Week Four Journal

Week Four Journal

Objective

You will identify key ethical problems facing the company, create potential solutions to those problems, and explain why certain solutions are better than others.

Instructions

In this assignment, you will identify problems that face the two companies that you have chosen to study in this course. You will explain those problems, how they affect the company, and who or what is responsible for those problems. Then, you will attempt to provide solutions to those problems, also identifying the difficulties in implementing those solutions.

Please answer all questions in detail. Because this journal is worth 5% of your final grade, there is a high expectation for your participation. Grades for the journals are based on content, critical engagement, quality of reflection, and detail. Please submit the completed journal via the Assignment Basket found in the Week Four Journal tab on the left navigation toolbar by Day 7.

Problems Facing Not-for-Profit Company

1. Identify two to five problems that face your chosen not-for-profit company. Explain those problems. (1) Toy collection (2) Ethical issues

a. Why do these problems exist? Present the background on these problems.

1. One of the problems that this program has is not making the goals for toy distribution. Each Marine Reserve Unit normally tries to exceed the previous years toy collection; although, they’re not given an allocation to collect for that year they still do their best to do so.

2. The other issue is that too many Reserve Marines were taking (stealing) toys which were collected for the needy kids. Too many times I personally caught my Reserve Marines taking toys and I punished them for doing that. One of our core values is that Marines don’t steal, which is against our ethos.

b. How do these problems impact the organization?

1. It speaks volumes when a unit (Marines) are caught stealing from the program, which is...