Ethical And Social Issues In The National Football League

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The news story that will be discussed will be about the National Football League and how many people felt that kneeing during the national anthem was disrespectful. The National Football League teams are made up of players from all types of cultures from around the world. As football is the most observed and popular sport in the United States that people watch. The players have a platform in which they can use to help make change to social issues. The players of the National Football League have 15 million viewers easily that watches the game during a single season, which could help promote change. The payers were not going against America in any way; they were still offering respect along with promoting change in an encouraging way. Therefore, this paper will provide more insight as to how this is affecting ethical, moral and social responsibility of organizations to their fans. …show more content…

There have been many people that have died, been jailed and marched for social justice so that everyone would have a voice (Freedom of Speech). As humans beings you have a right to your opinion as long as it does not hurt or harm others. As human’s beings people are going to agree to disagree. The players saw that they had a social responsibility to their fans to show that they care for the issues that are happening around the world. The players took an ethical in a diplomatic and nonviolent manner to promote change. People with power or large followings had an opportunity to show the community that they care (NFL, 2017). Therefore, the players were only using their platform to help the cause of people of color being

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