ENG 315: Professional Communication Week 4 Discussion: Delivering Bad News Messages Delivering Bad News Messages In the Chapter 7 reading, you learned about inductive and deductive methods of reasoning and communication. Share an example of a "bad news message" either from the text or from an online article you've seen (provide a link, please, if you choose the latter option). Explain whether you believe inductive OR deductive reasoning would be more effective to share that bad news with others and why. After you have responded to this starter thread, don't forget to reply to at least one classmate to meet the minimum posting frequency requirement. Student Response: Erica Collins RE: Week 4 Discussion: Delivering Bad News Messages "They never gave me a fair chance," That's unfair," "This just can't be." In this case I will have to go with inductive reasoning after reviewing in some ways they are so similar to one another. Inductive reasoning is more based on uncertainty and deductive reasoning is more factual. In this case the conversation is more of an assumption. I would think deductive would be more effective to share because deductive focus more on facts. Deductive Reasoning is the basic form of valid reasoning in my words accurate information that can be proven. Inductive reasoning is the premises in which the premises are viewed as supplying some evidence for truth. In my words this seems more of an opinion until proven. Tom me they are similar you have to really read to understand the difference of inductive and deductive reasoning. ENG 315: Professional Communication Due Week 4 and worth 150 points Choose one of the professional scenarios provided in Blackboard under the Course Info tab, (see next page) or click here to view them in a new window. Write a Block Business Letter from the perspective of company management. It must provide bad news to the recipient and follow the guidelines outlined in Chapter 7: Delivering Bad-News Messages in BCOM9 (pages 116-136). The message should take the block business letter form from the posted example; however, you will submit your assignment to the online course shell. The block business letter must adhere to the following requirements: Content: Address the communication issue from the scenario. Provide bad news from the company to the recipient. Concentrate on the facts of the situation and use either the inductive or deductive approach. Assume your recipient has previously requested a review of the situation via email, letter, or personal meeting with management. Format: Include the proper introductory elements (sender’s address, date, recipient’s address). You may create any details necessary in the introductory elements to complete the assignment. Provide an appropriate and professional greeting / salutation. Single space paragraphs and double space between paragraphs. Limit the letter to one page in length. Clarity / Mechanics: Focus on clarity, writing mechanics, .

1. ENG 315: Professional Communication
Week 4 Discussion: Delivering Bad News Messages
Delivering Bad News Messages
In the Chapter 7 reading, you learned about inductive and
deductive methods of reasoning and communication. Share an
example of a "bad news message" either from the text or from
an online article you've seen (provide a link, please, if you
choose the latter option). Explain whether you believe inductive
OR deductive reasoning would be more effective to share that
bad news with others and why.
After you have responded to this starter thread, don't forget to
reply to at least one classmate to meet the minimum posting
frequency requirement.
Student Response:
Erica Collins
RE: Week 4 Discussion: Delivering Bad News Messages
"They never gave me a fair chance," That's unfair," "This just
can't be." In this case I will have to go with inductive reasoning
after reviewing in some ways they are so similar to one another.
Inductive reasoning is more based on uncertainty and deductive
reasoning is more factual. In this case the conversation is more
of an assumption.

2. I would think deductive would be more effective to share
because deductive focus more on facts. Deductive Reasoning is
the basic form of valid reasoning in my words accurate
information that can be proven. Inductive reasoning is the
premises in which the premises are viewed as supplying some
evidence for truth. In my words this seems more of an opinion
until proven. Tom me they are similar you have to really read to
understand the difference of inductive and deductive reasoning.
ENG 315: Professional Communication
Due Week 4 and worth 150 points
Choose one of the professional scenarios provided in
Blackboard under the Course Info tab, (see next page) or click
here to view them in a new window.
Write a Block Business Letter from the perspective of company
management. It must provide bad news to the recipient and
follow the guidelines outlined in Chapter 7: Delivering Bad-
News Messages in BCOM9 (pages 116-136).
The message should take the block business letter form from the
posted example; however, you will submit your assignment to
the online course shell.
The block business letter must adhere to the following
requirements:
Content:
Address the communication issue from the scenario.
Provide bad news from the company to the recipient.
Concentrate on the facts of the situation and use either the
inductive or deductive approach.
Assume your recipient has previously requested a review of the
situation via email, letter, or personal meeting with

3. management.
Format:
Include the proper introductory elements (sender’s address,
date, recipient’s address). You may create any details necessary
in the introductory elements to complete the assignment.
Provide an appropriate and professional greeting / salutation.
Single space paragraphs and double space between paragraphs.
Limit the letter to one page in length.
Clarity / Mechanics:
Focus on clarity, writing mechanics, and professional
language/style requirements.
Run spell/grammar check before submitting.
This course requires use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS).
The format is different than other Strayer University courses.
Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for
details.
Assignments must be submitted through the online course shell
only.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Plan, create, and evaluate professional documents.
Write clearly, coherently, and persuasively using proper
grammar, mechanics, and formatting appropriate to the
situation.
Deliver professional information to various audiences using
appropriate tone, style, and format.
Analyze professional communication examples to assist in
revision.
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assignment rubric, click here.
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ENG315 Professional Scenarios
1. Saban is a top performing industrial equipment salesperson
for D2D. After three years of working with his best client, he
receives a text message from Pat (his direct manager) assigning
him to a completely different account.
Pat has received complaints that Saban gets all of the good
clients and is not a “team player.”
Saban responds to the message and asks for a meeting with Pat
to discuss this change. Pat responds with another text message
that reads: “Decision final. Everyone needs to get a chance to
work with the best accounts so it is fair. Come by the office and
pick up your new files.”
Moments later, Saban sends a text message to Karen, his
regional manager and Pat’s boss. It simply reads, “We need to
talk.”
2. Amber, Savannah, and Stephen work for Knowledge, Inc. (a
consulting company). While on a conference call with Tim Rice
Photography (an established client), the group discusses
potential problems with a marketing campaign. Tim Rice, lead
photographer and owner of Tim Rice Photography, is insistent
the marketing is working and changes are not needed.
Amber reaches over to put Tim on “Mute” but accidently pushes
a different button. She immediately says to Savannah and
Stephen that the marketing campaign is not working and that

5. “…Tim should stick to taking pretty pictures.”
Tim responds, “You know I can hear you, right?”
3. James shows up to work approximately five minutes late this
morning, walks silently (but quickly) down the hallway and
begins to punch in at the time clock located by the front desk.
Sarah, the front desk manager, says, "Good morning, James,"
but James ignores her, punches in, and heads into the shop to
his workplace. Sarah rolls her eyes, picks up the phone, and
dials the on-duty manager to alert her that James just arrived
and should be reaching his desk any moment.
4. Paul works for the website division of SuperMega retail
company. He receives an email late Friday afternoon that
explains a new computer will launch at the end of next June and
it will be in high demand with limited stock. Also contained in
the three-page-message is that customers will be able to
preorder the item 30 days before launch according to the
production company. Paul is asked to create a landing page for
consumers who are interested in learning more about the
product.
By mistake, Paul sets up a preorder page for the product that
afternoon (well in advance of the company authorized period)
and late Friday evening consumers begin to preorder the
product. Sharon, Vice President of Product Sales at SuperMega,
learns of the error Saturday morning and calls Paul to arrange a
meeting first thing Monday morning. Sharon explains to Paul on
the phone that the company intends on canceling all of the
preorders and Paul responds that the company should honor the
preorders because it was not a consumer error. After a heated
exchange, Paul hangs up on Sharon when she insists that the
preorders will be canceled because of Paul’s error.

6. CRJ 410: Corrections
Week 4 | Discussion
"Intermediate Sanctions: Between Probation and Incarceration"
Please respond to the following:
Analyze the goals of using intermediate sanctions and the pros
and cons associated with them. Then, choose two of the types of
intermediate sanctions and determine situations in which each
of these two types would be appropriate. Lastly, take a position
on whether or not you believe that there is value in their use.
Justify your response.
Student Response
Vanessa Williams
RE: Week 4 | Discussion
Corrections Week 4 Discussion
Intermediate sanctions are criminal penalties that do not include
jail time or probation. Intermediate sanctions are planned to
offer courts a bit more discretion in handing down sentences.
The intended purpose is mainly to keep offenders out of prison
by offering intense rules in their community regarding their
behavior.
Intermediate Sanctions do not cause great financial strain on
court systems.

7. Do not include criminal penalties that do not include jail time
probation
Some of the Intermediate Sanctions can be used instead of going
to jail, which is not often an option for minorities
House arrest – Offenders are not allowed to leave the approved
community unless traveling to and from court
Intermediate Sanctions can be issued by the dishonest court
officials, judges, and other authorities.
Fines are not set. They can range from a few dollars to
thousands of dollars. There has to be an honest and fair
implementation of fines for all individuals considered for Fines.
Sentencing guidelines cause inequalities in terms of who goes to
prison and the length of time, they must serve.
Intermediate Sanctions do not lessen prison time. The most used
kind of intermediate sanction is intensive supervision,
electronic monitoring, and boot camp.
Intermediate Sanctions has not been determined to slow
criminal activity.
CRJ 410: Correction
Assignment 1: Improvements to the Correctional System
Due Week 4 and worth 200 points
According to the textbook, prison reform is often effectuated by
and through the legislature. Often, these changes are meant for
improvement; however, they can have an unintended
consequence. Imagine that you are a state legislator that heads a
committee for the Department of Corrections. Your

8. responsibilities include recommending improvements to the
correctional system, both domestic and international, (e.g.,
Guantanamo Bay). Go to Cornell University Law School’s
Website, located at
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/eighth_amendment, and
review the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Write a 3-to 5-page paper in which you:
Suggest two actions that the corrections system can take in
order to ensure that their officers adhere to the principals of
professional conduct as stated by the correctional officers’
organization at http://www.correctionalofficer.org/professional-
conduct. Provide a rationale for your response.
Take a position as to whether or not conditions of correctional
facilities circumvent the “cruel and unusual punishment
standard” of the Eighth Amendment. Provide a rationale for
your response.
Support or refute the removal of capital punishment from the
U.S. corrections system. Provide a rationale for your response.
Create an argument for or against intermediate sanctions as a
deterrent of crime. Support your viewpoint with one example of
intermediate sanctions from within the last three years that
reflects your opinion.
Debate whether or not correctional officers are adequately
equipped to deal with mentally ill inmates. Provide a rationale
for your response.
Use at least two quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other
Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
This course requires that citations and references follow the
Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than
others Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to
review the SWS documentation for details.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the

9. date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Determine the U.S. Constitutional amendments that apply to
correctional management and operations.
Recommend improvements to selected areas of corrections.
Defend the purposes of corrections.
Examine the reform of American criminal justice beginning
with 15th century Europe.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
correctional facility policies.
Write clearly and concisely about correctional facility policies
using proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing
skills, using the following rubric found here.
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CRJ 330: Comparative Criminal Justice
Week 4 Discussion
Respond to the following:
Let's look at the factors that make transnational crime so
difficult. Then we can look at some of the approaches to prevent
transnational crime.

10. Identify the key factors that make policing and adjudicating
transnational crime so difficult.
Suggest one strategy that a policing organization could utilize
to address at least one of these factors. Provide a rationale for
your response.
Student Response:
Jamal Muldrow
RE: Week 4 Discussion
Well combating Transnational crime is difficult because some
states have political figures that benefit from organize crime
groups look at Venezuela the President allow some of the
highest ranking members of his military to join forces with
Columbian drug traffickers to traffic drugs in the United States
just to make money.
https://www.insightcrime.org/news/brief/venezuela-military-
officials-piloted-drug-plane/
Its really difficult to address these issues because everyone has
there own gain and lose