THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP 1 THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP 6 THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP Ashley Cook HMSV 8404 Carolyn Allen The American Red Cross and servant leadership This organization is mainly operated and run by the volunteer members of the public for the sake of providing services to the members of the public. The organization helps the people in case of occurrence of different calamities which might hinder the people’s ways of living. The manner in which the organization is run is facilitated by the servant leadership of the people working for the organization thus ensuring that the members of the public are served accordingly. The assistance given to the people is provided especially during the times of disasters like, hurricanes, fires, earthquakes and floods which end up wasting the people’s properties. (Lingenfelter, 2018) This organization is well known for the relief they give to the people after they experience the disasters. It was founded in May 1881 by Clara Barton for the sake of helping the American who is in distress. The founder therefore paved way for the volunteerism to happen hence ensuring that the suffering amongst the members of the public is reduced significantly. The organization’s effectiveness if facilitated by professionals such as the doctors, nurses, surgeons and the fire fighters who provide servant leadership in their practices to ensure that the people receive quality services. However, the manner in which the organization is operated is controlled by its mission statement which is as follows, “The organization ensures that human suffering is prevented and alleviated in times of occurrence of emergencies by encouraging different people to volunteer themselves with the help of generosity as their controlling virtue”. The stringent principals used by the organization do not encourage dislikes, discrimination, negativity and prejudice as that would hinder the effectiveness of the delivery of the services to the members of the public. Moreover, the American Red Cross’ servant leadership by the members ensures that humanity is encouraged therefore ensuring that the people’s lives are protected through the respect to the people being provided with the services. It provides effective priority in the cases which are the most urgent by not condoning discrimination of the people. Again, neutrality, impartiality, voluntary services and independence are encouraged amongst the member so as to ensure that the people in the society receive the best from the organization. The independence of the organization ensures that it maintains the needed autonomy by abiding by the laws of the country. This enables it to receive enough support from the government therefore making it easy for it to deliver services to the people in the entire country. The relief movement by the organization encourages the servant leadership by the members thus ensuring t ...