Ethical Issues With American Red Cross

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While the American Red Cross has improved and saved the lives of many people, the misuse of funds and bad decision making of unseasoned leaders have cast damaged the reputation of American Red Cross.
In 2012 the American Red Cross was fined roughly ten million dollars due to mishandling of blood. Numerous violations have taken place according to the FDA. Lack of control and oversight of serious ethical issues and basic job competence were the reasons for the fines (Koleva,2012).
In and 2014 article it was found that following two recent hurricanes in 2012 that the American Red Cross decided it was more important to look good than be good. The American Red Cross trucks were in numerous “press conferences and photo ops” and it was determined

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