The Jerry Sandusky scandal at the University of Pennsylvania State affected multiple organizational functions such as management, marketing, the alumni, the faculty, human resources, and the students. To begin with, the board of trustees was required to explain why they employed a pedophile for three decades, and why Sandusky was permitted to use university facilities to facilitate the molestation of young boys even after his retirement as a football coach (Crandall, Parnell, Spillan, 2014).
Furthermore, the university negotiated multiple settlements resulting in millions spent without substantiating the veracity of the victim's claims, which financially affected every aspect of Penn State University's organizational functions (Hobson, 2017). Additionally, top members of the university were fired or forced to resign from their positions due to evidence those members suppressed Sandusky's actions for several years. Consequently, the scandal affected the marketing of the Penn State football team, since they were banned from bowl game appearances and the university was required to pay the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 60 million dollars in fines …show more content…
Therefore, I feel some appalled alumni most likely stopped providing the university with future monetary donations because of the scandal. As for the faculty, I anticipate their pay wages and access to particular academic resources were limited due to the millions of dollars spent on the multiple lawsuits. Finally, the students suffered because the prestigious university they sought to attend was branded as a football first integrity second institution. Also, for student athletes, the number of athletic scholarships were significantly reduced for the proceeding four years as a direct result of the football program's involvement in the Sandusky cover