American Red Cross Ethical Issues

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 example is the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010. The Red Cross received almost 500 million to help the Haitian people and have been over-exaggerating what all they have accomplished (Yuhas, 2015). "International aid groups largely operate