Running head INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS .docx
- 1. Running head: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS 1 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS 5 Internal and External Stakeholders Tiara Miller Strayer University CRJ 499 4/29/16 Internal and External Stakeholders Identify the Internal and External Stakeholders. Internal stakeholders are the people who the individuals and the parties of a certain organization in a country while the external stakeholders are the individuals or the groups of people that are not part of an organization, but they are directly affected by the activities of that organization (Henisz, 2014). In this context regarding to terrorism, the internal stakeholders are the people who are involved in the criminal groups that organize and conduct the terrorist activities such as mass killing, raping, bombing buildings and other nasty activities in order to change some laws that are in operation in a certain country or as a result of the religious differences. External stakeholders, on the other hand, can be attributed to the loyal citizens of a country who are innocent but end up being affected by the activities conducted by these terroristic activities. The external stakeholders also include the children and women who are not part of the terrorist activities, but they get to suffer as a result
- 2. of the humiliating and the negative activities that are performed by the terrorists in these organizations leaving them as orphans and widows when their fathers and their husbands respectively die. Discuss how internal or external stakeholders have influenced the situation in a positive or negative way? One of the ways in which the internal stakeholders in the terrorist groups have influenced the situation of the continuously increasing terrorists’ activities in the different countries is that once the parents of the children have been killed, the terrorist groups takes up the helpless kids. When the victims of terrorism die, the terrorists take their helpless children and induct them in their vices. For example in the country of Somali, the Al Shabaab abducts the children left by the parents behind after their death and takes them in their hideouts. It is in these places that they train them and introduce them to the terrorist group. This increases the instances of terrorism due to the increased manpower to conduct the inhuman activities leading to so much suffering on the loyal citizens in the country. The other way in which the stakeholders have influenced the situation negatively is that some of the external stakeholders find it a pleasure to support the al-Shabaab and other terrorist groups by giving them the finances to support their activities. The support given to these groups fuel their inhuman activities since it becomes easy for them t attain the amount of funds that they require purchasing the ammunitions that they require using for the bombing activities and the mass killing (Sandler, & Enders, 2010). This at times makes it difficult for the affected country to inhibit such activities due to lack of the necessary funds and support to inhibit the terrorist activities in the country. This results in a reduction in the economic growth of a country as a result of the reduction in the level of revenue received from investments since many investors prefer to withdraw from the countries facing political upheavals. The other way in which the external stakeholders have
- 3. influenced the situation negatively is failing to collaborate with their respective governments on their fight against terrorism in their countries. Many citizens in the different countries that are affected by the terrorist activities tend not to cooperate with their governments in revealing the individuals committing the terroristic activities (Malisow, & French, 2008). Other people especially the youths in the different countries make the largest portion of the terrorists attacking their mother countries. Their failure to be loyalty to their mother country can be attributed to the increase in the level of terroristic activities in these countries. For instance, many youths in Kenya have been inducted in the Al Shabaab activities which are a terrorist group located in Somali and responsible for so many inhuman incidences in Kenya which show that they are not loyal to their mother countries and also their brothers and sisters who are living there. How will you consider stakeholders in your solution to the problem? How will you motivate individuals to buy into your solution? One of the ways in which I will consider the stakeholders in the solution to my problem is to urge the government to train more young and energetic youths in the defense countries so that they can be used to fight for the country and protect it from the terrorist attacks. The recruitment and training of more people in the defense forces of the countries will increase the number of people deployed in the key areas to prevent the terrorist activities from taking place in the country. This will also assist at the times of attacks to ensure that order is maintained and help offered is adequate. The other way that I will take the stakeholders into account is to ban any transaction done by the groups that are known to be funding the terrorist groups in the countries where the attacks were taking place. This will assist in ensuring that no financial support is issued to them to reduce their strength. The other way is training the youths in the country on the importance of becoming loyal to their country and also encourage them to engage in income generating
- 4. activities so that they can ensure economic growth of their country. I will motivate the individuals to buy in my solution by convincing them on how the terrorist activities have a negative impact on the economic growth and development of a country and how curbing it would be of great importance to all the people. I will also encourage them to report all the people who they suspect are involved in the terrorist activities. References Henisz, W. (2014). Corporate diplomacy: building reputations and relationships with external stakeholders. Sheffield, U.K: Greenleaf Publishing. Malisow, B. & French, J. (2008). Terrorism. New York, NY: Chelsea House. Sandler, T. and Enders, W. (2010). Economic consequences of Terrorism in Developed and Developing Countries. Washington Blog Post. CRJ 499 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines terrorism as any act of violence or any dangerous act that that poses a threat to human life that violates federal and state laws. If the said violent acts are designed to try and influence the state government to act in any way through intimidation and/or coercion then that definitely is terrorism. Those performing acts of terror do so hoping to achieve a political, ideological or religious aim This acts of violence may include part or all of kidnapping, assassinations or mass destruction. Terrorism is of two type, that is, domestic terrorism and international terrorism. Domestic terrorism are act of terror that occur primarily within
- 5. the territorial jurisdiction of a particular country. International terrorism on the other hand are acts of terror perpetuated and planned in other foreign countries other than the country in question. Terrorism is a relatively new phenomena in the world. As recent as the turn of the millennium acts of terrorism were minimal up until September 11th, 2001when all hell broke loose. Al Qaeda masterminded one of the deadliest attack on American soil by blowing up the World Trade Centre by crashing four planes that they had hijacked into the building. Masterminds of this attack were Khaled Shaykh Muhammad and Osama Bin Laden (Riedel, 2011). From this point on words acts of terror have been on the rise with recent attacks witnessed in Paris 2015 and Brussels 2016. So as to protect its citizen’s post 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) undertook several measure to fight this vice. The DHS implemented a four point policy structure that touched on key issues such as: 1. Creation of a Homeland Security Enterprise that functioned to train personnel with the appropriate technical skills to detect and combat terror. It also has a system that detects and reports suspicious activities to the authorities. This enterprise also had funding to the tune of billions of dollars to aid in the fight against terror. This money would be used for training and purchase of specialized equipment. 2. Improved passenger screening so as to Prevent Travel Terrorism. 3. Detecting, Preventing and eliminating Biological and Nuclear Threats. 4. Protecting Crucial infrastructure and Terrorism needs to be addressed so as to bring peace to the world. Our kids should be able to safely go to school without the fear that some lunatic would hold them hostage in a class room as he or she demands this or that. Economies are failing because of terrorism. A case in point is Somalia. In Somalia the government can be overthrown any minute when the rebels Al-
- 6. Shabaab feel like doing so. The capital city of Mogadishu is in ruins and tatters because of the frequent bombings on its buildings. Defenseless women and children are killed when bombs are blown up. Children are orphaned and they end up being taken up by terror groups when there is no one left to take care of them. By joining these groups, they contribute in make terrorism grow and that is not something we want. Terrorism needs to be addressed rather urgently and measure on how to stop it be drafted and implemented so as to make the world a better place to live. When terror hits, the first to be affected are the casualties and their close family. Losing a loved one through acts of terrorism is really painful. The victims suffer for the rest of their lives and as such terrorism need to be eradicated for their sake. Small economies such as Kenya and Colombia are really affected when they are hit with terrorism. Terrorism reduces a country’s GDP and curbs development (Sandler and Enders, 2010). This is because tourists will be discouraged from visiting the country. Externally, foreign relations will be compromised therefore affecting a country’s ability to receive financial aids and grants. Terrorism is yet to be solve in the world because cases of terrorism are still being reported. As recently as November 2015 the city of Paris was hit at two places claiming the lives of about 150 people. Terrorism will not end soon because there are plenty of sympathizers of terror groups. The Saudi’s of Saudi Arabia are among the leading financers of Al Qaeda (Meyer, 2008). If such groups continue getting monetary support, then what is to stop them from acts of terror? The west needs to stop overthrowing rulers by arming rebel group to fight the said rulers (Washington Blog Post, 2015). These same rebel group would later blow up buildings in cities in the west.
- 7. References Economic consequences of Terrorism in Developed and Developing Countries: An overview by Todd Sandler and Walter Enders, 2010. Washington Blog Post, Retrieved from www.washingtonsblog.com Saudi’s Faulted for Funding Terror by Josh Meyer The LA Times, 2008 Federal Bureau of Investigation website www.fbi.gov Department of Homeland Security www.dhs.gov