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 are tied to the environment in many ways. Our text states that organizations depend on the environment for resources and energy. For example, SJSU depends on San Jose's community. It creates pressures, as the text says and opportunities. An example of a pressure is transportation and housing needs. San Jose has to have places for SJSU students to live and there are many apartments around the school available. Opportunites available from SJSU are jobs on campus as well as maintaining the upkeep of all the buildings.

A college has ethical obligations to the local community because when a college is placed and expands, so does it's student body. The number of college students that make up the community is larger and people who don't attend the university has to live among college students.