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I need a reply to this Robin Hood has always been one of my…
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Robin Hood has always been one of my favorite stories. As the story goes, Robin Hood is fed up with what Prince John and the Sherrif are doing. They are greedy and taxing the hell out of their subjects. Therefore Robin Hood takes it upon himself to rob the rich to give to the poor. Through the concept of ethical relativism Robin Hood’s cause is justified. Numerous people in this society feel the same way about the way Prince John is taxing the public, and therefore it becomes (in this society) ethical to steal from the rich. As time goes on, Robin Hood’s band of Merry Men begins recruiting more and more people. As many people agree with their cause, many people are excited to join. However, too many people begin to join, making it harder and harder to feed and hide the Merry Men. As a result, Robin Hood starts to notice the difficulty with environmental sustainability. The forests are being overhunted and the game is becoming scarce. The more people join the cause, the harder it is to remain hidden, fed, and supplied. In order to combat this Robin Hood comes up with the idea of taxing people for safe passage, rather than simply stealing from the rich outright. This is where he begins to have trouble with corporate social responsibility. Robin Hood is attempting to tax everyone, including farmers and others whom he originally began fighting for. In doing this he has angered many of the Merry Men who understand that Robin Hood is going against the original ethics and values that he set out to pursue.
SWOT Analysis
Strengths – Robin Hood and his Merry Men have their strength in numbers. They are many, and due to their plight being widely acknowledged, there are more people wanting to join all of the time.
Weaknesses – They are on the opposite side of the law. This could potentially lead to their arrest or even their death. In addition, their environmental sustainability is dwindling. They are beginning to have a hard time feeding and housing all of their Merry Men. As a result their leader, Robin Hood, is considering throwing out their ethical, and moral standards of taking care of the poor, and taxing everyone, including the poor, just like Prince John is doing, in order to supply the Merry Men.
Opportunities – Robin Hood does have the opportunity to help free King Richard. This is risky but would allow the Merry Men to achieve their goals.
Threats – The size of the Merry Men’s group could give them away. If they are caught, they could be arrested or even put to death. There are too many people joining, and the Sherrif (through the use of reinforcements) is cracking down.
Current Status –
Robin Hood has effectively gathered his group of Merry Men. However, there are too many people joining and not enough resources to provide for all of them. Due to this lack of environmental sustainability, Robin Hood must choose to take risky action or give up his ethical principles. His choices are to risk the lives of himself and his Merry Men to free King Richard, or to give up his principles in order to tax the very people he originally set out to help.
