Question

The management staff of a public housing project comes to you for assistance. They have been given a grant to train and empower resident leaders in an effort to build a sense of community and eliminate drug abuse problems. The resident council are new, and their meetings are not well attended. The management staff is convinced that the housing project should have a new playground. They ask you to help them design a needs assessment process that will show this. What would you do in this situation?

Answer 1

The grant has been given to train and empower resident leaders in an effort to build a sense of community and eliminate drug abuse problems. Instead the resident council wants to build a playground using those funds.

This is unfair and unjust use of the funds. Agreeing to this request of the council is not correct ethically or generally. The resident council being new must be highlighted the importance of solving drug related issues. One can try and convince them by highlighting what a menace can come if this problem is kept unchecked.

Instead of directly refusing or being adamant/ stubborn, one must tactfully convey their points so that the council feels guided and not confronted. Otherwise they would get the same thing done from the help of some other person.