HSM 230 Instructor: Nicole Ellis
by Cynthia Mead
Assignment You have just been appointed the director of a new human service organization ( a behavioral health clinic, for example). As the director, one of your first tasks is to draft a mission statement and a values statement for your organization. As your organization grows, your stakeholders will provide their input and help shape these statements.
• Write a 1050 to 1400 word paper in APA format containing the following elements: Description of organization. What services does the organization provide? Who is the clientele? Is it a for-profit or non-profit organization? Mission statement: What is organization’s mission statement? How will the mission statement support the ethical system? What message does the mission statement send to the community? Values statement: What is the organization’s values statement? How will these values inspire action and influence behavior? How do these values relate to the organization’s mission?
• Post your completed paper as an attachment.
Assignment: Building an Ethical Organization Part 2
Resources: Appendix A
Write a 2,100 to 2,800 word paper in APA format containing the following:
• Introduction
• Description of the organization: Expand and incorporate feedback from Building an Ethical Organization Part 1
• Mission statement: Expand and incorporate feedback fro Building an Ethical Organization Part 1
• Values statement: Expand and incorporate feedback from Building an Ethical Organization Part 1
• Code of Ethics: List your organization’s code of ethics, with a minimum of 10 items. How does the code inspire a tangible outcome from employee’s? How is it related to the mission and values of the organization?
• Organizational culture: What type of culture do you plan to foster and how? Who will the culture institutionalize the organization’s values?
• Leadership: What approach to leadership
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