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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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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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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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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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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The visual artifact I choose to rhetorically analyze is the "super racist" Red Cross safety poster. This visual artifact was introduced into the mainstream media on June 27‚ 2016‚ after it spread throughout Twitter and sparked for being racist. The goal of this poster was to introduce pool/swimming safety to children across the nation. The poster was posted in two Colorado pools in Salida and Fort Morgan. This poster displayed safe and unsafe actions of children playing in the pool‚ titled "be cool
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“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” This quote by Oliver Wendall Holmes can be applied to numerous situations in our lives. Throughout my whole life‚ I rarely ever did community service. Though I went to nursing homes and sang carols during Christmas‚ I really never considered it to be true volunteer work. I was usually too busy to have any spare time to volunteer and when I did have spare time‚ volunteer work was never the first thing on my mind
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Role of Stakeholder The stakeholders are the key assets in the wealth and growth of an organization. It is important that the knowledge and power of influence the stakeholders have on the quality management process is noted. Implementation and quality of the work in the management process‚ requires the developments in the cultures quality based upon the need and expectations of the stakeholders. The identifier groups that are known as stakeholders are also known by rights‚ ownership and interests
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Role of Stakeholder Jane C. Doe MGT/420 December 10‚ 2012 George Wells Role of Stakeholder The role of stakeholder in implementing a quality management process is one that has many facets. When an organization decides to embark upon a quality management process there are many people‚ internally and externally‚ dependent upon or affected in some way by the final product‚ output or process ("Tutorialspoint"‚ 2012). In order to decide who the stakeholders will be in the process‚ management
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Role of Stakeholder Paper Carolyn McDevitt MGT/420 - Managing Quality in the Supply May 2‚ 2013 Felicia Hopson Role of Stakeholder Paper In this paper I will be discussing the role of stakeholders and how implementing a quality management. I will state how these stakeholders and their specific roles will implement a quality management. After reading this chapter‚ I have a vast understanding of how important the stakeholders are to organizations today. It discuss in vast the important
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