Essays on Donation

Introduction

This paper focuses on various tests to determine whether there is need for Red Cross to sort/classify the blood into the various blood types; type A, type O, AB, or B. The aim is to allow the Red Cross to know the supply of each blood type available at any time to help people in need. Another advantage of sorting the blood into various types is that blood can then be stored in a safe place under the right conditions to prevent the blood from spoiling. The paper begins with analysis ...

In the recent years, there has been a need to increase advertisements on blood donation. These advertisements have been done through posters, radio stations and even the television stations. The aim is to reach as many people as possible so that the problem of blood shortage in hospitals can be addressed once and for all. Blood shortage has been caused by various factors that will be addressed by this research. In addition, these advertisements have some impacts on society. The aim of this research paper is to evaluate the causes of advertisements encouraging blood donations. The paper will also ...

Introduction

A memorable case written upon the pages of medical history books is Karen Quilain whose parents went to court in order for doctors to remove ...

Organizations always try to increase their financial belongings and this is the core mantra of their operations. However, there are certain organizations which are not obliged to do the same because these organizations have been referred as Not for Profit (NFP) organizations in particular. The main mantra of these organizations is to provide ethical based services to its end users. The main perspective of this assignment is to analyze the function of a not for profit organization. The organization which has been defined in this analysis is First Place Funds. There is a case has been attached with the ...

The Engineers without Borders (EWB) is a conglomeration of international nongovernmental organizations that purpose to offer engineering solutions to problems that the people in developing countries experience. Most of the national organizations are academic related and student led as well. The Engineers without Borders movement started in France. Canada has the largest organization in the world. EWB Canada facilitated the formation of a similar organization in the United Kingdom. Professor Armadei from the University of Colorado formed the Engineers Without borders International.

EWB’s intended audience

EWB seeks to combat with the problems of water shortages, inadequate sanitation and illiteracy in the developing ...

Business Cases: Questions and Response (1)

Chapter 7: Social Venture Partners - What are the advantages for a donor of participating in a venture philanthropy organization versus traditional philanthropy? When the care for human value is being talked about, it is always good to work along with others. Relatively, the point of giving assistance to others is often noted as somewhat distinctively dedicated to making sure that human value is recognized accordingly not only for the sake of one but a group of individuals living in a community. In this case, it is assumed that the works to be completed are too numerous to count. ...

Pathophysiology: NRS-410V

2014 Type 1 Diabetes: the Islet Cells Transplant Diabetes is a metabolic disorder in the endocrine system. The pancreas produce insulin hormone to control the level of blood sugar. The amount of insulin needed depends on the blood sugar levels that center the body’s cells. Thus, for a person that has diabetes, the pancreas produce either inadequate amount of insulin or no insulin at all. There are two main forms of diabetes, known type 1 and type 2. Type 1diabetes or Juvenile-onset diabetes develops early in life, usually in children or young adults. Type 1 diabetes yields either ...

The paper is about the stand of the National Institutes of Health, (NIH), on Human Stem Cell Research. It entails what to be done when the involved parties want to carry out the same. NIH considers funding research only on human embryonic stem cell lines obtained from human embryos. NIH must always be satisfied with health status of the parents providing the embryos. The parents must always test negative of sexually transmitted diseases especially HIV and AIDS. The sperm and the oocyte donors for IVF must always meet the tissue donor eligibility requirements. To achieve this, numerous medical screens ...

[Author Name(s), First M. Last, Omit Titles and Degrees] [Institutional Affiliation(s)] [Include any grant/funding information and a complete correspondence address.] A war makes an immense negative impact on economies of both the aggressor and the aggressed nations while peace promotes and facilitates growth and development. During war time, all resources are channelized to war efforts, and other developmental activities come to a grinding halt. It also devastates economies, and foreign aids and grants are warranted to bring them back on rails. We shall examine whether foreign aids effect to the growth, and development of India or it ...

The American Red Cross is one of the United States premier humanitarian organizations, dedicated to ease human suffering especially during emergency situation. The organization was founded by Clara Barton on May 21, 1881 in Washington D.C and has since then provided relief to other people. One of the American Red Cross program is the blood collection, processing and distribution. This program was first introduced during the Second World War by Dr. Charles Drew, in order to saves the lives of the American soldiers who were wounded in the battle field. After the war, a nationwide blood donation plan was ...

- If Adam Smith were faced with the problem of procuring donor organs, he might suggest that we would be better off relying on donors’ self-interest rather than their benevolence, and advocate a market solution to distributing this scarce resource. Karl Polanyi, however, might argue that society would be harmed by allowing the market to displace the gift relationships created by voluntary donation. Although both died before successful organ transplantation was possible, use what you have learned of their theories to state the position you think each would take on whether and why organ donations should be organized on ...

English:

Never let you go is a book by Kazoo Ishiguro. It is based on a narration by one of the characters in her life presently as well as that of her past. It dwells upon the aspect of organ harvesting from clones developed and raised in England. The narrator is Kathy, who cares for the donors. She is aged thirty-one years at the time and has been a carer for twelve years. However, after a few months she will become a donor herself. She is exquisite at her job, and this keeps her working for a longer time, unlike ...

A cell is a functional, structural and a biological unit in all living organisms. They are the smallest unit of life and can replicate independently. Living cells exist in both plants and animals. They have some fundamental requirements that enable to sustain themselves such as electron acceptors, electron donors an energy source and even a carbon source. Carbon in living cells and mostly plants is every vital for the plant cells. Plants intake carbon dioxide in the process of respiration and with the addition of water and energy obtained from sunlight, it makes glucose and produce oxygen gas. The ...

Introduction

The issue with blood donation in Canada, as well as around the world, is that the supply of blood peaks during times of crisis when the need for blood is at the forefront of the public’s attention. This often outpaces the demand and goes to waste due to the small shelf life of blood. There is a steady demand for blood donation year-round and is often under-supplied. Should Canada use a monetary incentive to improve the supply and demand imbalance for blood donation?Blood Donation In Canada Canadian Blood Services (CBS) looks after the blood donation efforts within all ...

Introduction

A lot of questions have been raised if it will be wise if the government makes the black market of organ transplant legal. The law of the land at the present makes selling of any part of the human body illegal. Black market organ transplant is a way of buying organs illegally from the willing donor to help the suffering recipient. It has gained fame due to the parity between the recipient and the donor. There are many people who are in the high need of organs, but there are few people who are willing to donate such organs. ...

Located outside Target store location

The observation is a study of altruistic behavior of adults toward strangers. One goal in the study is to determine if the presence of an audience motivates a person to be charitable. Hudson and Bruckman (2004) theorized an individual of a particular personality will respond more to the opportunity to participate in a charitable contribution if others are aware of the donation. This may be evidenced in a donation when the plate is passed n church when a person feels others are watching. Some religious organizations include an envelope to conceal the amount of the donation. In this way, ...

Introduction

“Foreign aid consists of all resources – physical goods, skills and technical know-how, financial grants (gifts), or loans (at concessional rates) transferred by donors to recipients” (Riddell 2007, 17). It can be in three different forms: bilateral, which is from one country to another, multilateral, which is from institutions like World Bank and IMF to other countries or institutions, and NGOs based foreign aid (Riddell 2007). The idea officially started from post World War Two even though many countries are found before that too helping the other countries in various forms of aid (Hjertholm and White 1998). The objective behind ...

“Let us put your company in the spotlight”

Cheyenne YMCA Ways to increase Donations Executive Summary Current Situation: As it stands now the Cheyenne YMCA is in a period of rebuilding. They are making improvements to their facilities as money allow. The top people appear to be holly committed to the principles and ideas of the organization. However, there is a problem from top to bottom with turnover and burnout due to both overworking and lack of benefits. Their top issues at the moment are lack of donations and membership units. On top of that they are in a heavily competitive environment.

Competitive Environment:

The population of density is ...

The program is successful according to various statistics available. The number of children who receive food aid has increased by 150% from the year 2006. It was common for children to skip meals but now the children can have all the days’ meals that are nutritious. Additionally, through the effort of the program the number of working population has increased by 50%. It was the norm for many families to skip meals to save the little they have for their families since they did not have a source of revenue. In the year 2013, more than 553,000 Minnesotans ...

Introduction

Organ trade is a term used to describe a process or operation that involves two individuals, the first one being the donor of the organ and the second one being the receiver of the donated organ, or the one who needs it. There can be many reason why a person would want or need to undergo an organ transplantation surgery and one of the most common reasons are those that are related to medical health and safety. An individual who has been suffering from chronic diabetes, among other individuals whose kidneys are at high risks of failing, for example, ...

Introduction

Stem cell research has brought remarkable potential in cell growth in early life and growth. Stem cell offers the potential of addressing certain problems that humans face. The understanding of basic mechanisms of stem cell research aids human development and differentiation. Such an approach is vital in the treatment of diseases such as diabetes, spinal cord injury and other terminal illnesses (Lo and Parham, 2009). The stem cells research has generated many ethical research issues. Ethical debates on stem cell research continue to dominate the political scene. One of the major issues relating to informed consent touches on the ...

Organ transplantation as a scientific and medical method in treating patients have become successful and popular over the years. However, repositories of human organs have faced shortage while demand for organ replacement becomes mandatory for some families dealing with patients diagnosed with an organ-related disease. Such trend also has increased over time. It is a common problem for immediate family members looking to keep the concerned patient alive and to survive the effects of organ diseases. For some family members and health beneficiaries, finding a generous and wholehearted organ donor can be both tedious and time-consuming. It may take ...

Communities in Third World Countries

Introduction Poverty has stricken a great number of population in the world today. Third world countries in particular are assumed to take on a greater toll on the effects of such condition. Practically, people have become more accustomed to living in such an undermining situation. Along with this matter, the said individuals have also become accustomed to dealing with matters in their lives through sacrificing particular aspects of their existence in exchange for survival. One of the most striking issues that could be identified along with this matter is the fact that poor families do so much to just ...

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, about 18 people die every day waiting for a new organ transplant. It is currently illegal in the United States for anyone to sell their organs or tissue on the open market. It is time to change this policy not only for the benefit of organ and tissue recipients but for organ and tissue donors. Currently, most organ donations in America are from recently deceased persons who enrolled in a local or state organ donation program when they were still alive. This is not exactly a popular option for ...

When one donates an organ, the person develops some fear of getting diseases that might affect the other organ (“Division of Transplantation,” n.d.). Due to the fear, the person’s life changes from happy to almost sad life. In addition, the person is exempted from certain activities such as contact games that may, as in the case of kidney transplant, rapture the other kidney. If the remaining kidney is raptured, the person also requires a kidney transplant. Some people keep on attending medical care facilities for monitoring of the progress of the remaining organs especially to check for possible ...

The buying and selling of human organs is among the many contemporary issues that have garnered both media and public attention in recent years. Civilians, medical professionals, and governments have had diverging opinions regarding the trade. Trafficking human organs occurs in three distinct methods. The most common occurrence is when victims agree to sell organs (either formally or informally), but are not paid or are paid less than the promised amount. In other cases, traffickers deceive or force victims to give up their organs; in the final instance, the organs are removed without the victim’s knowledge. Trading human ...

One of the most interesting and debated topics in the field of medicine is the commercialization of organs. It is such an interesting topic as both the proponents and opponents have supporting evidence to back up their claims. Since its inception in the 1960s, organ transplantation was meant to improve lives, but not rake in more cash from innocent patients. Although, commercialization is the order of the day, organ transplantation should never be commercialized. Organ transplant is the surgical extraction of a vigorous organ from a healthy person and transferred to a person whose organ has failed. Due to ...

The task of this assignment is to create a sample letter of appeal to call upon a reader to support a cause. This exercise helps to create confidence in the skill of mastering business letter formats. Be advised. The organizations shown in the examples are real. However, the attached letter serves only as a sample means of employing the proper way to write such letter. 700 North Sacramento Blvd., Suite 300

Chicago, IL 60612

Aids Foundation of Chicago 200 West Jackson Blvd., Suite 2100

Chicago, IL 60606

Dear Mr. Peller: I am a student volunteer in the Children’s Place Association, focusing upon improving the ...

Maureen Dowd has established herself as one of the nation’s leading editorialists and commentators, and it is clear that she is an expert at applying the classic rhetorical strategies of ethos, pathos, and logos in her writing. Maureen Dowd’s essay “Our Own Warrior Princess” tells the story of her niece Jennifer’s experience as an organ donor. This text does more than just provide a narrative, though: the event gives Dowd the opportunity to consider her own feelings about organ donation, and after she’s done so, she encourages her readers to share her new point of ...

Different countries experience various growth patterns. While one country experiences economic development, others may not necessarily follow despite receiving the same amount of foreign aid and assistance from donor countries. In some instances, this is because of the recipient country’s dependence on foreign aid or the leaders’ inability to properly allocate the economic assistance coming from donor countries. The reality is the more favorable the policy environment in a developing country is, the more economic growth will be seen in the recipient country. This is not to say that economic growth is impossible in unfavorable policy environments because ...

The continued advancement in technology has cut across all spheres of the economy. The field of medicine has had its fair share of the cake having to incorporate the complexities of science and technology. One such area relates to organ transplantation. It has become possible to save humanity through the transplant of organs from one human to another. However, the process in itself though scientifically possible, remains riddled with several challenges and raises questions bordering on the moral, religious and legal frontiers. This paper essentially takes into consideration the place of the law in relation to the application ofsuch ...

In the United States alone, thousands of people each year die waiting for organ transplants. According to the State Department of Health and Human Services there are over 70,000 people waiting for vital organs such as kidneys, hearts, lungs, and pancreases. Each year the waiting lists increases by almost twenty percent each year, as the number of organ donors increases only at minimal ten percent at the same time. This illustrates not only nationally but globally that there is a dire need for more organ donors. Organ transplantation can be good out of tragedy, so that more people ...

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Smarty Pants at seven. And on the other hand I would rate Donor Choose at nine out of ten. Obtaining customers testimonials is a quite impressive technique that Smarty Pants. This is so because most companies do not care what their customers say. Their main and primary role is to maximize on profits. It is very human and humble to know that a company cares and listens to its customers. The challenge, however, is that no company will post a negative testimonial, and to be realistic, there may be ...

Business

Introduction The Radio Frequency Identification Technology or RFID is one of the leading and approaching technologies that can, however, be expected to exert vast impact on the lives of individuals. The ability of the RFID in order to extend the networking from the computer to any object is seen as the coming revolution in the daily life. the waste management is, however, a major environmental concern today. The E-waste is a leading concern due to its quickly increasing amount and the special composition of the precious as well as hazardous substances. The new e-laws are the proof of this ...

Today, society allows people to donate organs, place their organ donor status on their driver’s license and at hospitals when signing in, but the government and FDA are against the selling of human organs. This legislation has been in place since 1984, when the National Organ Transplant Act banned any type of financial compensation for organ donation ("Financial incentives for organ donation," 2010). The question arises if there is a difference. I believe that just like paying your taxes, one should indeed have the rights to do as they please with their bodies. It should be within one’ ...

Among the many contemporary issues that have garnered both media and public attention is the trade in human organs. Civilians, professions, and governments have had diverging opinions regarding the trade and most believe that the trade should be legalized. Noteworthy, it is important to indicate that trading in human organs has become prevalent and has had far-reaching effects, both negative and positive, on the society. Remarkably, trafficking in human organs takes three distinct forms. The most common case is where victims formally/informally agree to sell organs, but are cheated since they are not paid or are paid less than ...

Introduction

Elections in United States of America are very expensive affairs and such campaigns are mandatory in course of raise funding. Every presidential candidate has to campaign hard for fund raising and it has been now a custom in America for presidential candidates to raise funds for their elections. This paper intends to discuss presidential campaign finance for the presidential election of the year 2012. Presidential election of year 2012 made new records in financial campaigns. In final weeks of fundraising, the figure crossed $2 billion mark and this figure made this election most expensive in the history of American ...

One of the pressing concerns that still pervade contemporary societies is organ donation and transplantation. Most of the issues include addressing ethical concerns such as distributing or allocating the number of available organs to the number of waiting recipients; and accepting payments for donors of organs, to name a few. Due to the expansive issues that continue to exist in organ donation and transplantation, this particular concern remains unresolved until contemporary times. For simplicity, the argumentative issue that would be discussed in the current discourse is the issue of accepting financial remuneration for donors of organs. In current times, ...

Introduction

The issue of organ donation is an issue that has elicited sharp reactions from many quarters. However due to lack of proper rules and regulations to govern this process people have resorted to organ trading in the ‘black’ market. Organ transplants arise when one either acquires an injury that destroys his organs or through certain illnesses that destroys some organs in the body and this will require an organ transplant to rectify this mistake. Due to technology and scientific innovations doctors worldwide are able to successfully transfer organs from one patient (donor) to another (recipient) if the doctors find ...

A) "Nbc News Health." NBC News. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2013. <http://www.nbcnews.com/health/kidney-10-000-paying-donors-actually-pays-new-study-finds-8C11459939>. Swinford, Steven. "Girl smuggled into Britain to have her 'organs harvested'." The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, 18 Oct. 2013. Web. 9 Nov. 2013. <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10390183/Girl-smuggled-into-Britain-to-have-her-organs-harvested.html>. "Concerns about Paying Persons for Living Kidney Donation Not Corroborated by Empirical Evidence, Penn Study Finds." Penn Medicine News: Concerns about Paying Persons for Living Kidney Donation Not Corroborated by Empirical Evidence, Penn Study Finds. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Nov. 2013. <http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2010/03/kidney-donation-incentives/>. B) The study was done Dr. Braden Manns and his team at the University of Calgary and ...

Executive Summary

This is a basic proposal made with the intention of funding the arising projects in the Town of Goodness Fall. However, this was after the mayor of the town realized that this urban center had problems in the police department. This followed interaction with a local non profit agency with whom they have partnered to source funds for this project. A needs analysis was performed and it provided some insights on the nature of projects which were to be implemented with urgency. As a result the proposal shall further outline the needs analysis as it was conducted by the ...

VALUE PROPOSITION

For the willing donors and volunteers, the refugee integration programs that we propose will a common humanitarian problem more effectively than other programs. The main discerning factor with our model is that it is focused on empowerment through entrepreneurship. Our mission will be to facilitate the integration of refugees into the Canadian society without allowing them to become a burden to the government or society. Secondly, we are proposing a systematic self-empowerment process that has financial independence as one of the mail goals. Our donors will be able to facilitate the setting up of the Happy Children’s home, ...

Introduction

There have been controversial issues surrounding donations of organs to be used specifically for transplantation. Current statistics have revealed that the ethical dilemma confounding organ donation and transplantation stems from the evident shortage of donors who are willing to donate their organs for patients who had been waiting in earnest. A website which monitor the transplant trends reveals that there are currently 118,731 waiting list candidates as of the date of this research; while only 4,534 donors were recorded for the period January to April 2013 . To address this shortage, some patients or relatives apparently resort to ...

Stem cells is biologically fundamental structures found in all multi cellular organisms. These cells divide through the process of mitosis. Moreover, they possess a characteristic of dividing into more specialized cells and can also form more stem cells. Mammals possess two main types of stem cells. These include the progenitor cells and the embryonic stem cells. Another fundamental category of the stem cells includes the adult stem cells. All these kinds of stem cells possess specific kinds of characteristics and functions. The progenitor cells as well as the adult cells provide a repairing function in the bodies of adults. ...

Argumentative Essay on Fertility Donation

- Introduction Assisted reproductive technologies (ART), also referred to as third party reproduction, are a wide range of technologies that are used to help people to get children. The technologies are used in various circumstances that make it impossible for the person to bear a child, for instance where either of the partners is infertile, in gay marriages, where a genetic disorder that may be passed on the offspring has been detected in one of the partners and other circumstances that will be specifically mentioned in this paper. The assisted reproductive technologies, while they have helped people who could ...

Introduction

One of the classes of chemical complexes whose coordination chemistry has generated a lot of interest is the bidentate phosphines. This can be attributed to the fact that this class of ligands facilitates the combination of phosphorus atoms that have strong metal bonds with atoms from donor groups that are more labile in nature. Examples include Nitrogen atom from the aminophosphines donor group or an Oxygen atom from etherphosphines. This is unlike hard donors that are weak and basic like MeOH and H2O that do not have good binding with transitional metals including Rhenium. Due to this fact, complexes ...

Ethical issues in organ transplants

Introduction In order to know the ethical issues in organ transplant then one has to know the definition of organ transplant. There are also the causes of organ transplant and risks of having organ transplant. Due to the risks of organ transplant, many people have different views of it. This is what sometimes influences peoples' decisions on whether to have organ transplant or not. There are various organs in the body that are transplanted and they include the liver, kidneys, heart, lungs, thymus, pancreas, and the intestines. There are also tissues that are transplanted such as the heart valves, ...

Lehn defines the concept of Supramolecular chemistry as 'chemistry beyond the molecule'; chemistry of the intermolecular bond that includes the functions and structures of the entities resulting from the bonding between multiple chemical species. According to Vogtle and Alfter (1991), supramolecular chemistry, contrary to molecular chemistry, is based on intermolecular bonding or interactions, while the later is predominantly based on the covalent bonding of atoms. In other words, supramolecular chemistry deals with the bonding between two or more building blocks that are bound together by means of intermolecular bonds. The aforesaid concept bears on the organized entities of higher ...

Fundraising practices have changed over the recent past with a majority of the shift recorded being the complete shift from transaction to relationships. In order to ensure proper fundraising, development and maintenance of long-term relationships with donors should be enhanced. The relationships maintained may be either aimed at one time donation or lifetime relationships to enhance better donor relationships. With the complete shift from transaction to donor relationship management approach, it should be more than playing with words. There should be a concise strategy to ensure better donation luring modules that emphasizes on performance rather than the need to ...

- Who are the donors that Fontbonne University targets? Fontbonne understands the important role that the business community plays in society. As a source of the workforce through its graduating students Fontbonne understands that the business community needs a highly skilled workforce. However, the process of imparting skills in the students, there is a need for Fontbonne to mobilize resources. Considering the interdependency between the corporate market and the university, Fontbonne’s current target donors who comprise the audience include business firms such as Wal-Mart, Kohl’s, Target, and BP. - Why does Fontbonne need these donations? These donations ...

Introduction

There are numerous non-profit donors in the United States of America. The country’s non-profit sector accounts for a better part of the country’s gross domestic product. As well, it employs a good number of the USA’s workforce. The non-profit sector is exceedingly competitive, and many organizations constantly work to attract grant funding, donors, media attention, employees and volunteers.

Just like non-profit organizations, for profit organizations derive a lot of benefits as a result of creating a long lasting relationship with the organization’s supporters (Weir and Hibbert, 2000). Gaffney (1996) demonstrates that an organization not only ...

Values Systems in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Chapter 16: An Unlikely Donor

Background This case study that is “An Unlikely Donor” is regarding the problem of organ selling that is widespread amongst the poor people. Organ selling is a prevalent practice in which an individual sells his or her organ in exchange of the money or other reasons. Due to poverty and other financial and economic issues the practice of organ selling is quite common in developing and under developed countries This case study deals with the issue of organ selling. The nurse, Carole Bennet who was working in a private hospital in London while ...

Types of Fundraising: Special Events and Internet Fundaising

Introduction Raising funds for charitable causes is not an easy task. One needs a lot of patience, effort, and ingenuity in coming up with ideas that can help generate funds fast. Apart from producing funds, fundraising activities aim to introduce the organization handling the event in the hope that sponsors will often participate in activities and causes sponsored by the organization. For this assignment, the focus of the discussion is on various types of fundraising options, specifically, special events and internet fundraising activities.

Defining Special Events and Internet Fundraising

A special event fundraising is a popular vehicle to raise financial support for an organization's objectives ...

Organ transplant involves the replacement of a patient’s (recipient) ailing organ with a well functioning organ from some who has died (donor). The recipients of the organ have to be matched with the donors to reduce the incidences of rejection. The first successful organ transplant was a kidney transplant and it was performed in Boston in1954 by Dr. Joseph Murray The organ from the donor is entirely removed and transported to the recipient quickly. The organs are preserved in a special solution while it is being transported to the recipient. The most common organ transplants include Heart, Cornea, ...

Higher Education

Q. 1. Compare and contrast two budget philosophies in higher education. How are these philosophies able to reach the same financial planning goals of a campus? How should the institution's budget philosophy align to the institutional mission?

A. There are two common approach in higher education budgeting, the Incremental Budgeting and the Responsibility Center Budgeting. To compare the two, the university revenues in IB approach is being deposited in the university's general fund and the central authorities will be the one to do the allocations and determine how much budget each individual group will get. On the other hand, ...

Since the goal of not-for-profit organizations differs from the of shareholder value maximization that is common for for-profit companies, financial reporting for not-for-profit organizations requires a different approach. The basic financial statements for not-for-profit organizations are: the statement of financial position, the statement of activities, the statement of cash flows and the notes to the financial statements, which have slightly different specifications than the financial statements for for-profit corporations (Ruppel, 2002).

Good quality financial statements are often the key element in reassuring not-for-profit organizations’ investors or donors. Financial statements provide an opportunity to explore the current status of the ...

3. Why does Teo break protocol and visit Dhavir? What is motivating her to see the donor? What does she and he gain by meeting? Why does the Ministry of Health want to keep them apart? What are the risks of their meeting? Teo had a singular goal which was to meet her organ donor. Even though this was against protocol and despite her numerous attempts of finding the identity of the organ donor, which was met with great resistance by the authorities, there was ‘never the question of abandoning the effort’. This relentless determination to meet her organ ...

What was Joanna Reed’s diagnosis of the situation in the donor services department?

Employee commitment and relation is wanting in the donor services department. There is no coordination between them, as regards the conflicts they have among themselves. Dedication and loyalty to the department also lacks.

What should she recommend to Sam Wilson?

One recommendation is for Sam to hire another person to head the donor’s department as Jose seems to be so much concerned with the community issues. Secondly, there is need for policies that govern employee relationship and communication in the department, in bid to avoid personal problems influencing how employees relate.

Describe the managerial styles of Sam, Jose and Elena. What is the impact of their styles?

Sam and Jose have an almost similar managerial style. They are the type that ...

Mary’s response to this incident should depend on the official ramifications of the case. The primary question to resolve is whether the case revolves around ethical issues or whether or not it has legal implications. Mary will successfully go through the proper channels if she comes to the proper conclusion. Let’s take a closer look at this case.

Human resources personnel and all levels of management in most corporations are trained to identify incidents of unethical behavior. Attempting to date someone at work can be considered unethical. Unwanted advances for personal attention can also be unethical. But ...

An Ethical Dilemma

Defining Death: An Ethical Dilemma

The cases of three infants receiving heart transplants in Denver, Colorado from three other dying infants who had not yet met the criteria for the Dead Donor Rule (DDR) raises important ethical questions for the medical field (O’Reilly ¶ 1). These questions include examining the criteria for death, what it is to be dying versus dead, whether the DDR should be rethought, issues of public trust, and consent and prognosis.

All 50 states recognize the DDR as law. According to it, “patients must be declared irreversibly dead before their vital organs can be retrieved ...