Address Legal Concerns Proposes ways to improve the legislation being considered to better address legal or ethical concerns based on analysis presented in the paper, and supports suggestions with evidence Proposes ways to improve the legislation being considered to better address legal or ethical concerns, but suggestions are not connected to the analysis presented in the paper or are not supported with evidence Does not propose ways to improve the legislation to better address legal or ethical concerns 13 Your Position: Redesigned: Other Proposes other ways to improve the legislation being considered to better serve intended beneficiaries, taking into Proposes other ways to improve the legislation being considered, but suggestions do not consider costs, social attitudes, or political Does not propose other ways to improve the legislation being considered 13 consideration the costs, social attitudes, and political feasibility issues presented in the paper and supporting suggestions with evidence feasibility issues presented in the paper or are not supported with evidence Your Position: Language Employs language and communication strategies appropriate for political or organizational leaders in explaining positions and making recommendations Employs language and communication strategies for political or organizational leaders, but application is not appropriate for lending credibility to analysis or is unduly detailed Does not employ language or communications strategies appropriate for political or organization leaders 13 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 9 Earned Total 100%