The Canadian Red Cross is proud to support humanitarian effort around the globe. Each year, more than 200 million people are effected by disasters and emergencies, and Canadian humanitarian actors continue to provide life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable people around the world. The Canadian Red Cross is one of many humanitarian organizations making contributions to health in emergencies. No single country can bear the burden of a humanitarian crisis alone. Collaboration and coordination is crucial to continue to respond effectively to the needs at the source of humanitarian crises. The humanitarian impacts of disaster, conflict, and health emergencies are extraordinary and require a collaborative, coordinated approach involving countries,
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There are many areas of the world where the most basic needs like clean drinking water, proper sanitation and medical care are just not available. When disaster strikes, the people living in these already disadvantaged areas are thrust into situations where death is almost always imminent. Reach Out WorldWide (“ROWW”) was started by a group of 6 men in California. They flew to Haiti and volunteered to help in whatever way they could after a massive earthquake devastated the country on January 12, 2010. While working in Haiti as medical aid volunteers, the group recognized the need for skilled people, supplies and urgency for a faster response when natural disasters strike.
There are upwards of 13 million people have been displaced due to the result of the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Currently the NRC is providing assistance in the form of shelter, education, water, and legal help to more than one and a half million people in the Middle East. The people in Syria do not have adequate running water or sewage system. This causes them to receive clean water, nor for waste to be removed from their homes. NCR has assisted them with the repair of water and their sanitation infrastructure. Children displaced from the conflicts haven’t been receiving education. The NCR has helped to rebuild schools and community centers so students can continue learning.
Credibility: I choose to speak about the Red Cross, because they offer relief to people at times when they own almost nothing. I have never personally experienced any of their relief services, but according to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, 357 natural triggered disasters were registered in 2012. This shows that there is a great need for
Humanitarian intervention is definitely one of the most controversial subjects of the recent decades- among states, international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and academia. The centre of the debate is the clash of traditional principles of state sovereignty and new adopted norms on use of force for humanitarian purposes. Despite the political controversies between the countries, humanitarian intervention is now an international norm which calls for action anytime there are serious mass life threatening occurrences in any country.
The American Red Cross has had a major impact on the lives of millions of people who have faced disastrous circumstances. Furthermore, this organization is considered as an elite charitable organization by a large number of American citizens due to its many years of heroic service to thousands of U. S. communities and during war times. Additionally, the organization is funded through many campaigns for charitable donations which gives millions of American citizens the belief that he or she is part of all this organization’s humanitarian efforts. But, greed has a way of affecting the ethical behavior of some people even though his or her intentions started out as noble.
Since 1947, Canada has deployed over 120,000 troops to dozens of countries around the world to aid with United Nations peacekeeping efforts. For almost seventy years we have, as a nation, sent our men and women to five continents, on more than fifty missions. Peacekeeping is part of who we are as Canadians, a part of our national identity. However, in the past decade, we have not participated in a single new UN peacekeeping mission. This is an embarrassment, considering the advantages of peacekeeping operations: They restore stability to regions, halt human rights violations, and even rescue civilians in mortal danger. With distinct benefits such as these, Canada must continue these incredibly important peacekeeping operations.
Company X is a plastic injection molding manufacturer located in Highland, Michigan. The company had started in 2005 and survived the hard economic times. Company X started out by first doing applique and added 6 months ago injection molding. There are two owners, and there are less than 75 employees. Every company small or large should take social responsibility.
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In a recent time companies are giving more attention to develop a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and mainly their core values. Core values are used in marketing strategies (Berry, 1999) also in customer-retention management in order to create distinctive, long-lasting relationships with customers (Prahald and Ramaswamy, 2004; Normann, 2001) and stakeholders (Pruzan, 1998; Post et a, 2002). The interaction with a stakeholder and concerns a business operation use to understood CSR as the voluntary integration of environmental and social, but it has failed to discuss and analyse CSR explicitly from the perspective of stakeholders (Andriof et al,2002; Post et al,2002).
The American Refugee Committee (ARC) is an international humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization. Everything we do begins with refugees. We know more than anyone, the struggles and challenges of refugees and their needs. We continuously try to make a difference in the lives of individuals that are escaping disasters and running from the results of wars. We provide basic human needs along with shelters, education, emergency relief, protection, and camp management. We are also pursuing new ways to solve problems and changing our work and asking for outside opinions for ways to improve. From refugees, to donors, and governments and businesses, all perspectives are important to us. All of our successes are a result of our consistent pursuit of understanding the people we help and the people that aid us in helping them. We take finance exceptionally seriously and makes sure that “89% of all donations in 2016 have gone directly to our international programs and the people they serve” (Bringing an Abundant World). Our programs include “Asili, Questscope, I am a Star, and Kuja Kuja” (Our Work).
The role of the ICRC since its inception has gradually shifted from just being a body tasked with providing relief in times of humanitarian strife to one of a body of immense si...
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the corporate event sector can be for everyone operating in this sector a basis for innovations, opportunities and competitive advantages with regard to social, environmental and economic aspects. This essay deals with the question what CSR is and how it influences the corporate event industry in the UK, as well as with the strategies companies have to do to generate a sustainable company structure and how they can advise their workforce to improve responsibility. Furthermore, the right communication of a CSR company structure is an essential aspect and how it has negative or positive effects on the people. The Global aspect of CSR is also interesting with regard to the corporate event industry and the implementation of the ISO 20121.
Many people believe that they have a social responsibility to take care of their community and the people within that community. The community can expand from local and regional to national and international in scope. Social responsibility in not limited to individuals, but many businesses and organization have joined the call for social responsibility. Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, is when business and corporations make this a priority in their operations. Two questions come to mind, why a company needs to practice CSR and how can they do it?