ABSTRACT
Phase I — Situation You are a high-level administrator with the United Nations. Your organization was established in 1945 after World War II (United Nations, 2012). The organization is responsible for assisting in maintaining world order and resolving issues that cut across international boundaries (United Nations, 2012). Iraq, which has had sanctions placed on it by the United Nations since 1990, has recently been the beneficiary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 706, which allows Iraq to sell oil for food (Federation of American Scientists, 1991). The Oil-for-Food Program started in 1996 and was relied on by millions of Iraqis for food (United Nations — Office of the Iraq Programme Oil-for-Food, 2012). Out of $65 billion that the Iraqi government has paid into an escrow account for food, $46 billion was actually spent on approved items not under embargo, with the rest going to war reparations, United Nation’s administrative costs, and weapons inspection programs (United Nations — Office of the Iraq Programme Oil-for-Food, 2012). It has recently come to your attention that money has been siphoned off to Iraqi government officials and, even worse, to United Nation officials (CNN, 2004). What action steps are you going to take?
