The Red Cross By Kevin Smith The Red Cross is an international organization that thrives on donations and the kindness of others to succeed. This Red Cross supports military families‚ disaster relief‚ health and safety training along with education‚ and blood drives that save thousands of lives yearly. The Red Cross started in the year 1881 and was mainly used to help wounded soldiers from the battlefield. “The global Red Cross has evolved into the world’s largest humanitarian network -
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The American Red Cross is a non-profit organization supported solely off of financial donations and volunteers (community). Red Cross mission is to “provide relief to victims to victims of disasters and help people prevent‚ prepare for‚ and respond to emergencies. Red Cross was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton. Who was inspired by the Red Cross during the Prussian War. She first implemented what she had experience over in Europe in the U.S. during the Spanish American War in the 1898. The Red Cross
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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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Introduction The American Red Cross is a nongovernmental‚ nonprofit organization that is led by volunteers‚ whose purpose is to prevent and relieve human suffering. The American Red Cross is part of the International Red Cross organization and is the largest supplier of blood in the United States. Its assistance in providing relief to victims of natural and man-made disasters and helping people prevent‚ prepare for and respond to emergencies has helped the American Red Cross create a brand name
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The Boston Red Sox are a privately owned organization located in the Kenmore Square part of the city. The team plays at Fenway Park‚ located at 4 Yawkey Way in Boston. The Red Sox Front Offices are also located at Fenway Park. The park is currently celebrating its one-hundredth year‚ and is the oldest park in Major League Baseball The organization is tall in structure but is also departmentalized by function within this structure. At the top of this structure are the three owners‚ John Henry
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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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Red Cross - It is an international organization concerned with the alleviation of human suffering and the promotion of public health; the world-recognized symbols of mercy and absolute neutrality are the Red Cross‚ the Red Crescent‚ and the Red Crystal flags and emblems. - It is an international humanitarian organization (Red Cross Society) formally established by the Geneva Convention of 1864. It was originally limited to providing medical care for war casualties‚ but its services now include
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American Red Cross The American Red Cross is an independent‚ volunteer-led organization‚ financially supported by voluntary public contributions and cost-reimbursement charges. It is an organization that provides services to all humanity both nationally and internationally. The International Red Cross works along side with the Red Crescent Movement and together they are the world’s largest humanitarian network‚ with a presence and activities in almost every country. The seven fundamental principals
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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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International Business & Economics Research Journal Volume 3‚ Number 1 American Red Cross Debora J. Gilliard (E-mail: gilliard@mscd.edu)‚ Metropolitan State College of Denver‚ USA Rajendra Khandekar (E-mail: khandekr@mscd.edu)‚ Metropolitan State College of Denver‚ USA Abstract The American Red Cross has been plagued with problems over the past two years from an antitrust lawsuit‚ repercussions from the distributions of funds from the Liberty Fund to the survivors of the World Trade Center
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