1). How are organizations tied to the environment? What is the relationship between the school you attend and the city or town in which it is situated? What, if any, ethical obligations does an organization like a college or university have to the local community?
Organizations can have both positive and negative impact on an environment and the environment can also do the same to the organization. If organizations change and expand, then more stress and demand is asked of the environment to support the organization whether it be resources, energy, transportation etc. If the environment changes and the organization can not adapt, then eventually the organization will fail or die.
San Jose State is in the middle of downtown San Jose and both the organization and environment feed off of each other. There are many restaurants, shops, and other venues that are frequently used by college students or those who work in relation to the organization. The organization's presence helps stimulate the economic environment but also puts more stress on transportation needs, capacity, energy and housing. For a university or college, there has to be a two way street between its environment and the organization. From an ethical standpoint, the college must be able to give back to the community just as much as the community gives back to them. Examples of this might be community service work done by college students, or donations given to the community for various projects like road work, or building plans.
It is a check and balance between the university and community because at the same time, the community feeds the college not only through providing tuition costs if local students attend, but the stresses and demands that the university asks of its environment to continue to be successful.
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Through my thoughts on this discussion question, I didn't even think about negative effects of organizations on the environment. There are often organizations that draw so much from the environment or present a negative impact. For example, organizations that may be established that crowd its surrounding community or provide nuisance or risk in safety in its environment presents negative impacts. In addition, often times organizations can drain resources within its environment. For example, a large company imposing upon a quaint residential environment is an organization imposing negative impacts on its environment.
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