College of
Business
Administration
College of
Business
Administration
GROUP MEMBERS:Rafen AlameddineEXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
John Connor
Jennifer Kinsella
Heidi Kappler
Heidi Meyer
A major problem facing society today is the growing number of abused and neglected children. Nationally, there are approximately half a million abused and neglected children in the court system. As a group, we felt the need to help some of these children and chose Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). These are trained volunteers who are appointed by Juvenile Court judges to speak for the best interests of children under the protection of the court. Next, we approached Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority to assist us with our walk-a-thon. The girls were enthusiastic and agreed to participate. We charged the girls an $8.00 entry fee which included a t-shirt to be worn on the day of the walk-a-thon. We involved the local business community by soliciting for monetary and merchandise donations. The businesses donating a minimum of $50.00 received their logo on the event t-shirt. The merchandise donations were raffled off at the sorority house. A total of $400.00 was raised for CASA. The money will be used to help keep CASA making such a positive impact in the lives of abused and neglected children.
We incorporated four major ethical frameworks into our project. The first being distributive justice. We know caseworkers are overworked and the underprivileged children do not receive the needed attention for their cases so CASAs are extremely important in giving kids a voice in court. Ethical Utilitarianism is the second framework. It focused on involving and benefiting four different groups within the community: local businesses, CASA, Kappa Alpha Theta, and us. This made it a win-win situation for all. The third framework being Deontology. We felt it was all of our duty to help the children who cannot help themselves. Lastly, the Relational Accounts of Moral Reasoning. We built a caring relationship between the girls of KAé and CASA. The sorority has decided to continue making a difference in the lives of children by making the walk-a-thon an annual event.
We feel our social change project was extremely successful. We made the community aware of the growing problem of abused and neglected children as well as gave them a way to help the children. We involved a non-profit and nine for-profit businesses raising $400.00 to assist CASA in giving children a voice in court. Our project was a win-win situation for everyone involved.
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