Week of April 19-25 Question #1

Organizations are tied to their environment in that they depend on their surroundings for resources. An organization effects its environment in an economic and cultural way. Economically organizations can bring in other businesses that will fulfill the needs of the organization and it's employees. An example would be coffee shops or fitness centers opening businesses in the same community because new employees in the community have needs for their morning coffee and a place to work out after work. An organization can impact the type of culture when an organization takes the personality of the community. Silicon Valley has a different type of culture than the mining towns of West Virginia. The type of people at the organization does shape attitudes and business culture.
The school I attend does impact the city of San Jose. San Jose State University is a commuter college. In response to the culture of the University San Jose has many forms of public transportation for people to make their way into downtown San Jose and the university. Since parking spaces are a problem the university has build parking garages and has parking lots off campus with buses that transport students to the college. Part of the San Jose State environment is dealing with the parking situation because of the culture of it's students.
I feel a university has an ethical obligation to produce students that can help with the type of jobs that make up the city. I feel San Jose state has a responsibility to have top notch computer programming and technology driven degrees. San Jose is the premier hub to technological businesses and computer programing it is only right for the university to produce students that can get jobs and live in the community they went to college in. The university should interact with the community. It should be an asset instead of a nuisance. Students can work while they go to school, stay in local housing, and intern in local businesses. Both culturally and economically a university has an obligation to improve communities.