Distinguished - Provides a comprehensive definition of an audit committee for a publicly traded corporation. The definition substantially uses relevant examples and good scholarly sources.

Proficient - Provides a definition of an audit committee for a publicly traded corporation. The definition uses some examples and a few scholarly sources but is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Provides a limited definition of an audit committee for a publicly traded corporation. The definition is partially supported by examples and scholarly sources and/or underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a definition of an audit committee for a publicly traded corporation; however, the definition lacks the use of examples or scholarly sources and significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The definition of an audit committee for a publicly traded company is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively analyzes the role of an audit committee. The analysis substantially uses relevant examples and good scholarly sources.

Proficient -Effectively analyzes the role of an audit committee. The analysis is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Minimally analyzes the role of an audit committee. The analysis is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to analyze the role of an audit committee; however, the analysis is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The analysis of the role of audit committees is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively explains why an audit committee is an important part of an organization’s governance structure.

Proficient - Effectively explains why an audit committee is an important part of an organization’s governance structure. The explanation is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Briefly explains why an audit committee is an important part of an organization’s governance structure. The explanation is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain why an audit committee is an important part of an organization’s governance structure; however, the explanation is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The explanation of why an audit committee is an important part of an organization’s governance structure is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Generates three to five comprehensive guiding principles of a mission statement that will direct the audit committee in making decisions regarding the protection and management of company data. The principles are substantially based upon relevant examples and good scholarly sources.

Proficient - Generates three to five guiding principles of a mission statement that will direct the audit committee in making decisions regarding the protection and management of company data. The principles are based upon some examples and a few scholarly sources but slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Generates three to five limited guiding principles of a mission statement that will direct the audit committee in making decisions regarding the protection and management of company data. The principles are partially supported by examples and scholarly sources and/or underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to generate three to five guiding principles of a mission statement that will direct the audit committee in making decisions regarding the protection and management of company data; however, the principles lack any reference to examples or scholarly sources and are significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The generation of three to five guiding principles of a mission statement that will direct the audit committee in making decisions regarding the protection and management of company data is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Comprehensively explains how each guiding principle supports the audit committee in its oversight responsibilities. The explanations substantially use relevant examples and good scholarly sources.

Proficient - Effectively explains how each guiding principle supports the audit committee in its oversight responsibilities. The explanations use some examples and a few scholarly sources but is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Briefly explains how each guiding principle supports the audit committee in its oversight responsibilities. The explanations are partially supported by examples and scholarly sources.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain how each guiding principle supports the audit committee in its oversight responsibilities; however, the explanations lack the use of examples or scholarly sources and are significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The explanation of how each guiding principle supports the audit committee in its oversight responsibilities is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors and is very easy to understand.

Proficient - Displays comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains only a few minor errors and is mostly easy to understand.

Basic - Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few errors which may slightly distract the reader.

Below Expectations - Fails to display basic comprehension of syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains major errors which distract the reader.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the paper, title page, and reference page.

Proficient - Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout contains a few minor errors. 

Basic - Exhibits limited knowledge of APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements. 

Below Expectations - Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - The length of the paper is equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Proficient - The length of the paper is nearly equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Basic - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least three quarters of the required number of correctly formatted pages.

Below Expectations - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least one half of the required number of correctly formatted pages.   

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Uses more than the required number of scholarly sources, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Proficient - Uses the required number of scholarly sources to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Basic - Uses less than the required number of sources to support ideas. Some sources may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are used within the body of the assignment. Citations may not be formatted correctly.

Below Expectations - Uses an inadequate number of sources that provide little or no support for ideas. Sources used may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are not used within the body of the assignment. Citations are not formatted correctly.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.