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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
ole 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?
. 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.
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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
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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,
ut does not provide relevant
examples or examination lacks
elevant 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
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Your Position: Legal or
Ethical Matters
Examines legal or ethical matters
elated to the legislation in
presenting organization’s
position and explains response
Examines legal or ethical matters
elated to the legislation in
presenting organization’s position,
ut does not explain response
Does not examine legal or ethical
matters related to the legislation in
presenting organization’s position
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Your Position:
Redesigned:
Addressing Diversity
Proposes ways to improve the
legislation being considered to
etter address beneficiary
diversity using analysis
presented in the paper and
supports suggestions with
evidence
Proposes ways to improve the
legislation being considered to
etter 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
etter address beneficiary diversity
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Your Position:
Redesigned: Address
Legal Concerns
Proposes ways to improve the
legislation being considered to
etter 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
etter 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
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Your Position:
Redesigned: Other
Proposes other ways to improve
the legislation being considered
to better serve intended
eneficiaries, taking into
Proposes other ways to improve
the legislation being considered,
ut suggestions do not consider
costs, social attitudes, or political
Does not propose other ways to
improve the legislation being
considered
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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
ecommendations
Employs language and
communication strategies for
political or organizational leaders,
ut 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
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Articulation of
Response
Submission has no major e
ors
elated to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major e
ors
elated to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact readability
and articulation of main ideas
Submission has critical e
ors
elated to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization that
prevent understanding of ideas
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Earned Total 100%