Your capstone project in the course is an individual research assignment on a public policy/federal law of sarbanes oxley. We will call this project your Policy Paper which will be a formal research paper aimed at introducing and/or polishing your skills in the following:
 Public policy research – policy design, implementation, evaluation
 Understanding a federal law
 Effectively exploring and utilizing the library system for research
 Strengthening your academic and competitive writing skills
 Enhance your critical thinking skills
The Basic Structure of your Policy Analysis is the following (See Appendix One for further detail: Policy Paper Checklist)
1. Description of the policy/law – history and current situation
2. Rationale for public policy – market or government failure
3. Analysis of policy’s efficacy
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
6. Recommendations
Additionally, your Policy Analysis will be required to have a minimum of ten quality
references (academic journal articles, leading books, relevant websites, etc.). The paper will be a 12-15 page narrative/report with a traditional title page, appropriate subheadings, standard formatting (double-spaced, 12-point font, Times New Roman, page numbers), parenthetical citations such as (Jasso, 2018, p. 35), a works cited page (you may call it a reference page), and any necessary appendices. We will use APA format for the bibliography.
APPENDIX ONE
Final Policy Paper Checklist
 Dynamic Cover Page
o Title of Project
o Class name, date, professor name, TA name, discussion section, etc
 Table of Contents Page
 Basics: 12-15 pages, appropriate subheadings, standard MS Word formatting, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12-pt font, page numbers
 Primary Contents (Subheadings)
o Introduction – introduce your project’s main objective
 Include the general plan of the document
o History of the Act – why was the law necessary
 Public policy prescription
 Market failure or Government Failure
o Trace its implementation
 Act, Code, Agency, etc.
o Impact on business and society
 Demonstrate your knowledge from the course content – theories, models,
principles, etc.
o Policy Analysis
 Did it work?
 What are its strengths and weaknesses?
 Recommendations for future policy makers
 Appendix Pages (directly following main document)
o Include the official Title page of the law indicating the following:
 Congress number (Ex: One Hundred Seventh Congress…), An Act, Section 1:
Short Titles and Table of Contents (List of ‘Titles’)
 References Page (at the very end of the paper following the appendices)
o This is the bibliography (ten minimum quality references)
 Academic journal articles, government documents/records, key books, official
websites
 Avoid media publications, material with no author, blogs, non-peer reviewed
material
o Citation format: APA Style
 Helpful website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
 Excellence Checklist
o Page numbers, professional quality, grammar, insightful, unique contribution,
comprehensive, high level critical analysis, strong bibliography & citation formatting,
manage the details, teach us something new
I attached a sample and article about Sarbanes Oxley policy