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POLITICAL AND LEGAL IMPACT OF THE ACTION OF PEACE CORPS Following the ‘bad’ press audience that Peace Corps received after their inability to properly respond to Kate’s case, researchers reveal that the company is not getting much support from the Obama Administration. Although poll records show that those in approval for Obama’s handling of foreign policy are just about 38%, many are hopeful that he will be more supportive of Peace Corps in the near future. Some however speculate that Peace Corps is soon becoming defaced owing to the bad publicity it received after the murder and sexual offences of volunteers. The legal impact that the Kate Puzey case brought about was the enactment of the ‘Kate Puzey Peace Corps Protection Act of 2011’ …show more content…

Considering that the person they sued was a disabled veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, this was an act in contradiction with their mission of helping wounded veterans with post-traumatic stress recover and rehabilitate (United States, 2012). According to Graham, the lawsuit prevented him from contributing to his own charity organization which is an indication of how much the lawsuit affected his contribution to the society. However, it is clear that the company created this dilemma since its role is to make a real impact for its beneficiaries as well as satisfy the public by providing verifiable numbers yet they ineffectively performed this duty. The company revealed a $154 million in revenue in 2012 with a record of about $2 million going to salaries of 10 senior executives and about $21 million paid to their 248 member staff. This was bound to raise eyebrows on the expenditures of the company thus the ethical dilemma of how to justify these salaries as well as keep rewarding the talent of the …show more content…

Moral relativists are of the view that moral judgments are only true or false relative to a particular point of view, for instance a culture or a historical period. Peace Corps volunteers were stationed in different countries which have different cultures thus different moral beliefs and activities. The theory promotes tolerance and encourages individuals accept other cultures as they are. This ethical position was best for Peace Corps as a company since it controlled the criticism the company got with many people having different views in consideration to the cultures involved. The sexually assaulted women for instance were stationed in countries where sexual offences were the norm of the societies thus Peace Corps had little to do acting in terms of national intervention in the countries involved (Sissoko, 2001). Similarly the example of Kidnapping of the Nigerian girls which is an act of religious beliefs of the Muslims is a clear sign of diverse moral values that point back to moral

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