Distinguished - Thoroughly explains the basic issues of employment and policy law and how those issues have influenced the event(s) in the chosen scenario.

Proficient - Explains the basic issues of employment and policy law and how those issues have influenced the event(s) in the chosen scenario. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Somewhat explains the basic issues of employment and policy law and how those issues have influenced the event(s) in the chosen scenario. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explain the basic issues of employment and policy law and how those issues have influenced the event(s) in the chosen scenario; however significant details are missing.

Non-Performance - The explanation of the basic issues of employment and policy law and how those issues have influenced the event(s) in the chosen scenario is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly evaluates the impact of these issues and recommends specific organizational changes that will address them, and provides a comprehensive rationale for the suggestions. The evaluation is fully supported with scholarly sources.

Proficient - Evaluates the impact of these issues and recommends specific organizational changes that will address them, and provides a rationale for the suggestions. The evaluation is supported with scholarly sources but slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Minimally evaluates the impact of these issues and recommends specific organizational changes that will address them, and provides a limited rationale for the suggestions. The evaluation is somewhat supported with scholarly sources and underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to evaluate the impact of these issues and recommend specific organizational changes that will address them and provide a rationale for the suggestions; however, the evaluation is not supported with scholarly sources and significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The evaluation of the impact of these issues and recommendation of specific organizational changes that will address them and provides a rationale for the suggestions are either nonexistent or lack the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly analyzes the implementation of legal policies and constitutional mandates as they pertain to the organization in the chosen scenario.

Proficient - Analyzes the implementation of legal policies and constitutional mandates as they pertain to the organization in the chosen scenario. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Somewhat analyzes the implementation of legal policies and constitutional mandates as they pertain to the organization in the chosen scenario. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to analyze the implementation of legal policies and constitutional mandates as they pertain to the organization in the chosen scenario; however, significant details are missing.

Non-Performance - The analysis of the implementation of legal policies and constitutional mandates as they pertain to the organization in the chosen scenario is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly determines if all applicable legal policies and constitutional mandates are in place and are being adhered to. In the case that all policies and mandates are satisfactorily addressed, comprehensively describes how the situation could have occurred. If issues are identified with the policies and mandates, recommends thorough strategies for implementation within the strategic plan that will address these problems.

Proficient - Determines if all applicable legal policies and constitutional mandates are in place and are being adhered to. In the case that all policies and mandates are satisfactorily addressed, describes how the situation could have occurred. If issues are identified with the policies and mandates, recommends strategies for implementation within the strategic plan that will address these problems. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Somewhat determines if all applicable legal policies and constitutional mandates are in place and are being adhered to. In the case that all policies and mandates are satisfactorily addressed, minimally describes how the situation could have occurred. If issues are identified with the policies and mandates, recommends limited strategies for implementation within the strategic plan that will address these problems. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to determine if all applicable legal policies and constitutional mandates are in place and are being adhered to. In the case that all policies and mandates are satisfactorily addressed, attempts to describe how the situation could have occurred. If issues are identified with the policies and mandates, attempts to recommend strategies for implementation within the strategic plan that will address these problems. Significant details are missing.

Non-Performance - The determination if all applicable legal policies and constitutional mandates are in place and are being adhered to and subsequent description of how the situation could have occurred or strategies that would have addressed identified issues are either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly evaluates ethical issues as they pertain to the event(s) in the chosen scenario.

Proficient - Evaluates ethical issues as they pertain to the event(s) in the chosen scenario. The evaluation is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Somewhat evaluates ethical issues as they pertain to the event(s) in the chosen scenario. The evaluation is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to evaluate ethical issues as they pertain to the event(s) in the chosen scenario; however, the evaluation is significantly underdeveloped.

Non-Performance - The evaluation of the ethical issues as they pertain to the event(s) in the chosen scenario is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly examines how employment law affects ethics.

Proficient - Examines how employment law affects ethics. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Somewhat examines how employment law affects ethics. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to examine how employment law affects ethics; however, significant details are missing; however, significant details are missing.

Non-Performance - The examination of how employment law affects ethics is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly analyzes specific laws and the impacts they have that either support or hinder ethical leadership, and thoroughly recommends the necessary steps to address these ethical issues in order to both enforce the positive, and mitigate or eliminate, the negative influences on organizational ideology and behavior now and in the future.

Proficient - Analyzes specific laws and the impacts they have that either support or hinder ethical leadership, and recommends the necessary steps to address these ethical issues in order to both enforce the positive, and mitigate or eliminate, the negative influences on organizational ideology and behavior now and in the future. Minor details are missing.

Basic - Somewhat analyzes specific laws and the impacts they have that either support or hinder ethical leadership, and partially recommends the necessary steps to address these ethical issues in order to both enforce the positive, and mitigate or eliminate, the negative influences on organizational ideology and behavior now and in the future. Relevant details are missing.

Below Expectations - Attempts to analyze specific laws and the impacts they have that either support or hinder ethical leadership and recommend the necessary steps to address these ethical issues in order to both enforce the positive, and mitigate or eliminate, the negative influences on organizational ideology and behavior now and in the future; however, significant details are missing.

Non-Performance - The analysis of specific laws and the impacts they have that either support or hinder ethical leadership and recommendation of the necessary steps to address these ethical issues in order to both enforce the positive, and mitigate or eliminate, the negative influences on organizational ideology and behavior now and in the future are either nonexistent or lack 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.