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Trump Signature Affects Thousands of Muslim-Americans

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This blog post will highlight a few key ideas in organizational behaviour, ethics, politics, organizational culture and conflicts.

The consequents of United States President Donald Trump’s signature on an order to keep out Muslim refugees have unsurprisingly been appalling. Trump’s reasoning for his act? To protect the country from foreign threats. His goal of eliminating potential terrorists in the nation is a phenomenal goal. However, Trump is not taking a step forward for Americans and his actions are an impending violation of the United States Constitution. Trump has noted that Christian Syrians will have priority when applying for a refugee status, which discriminates between other religions. Ethics are the morals that guide one’s actions, behaviour and priorities, to treat all equally and to not hold a bias towards culture, religion or gender. Trump’s doing is not exerting ethical behaviour. When he is faced with the dilemma of “radical Islamic” (Trump, 2017) terrorists entering the United States, he handles the issue in a demeaning manner by banning emigration and the return of Muslims from seven counties – Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, Libya, and Sudan – for four months. It is important to note that these seven Muslim countries are ones that do not have current or past business deals with the Trump Organization in United States (Bloomberg, 2017). Despite valid visas and United States Citizen passports, passengers are being re-directed back to their home countries. Families that were away for visiting their motherland are ceased from returning to their homes, careers and families in the United States. This irrationality in the current day in age is extremely unacceptable. I do agree that there should be measures taken to keep out potential terrorists, however, President Trump’s illogicality is a symbol of racism, prejudice and unethical behaviour. His intuitive decision making has caused thousands of innocent Muslim-American citizens and legal residents from returning to their homes in the United States.

References

Melby, Caleb, Blacki Migliozzi, and Michael Keller. “Trump’s Immigration Ban Excludes Countries With Business Ties.” Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg, 26 Jan. 2017. Web. 29 Jan. 2017. <https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-trump-immigration-ban-conflict-of-interest/>.
“Travellers Barred from Flights, Detained at Airports as Trump Ban Takes Effect.” The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail, 29 Jan. 2017. Web. 29 Jan. 2017. <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/five-iraqis-one-yemeni-barred-from-flight-after-trump-ban/article33818104/>.
“Trump Suspends U.S. Refugee Program, Suspends Entry from Seven Countries.” Reuters. Thomson Reuters, 27 Jan. 2017. Web. 29 Jan. 2017. <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-refugees-idUSKBN15B2HL>.
“Trump: We Don’t Want Them Here – CNN Video.” CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2017. <http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/01/27/trump-executive-action-extreme-vetting-sciutto-lead-bts.cnn>.