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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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    area supported the American Red Cross in helping our country’s Veterans. I have chosen to write about how the Martha Washington College‚ the Stonewall Jackson College‚ and the Emory and Henry College all contributed to the American Red Cross and the war effort. If I were living in ninteen eighteen‚ World War I would just now be ending. I would not have been able to fight due to my young age‚ but would have held down the home-front along with aiding the American Red Cross. The Colleges in my

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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 a non-profit organization that was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton. “For more than 122 years‚ the mission of the American Red Cross (ARC) has been to help people prevent‚ prepare for‚ and respond to emergencies” (FEMA / Ready.gov‚ 2012). The focus of their mission is to assist people who have been affected by disasters with the help of volunteers and the generosity organizations’ and individual’s monetary donations. The assistance the Red Cross provides is through shelter

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    having 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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    an American hears the words “American Red Cross”‚ most of them think of big‚ blood drive busses or 1900’s nurses in baby-blue uniforms. A better way to define the Red Cross‚ however‚ would be to say that they are a humanitarian and disaster relief organization that was founded by Clara Barton‚ a self-taught nurse during the American Civil War. Barton started the United States chapter of the Red Cross on May 21st‚ 1881‚ after working with and appreciating the efforts of the International 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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    first women to be employed in the federal government Red Cross is an organization that helps people in a crisis. They help prevent and help people suffer less when these emergencies happen. They help these people by getting volunteers and getting donations to help the people in need. A couple of examples of people they help are survivors of disasters‚ the family members of military who need support‚ and people who are in the need of blood.Red Cross was founded in Washington‚ D.C It was founded

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    When the American Red Cross was formed in 1881‚ Clara Barton had no idea of the many ethical dilemmas that it would face throughout its history. Starting at the top with the high number of turnover in management due to poor management‚ embezzlement‚ misappropriation funds to their slow response after the attack of September 11‚ 2001‚ and poor communications after hurricane Katrina‚ the ARC has been riddled with ethical problems (503-509). So much so that‚ in 2012 the organization was restructured

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    | Context The British Red Cross helps people in crisis‚ whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global voluntary network‚ responding to conflicts‚ natural disasters and individual emergencies. We enable vulnerable people in the UK and abroad to prepare for and withstand emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over‚ we help them to recover and move on with their lives. Within the UK‚ the British Red Cross operates through about 3000 staff and over

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