No directly quoted material may be used in this project paper.
There are ethical challenges in every aspect of the criminal justice system. Administrators are responsible for setting the tone for ethical conduct in the administration and operation of their agency.
You are to assume the role of the head (Chief, Director, Warden, etc.) of a fictitious criminal justice agency; e.g., police department or sheriff’s office, local detention center (adult or juvenile) prosecutors’ office, trial court, probation agency, correctional institution, parole board, parole agency, etc.
As the head administrator, you decide it is in the best interest of your agency to have a policy that sets forth how the agency will operate in an ethical manner…. similar to a Code of Ethical Conduct
In your paper you are to describe in detail your plan to insure ethical practices in your selected agency.
How will your ethical policy be established? (Who will be involved in drafting the document? What resources will be drawn on or references? etc.)
How will it be communicated to the members of the agency to ensure awareness and adoption?
How will it be inspected to ensure compliance?
How will it be reinforced so that members of the agency clearly understand your seriousness?
Assignment focus: For this assignment establish your role and research the role you have chosen. You must describe the position and responsibilities. You may want to consider finding job descriiptions for the role you have chosen and, using that as your reference, describe the position and the responsibilities. You need an introduction and for each of the four bullets above, you need to segment out your paper with each section and provide a summary conclusion which will tie it all together (so you will have an introduction, four sections and a conclusion). As a reminder, you must do your own work–that means your own research for THIS assignment. You need to explain in significant detail the “how” of each bullet point. Additionally, it is a form of plagiarism if you submit an assignment from a previous class.
NOTE: The content of your ethics policy or code is irrelevant and, but for clarification or reference purposes should not be included in this project paper. Instead, the paper should concentrate on your plan to create and Implement it.
Format Requirements
Paper must be double spaced, 11 or 12 pt font and 1” margins all around.
All APA 7th edition format requirements must be followed (cover page, in text citations, reference page). Refer to APA/UMGC – learning resources found in the content page of this course.
You must have resources to support your thoughts/opinions/information. These must be cited both in text as well as at the end of the document. Your paper should not contain direct quotes, sourced material must be paraphrased.
