American Red Cross LS 618 Stacie L. Marquis Organizational Background and History Stop «»The American Red Cross is dedicated to helping people in need throughout the United States. Most of the country may not realize how much the Red Cross accomplishes this noble calling through the dependency on the generous contributions of time‚ blood‚ and money from the American public to support their lifesaving services and programs. The American Red Cross also partners with other Red Cross networks
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The main ethical issue inside the American Red Cross is the general trust of employees and volunteers and believing that they have the same ethics and values that are needed to be in place in this nonprofit organization. For years‚ there has been a total lack of accountability when it comes to donations‚ supplies or equipment that is needed during an emergency. There are no checks and balances in place and the organization is far from transparent as to where the funds or equipment is going. A recent
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The American Red Cross is an organization that makes available the emergency assistance to people around the world who are in need of help. Its mission is to make suffering less severe while the volunteers promote compassion and welfare of humanity. After serving as a Red Cross volunteer in Europe in 1870 caring for the injured of war‚ Clara Barton embraced the idea of humanitarian aid for victims of misfortune and started the concept in the United States in 1881. The organizational structure consists
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enough capacity to receive donations. The American Red Cross has questions of ethical issues and of these ethical issues it is present to doubt whether or not the company can be looked at as trustworthy with donations as they are known to lack in the capacity for online donations. The company decided to solicit donations during 9/11‚ but lacked the capacity for online donations. Once hurricane Katrina hit the United States‚ the American Red Cross once again failed in the capacity needed for online
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External Environment When most people think of Human Resource Planning‚ the first thing that usually comes to mind is the internal environment of the organization. There is‚ however; the external environment which is just as important. The external environment consists of governmental policies‚ condition of the economy‚ demographics‚ technology‚ international influences‚ competitors‚ and a changing labor force (Greer‚ Peters & Youngblood‚ 1998). Neglecting the external environment can have devastating
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I asked myself‚ “what can I do to make an impact on my community?”. That is when I founded my high school’s Red Cross Club. We aimed to push the vision-mission‚ “to alleviate human suffering through volunteering and donations” to the student body to make a change in our community. I initially started with only three other members‚ however‚ we bolstered our ranks
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1. Explain the possible problems in the ethical culture of the Red Cross that created the issues discussed in this case. One of the possible problems in the ethical culture of the Red Cross that creates issues is because it is a charitable organization‚ its leaders have assumed that all employees and volunteers will act ethically. Although this has been disproven many times recently‚ the Red Cross still has not taken all necessary steps to ensure that it is truly a socially – conscious and ethically
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industry must have oversight over the program” (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich‚ & Ferrell‚ 2015 p. 114). Currently‚ the American Red Cross (ARC) has sighted major issues with the APC practices of collecting blood donations (Strom‚ 2008). Furthermore‚ Eric Blumberg‚ the FDA’s deputy general counsel‚ stated “if fear is a motivator‚ we’re happy to help out in that way”- when he attend a closed Red Cross
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There are many possible ethical issues in the culture of the American Red Cross that created the problems discussed in this case. The American Red Cross failed at delivering organizational transparency. This failure allotted to employee embezzlement‚ unorthodox executive compensation‚ and employee misconduct. The organization experienced a high turnover. With this high turnover rate‚ deemed lavish executive compensation payouts. The organization’s reputation and culture has been further tarnished
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Footprint measures how fast we consume resources and generate waste compared to how fast nature can absorb our waste and generate new resources.” There are numerous tactics in which ranchers and cattlemen practice to embark on preserving a healthy environment. Unfortunately‚ the majority of the public does not realize the conservation efforts cattlemen practice daily. In order for the beef industry to remain profitable‚ it is imperative that the general public and environmental groups are educated
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