The American Red Cross

The Red Cross is a non profit organization that is there to help in times of crisis, or at least it’s supposed to be. For years, they have been the primary resource for salvation and people have never hesitated to donate. They have been present at almost all the disasters in America and thanks to the donations they receive, they’ve been able to help out.

The American Red Cross organization structure did not establish a code of ethics. The code of ethics The organization did not establish an ethical conduct to develop the best way to communicate, follow ethical values and legal requirements. Apparently, the American Red Cross did not have executive leaders who upheld their business ethics that contains principles and standards. Archibold states, “some were prosecuted on federal embezzlement charges following concerns over financial management of ARC and its other issues” (Archibold, 2007, p. 2). The company failed to hold to the same set of values which can help with ethical conflicts that can happen at any time.

The new facts reflect the current ethical culture of the Red Cross by the fact that the leaders of this organization create problems within the organization. With as many leaders as the organization has had, the ethical standards will change

Angela, it is refreshing to read about the role the American Red Cross plays in shaping, what the role of a nurse is in a disaster. The American Red Cross responds to an emergency every 8 minutes, which no other state emergency agencies can claim. From small house fires to multi-state natural disasters, the American Red Cross goes wherever they are needed, so people can have clean water, safe shelter and hot meals when they need them the most (American Red Cross, 2017). The American Red Cross is one example of, an identifying common resource we all have in this class and can relate too. Their commitment to prepare and educate professionals, coupled with team approach to aid in disasters compliments all state and private sector agencies. In

In this case we have read about the American Red Cross and the ethical issues it has endured. One big issue that the American Red Cross has seen is fraud and lying. It seems that several employees and volunteers have taken advantage of the lack of organization within the company. There have been volunteers that have taken pre-paid debit card, money orders, and supplies while they were supposed to be helping those in need. There have also been employees (including managers) that have embezzled money for the company that was intended for victims of disasters. Some could even say that the ARC has done its share of lying when it comes to where the money for donations is spent. Another issue that ARC has dealt with a conflict of interest. At one

This assignment presents an ethical scrapbook entailing four categories of ethical situations in which each team member expresses their [Check pronoun agreement--if "their" refers to "member" (or a singular subject), it should be singular, too (his or her)] individual opinion. It takes a close look at real-life cases of good Samaritans, acts of vigilantism, acts of civil disobedience, and acts committed by professionals in the course of their employment. This assignment is accompanied by a Power Point [As a trade name, this is capitalized, and it is spelled as one word--PowerPoint] presenting cases that made headline news and generated public controversy

- In a non military community when people hear about the Red Cross they think disaster relief. They have no clue what we do for our service members and veterans. When people hear about the Red Cross in the military community they automatically think of an emergency. There are a number of areas that they are not aware of, regional manager for Services to the Armed Forces and Veterans Yolanda M. Gainwell said.

Another important area where the independent ombudsman who represents the ARC to Congress should focus is on people who are volunteering for different events. In my opinion a background check it would be necessary to avoid the past issues regarding thefts or missing items that were designated for individuals in need. In the 2007, National Nonprofit Ethics Survey, showed that more than half of employees had noticed at least one act of misconduct in the previous year. Close to 40 % of nonprofit employees who observed an unethical behavior have failed to report it, simply because they were convinced that reporting would not lead to corrective action or they were afraid of retaliation from management or colleagues ( Rhode & Packel 2009).

The Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS) has identified a long-standing issue of poor repeat blood donation from young donors, in particular males. While this group of the population has a high number of new donors, it has been found they are also the least loyal, which poses a problem for both current and future blood stocks. As a marketing consultancy firm, we have been commissioned to analyse the issues surrounding blood donation in Australia, and to devise three cost-effective marketing strategies aimed at increasing repeat donation from this demographic.

I feel the main reason for the ARC’s ethical dilemmas is its failure to adapt to changes evident in America’s moral fiber. Before, it was more acceptable for the ARC to trust its leaders and workers implicitly because of the difference in the times. Unfortunately now many Americans do not have the same moral standards or work ethic they did a few decades ago. Although there was corruption then too, it was nowhere near the levels that we see in America now. More than ever before, organizations – especially charitable organizations like ARC – need to spell out their ethical stance. Everyone who works for the ARC as an employee or volunteer needs to be trained on how to act ethically. Furthermore, the ARC needs to establish inventory controls,

Ethical issues in the culture of ARC created problems exemplified by the wrong doing of top executives. The employees and volunteers imitated the conduct of the leaders. They saw there were no consequences for illegal and dishonest behavior so there was a repeat of unethical behavior. “Chen, Sawyers & Williams point out that individuals are influenced by ethical culture of an organization it is the guidance or principles to determine if one’s action is right or wrong…depending on their goals, policies, structures and strategies “(pg. 856). There was a high turnover rate in the executive level due to constant change in the president and CEO position. ARC kept firing and hiring in the top management position. People who contributed donations to the 9/11 attack in 2001 are annoyed about how some of the money was redirected for future relief efforts instead of being used for the disaster that prompt their

The American Red Cross is one of the largest disaster relief charities, helping over 100 million people in 2013 alone. To fully understand what the Red Cross does, the term nonprofit should be defined. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, nonprofit is defined as “not conducted or maintained for the purpose of making a profit” (2012). The American Red Cross’ works not only with disaster relief, but the company also consists of many other distinct branches. They help out not only with disaster relief but also with supporting military families, taking blood donations, health and safety services, and also international services. The main focus of this essay will be disaster relief, specifically hurricanes. In 2012, when Hurricane Sandy reached the United States, the American Red Cross was one of the leading disaster relief companies. According to the American Red Cross’ website, the following was used to provide relief to the United States from Hurricane Sandy: over 300 emergency response vehicles, nearly 7,000,000 relief items, more than 17,000,000 meals, 74,000 overnight stays in shelter, 113,000 emotional support and health contacts, and over 17,000 trained disaster workers were deployed (Disaster Relief Services). The Red Cross takes donations not only from charitable individuals, but they also take donations from large corporations, including 3M, General Electric and Wal-Mart (PR, N.) Donations to the Red Cross, totaling approximately $313.1 million as of

The American Red Cross is a non-profit organization that was created to assist people in time of need regardless nationality, race religious beliefs, class or political opinions. This national society has a long rich history and is one of the most identifiable humanitarian organizations in the nation.

Creating and sustaining an ethical workplace can be a daunting task. Could it be that culture, race, and creed have a responsibility when trying execute such a major assignment? Company’s thrive off of making profit and ensuring their shareholders are well pleased. However, there seems to be an underlining issue that has capsized or created an unbalanced work environment. Creating a climate of ethical behaviors will create a healthy company.

On the other hand, negative organisational culture lead to negative consequences for example lower productivity, lower customer service, increasing turnover rate and so on. However, strong organisational culture is not always good because sometimes, strong organisational culture put presser on employee and force them to do unethical things, break law or something like that. So, ethical culture is especially important among the organisational cultures. Ethical culture is a part of organisational culture and it can be considered as positive organisational culture. It is maintained by good communications, rules, policies and codes, management system, decision making process and etc. Ethical culture is very important because it increase organisation’s trust and decrease risks.