Business Ethics Case Study: GRPS Public School

Corporate
GRPS is a public school district, therefore considered a non-profit organization. The majority of the funds that enter the district are allocated by the local, state and federal funds. Essentially, the funds come from the amount of student’s school district serves. There is a set amount of money funded per student. This covers the immense costs of teacher salaries, administration salaries, custodial staff, transportation, facility use, technology, educational materials, etc.
Within the Athletics department, there is a separation of Board of Education funds (BOE) and Grant funds. The grant is funded via the Student Advancement Foundation, specifically the grant is called GR8 Sports, Great Kids. It is privately funded by donors like Doug and Maria DeVos. The annual grant has allowed us to expand athletics programming across the district, offering 14 sports to 22 schools involving students’ grades 6-8.
The corporate social responsibility of the middle school athletics program is to offer quality programming to student

Public schools are not in the business of making money. Their primary goal is to utilize the resources they are given efficiently, accounting for dollar spent. GRPS middle school athletics projects all of their expense in a worst case scenario. This allows the middle school athletics to properly forecast the budget just in case something goes wrong. The biggest expense for any organization is the cost of its employees. Employees include: Athletic Directors (management), coaches, officials, and game help. The second biggest cost is transporting teams to competition site locations. Properly utilizing donor funds has allowed the MS Athletics department to stretch grant dollars beyond the original date range. It has also instilled a sense of security within the donors, knowing that their money is not being