• American Red Cross Review one organization’s philosophy‚ mission‚ vision‚ and values statements. These are the organization’s espoused values: What the organization says it values. Conduct research in the University Library to find articles about the organization’s enacted values: What the company actually does. Write a 700- to 1‚050-word paper based on your review and research in which you complete the following: • Briefly describe the culture of the chosen organization‚ noting whether
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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. Ethical culture can be viewed as the character or decision making process the employees use to determine whether their responses to ethical issues are right or wrong. Ethical culture is driven by top management. The problems began with American Red Cross when the organization started to see a high rate of turnover in the executive level. The frequent executive turnover significantly
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During the process of making the power point and learning about the Red Cross and ICRC‚ many different facts that I had not known before came up. My three are: The Red Cross did not take sides‚ The Red Cross and ICRC one the award three times‚ and “The American Red Cross is led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the principals of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Its mission is to provide relief to disaster victims and help people prevent‚ prepare for
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PROPOSED RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR RECORD TRACKER SYSTEM A Thesis Proposal Presented to the Faculty of PASS College Alaminos City‚Pangasinan In partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Computer Science By: regin rosario October 2013 Table of Contents Acknowledgement i Dedication ii
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Federico Alcocer January 18‚ 2013 Mrs. Rivera 3B The Red Cross It was during 1919 in Paris after World War 1 had just finished‚ when the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies was founded (IFRC). The idea of having such a symbol as a Red Cross came from Henry Dunant in 1859. It all started when Dunant witnessed a bloody battle scene in Solferino‚ Italy. Over 40‚000 men laid dead or wounded in the battlefield without any medical help. It was from there and
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Some of the reasons for the Red Cross ethical dilemmas come from their executive turnover rate. The frequent turnover rate of CEOs has greatly weakened the organization’s ability to put controls into place. The President and CEO during the 9/11 attack‚ Bernadine Hartley was forced to resign due to mismanagement of response time. President and CEO Mark Evans was fired after the handling of Hurricane Katrina. During a brief time in 2007 when Mark Everson was President and CEO‚ he resigned due to
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wondered who started the American Red Cross? Well you’re looking at the person who started it. My name is Clarissa Harlowe Barton‚ but people just call me Clara Barton. I was born on December 25‚1821 in North Oxford‚ Massachusetts to Stephen and Sarah Stone Barton. I had four siblings and they were Dorothy‚ Stephen‚ David and Sally. Also I wasn’t married and I did not have any kids. In my lifetime I was a teacher ‚ a nurse in the army and president of the American Red Cross. So before I was a nurse in
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British Red Cross – Can be used as a resource for children’s first aid training. Staff may attend British Red Cross training days in order to plan and provide a safe environment. Once completing courses‚ staff will have an understanding and knowledge of what to do in a range of emergency situations. The British Red Cross also provides teacher resources such as lesson plans and fact sheets to promote children’s safety and plan for them to learn in a healthy and safe environment (British Red Cross‚ 2011)
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American Red Cross I was watching newscast when a report about hurricane sandy came on. The American Red Cross helps people in most situations around the world. The Reporter was interviewing a woman victimized by hurricane sandy. A gust of wind made the woman’s hair tickle her nose when an American Red Cross worker came over and gave her a big‚ puffy coat with a fuzzy trim at the hood. Believe it or not‚ the American Red Cross was not always a widely known charity. The American Red Cross
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE - ROLE OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS People often question whether corporate boards matter because their day-today impact is difficult to observe. But‚ when things go wrong‚ they can become the center of attention. Certainly this was true of the Enron‚ Worldcom‚ and Parmalat scandals. The directors of Enron and Worldcom‚ in particular‚ were held liable for the fraud that occurred: Enron directors had to pay $168 million to investor plaintiffs‚ of which $13 million was out of pocket
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