American Red Cross Ethical Dilemmas

A. (2.) Analyze the ethical issues at stake in the scenario and distinguish from legal matters.

Consider an organization you were/are currently involved with. After providing a short overview of your organization, reflect on the Seven Levels of an Ethical Organization, found in the Gebler article and slide deck, and write a paper answering the following questions (not more than three pages - format of your choosing):

The organizational structure of the American Red Cross needs to be taught that ethical compliance is its first priority; otherwise issues will continue to present themselves when the ARC is needed most. Mandatory, in-person, ethical classes should be held every year for employees and volunteers to help reinforce the ARC’s claim that they are fixing their internal issues. Also, executive leadership needs to be held accountable for their actions and not given monetary compensation upon their

There are at least 10 significant struggles and/or ethical violations discussed in the book. Read the book, choose three ethical issues or violations, and cover:

The state agency: The state agency’s reputation could be at stake, although the company were doing unethical practices but they were having a good intention of helping those in need. The state agency could be facing bad publicity against the case. The state agency’s funding is at stake, as the scandal spreads there might be people who does not want to continue the donation. Also, state agency’s ability of distributing funds could be doubt during the process.

This assignment will give you the opportunity to choose a case study, and then write about the ethical implications and the impact of the events that are described. Each case study includes a set of questions that you should answer. You can choose either Case Study 9.1: Unprofessional Conduct, or Case Study 8.4: Have Gun Will Travel.

C. Can you generalize the about the Ethical/Value problem created by communication processes between the FAA, NTSB, Sabretech, and

The American Red Cross (2010) website tells of an organization guided by the principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, and voluntary service whose mission is to, “provide relief to victims of disaster and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies” (Mission statement, para. 1). It claims a history of founding in 1881 in Washington D.C. by Clara Barton. Still operating today, 129 years later, is evidence of its success as an organization. It has endured despite the fact that the very nature of

Compassion,Credible, Committed, Creative, Collaborative, The American Red Cross calls this the Five C’s and under these values the motto “Support the Mission” comes into play. In turn, because of this The American Red Cross is the discourse community that caught my eye.

Ethical theory will be outlined in relation to the example case with discussion on how the case poses an ethical dilemma in the workplace. Additionally ethical theory will be considered in light of the case with

Identification of a specific instance from your own professional experience in which the values of the organization and the values of the individual nurses did or did not align is not provided.

This week’s Discussion topic is BYP7-7, Ethics Case, on page 330 of your textbook which reads as follows:

2001-2006: UWW local associates faced terrible scandals due to corrupt CEO’s and employees who used hundreds of thousands of dollars, which were donated to this charity organization, for their personal use and luxury. Resulting, in mistrust of administrators and workforce of this organization by the public

The Red Cross could not keep up with the countless demands for help all over the United States (U.S.), and their failure to meet demand was not from lack of effort. They hunted down any known skilled nurse; they even interrupted a nurse by the name of Josey Brown while she was in a movie theater to receive a telegram from the Red Cross. Not only was the Red Cross struggling, so were physicians. They tried to do anything and everything that could save lives or at least relieve people’s symptoms. They tried to address pain with aspirin and morphine, and tried to control coughs with other chemicals. As this occurred, other physicians began to claim they could get rid of infection; some techniques seemed logical while others began to seem like

Identify and discuss at least four ethical implications of those acts by Gilbert that were in violation of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct.