It’s worth noting that “Rogue Planet” was written in 2002, a few years before the real-life Boy Scouts of America faced a battery of public controversies. The BSA already had to address the rampant bullying that was part of the organization throughout the 1970s, having to correct the issue with active, aggressive measures in the 1990s. This was followed by the breaking of a massive sexual abuse scandal; in 2020, when the BSA filed for bankruptcy, it revealed it had fielded 92,000 abuse complaints since 1968.
The BSA also faced scrutiny for its longtime open rejection of queer and transgender Scouts and Scoutmasters. Many Scouts dropped out because of the organization’s dated attitudes toward queer scouts, and the BSA was increasingly regarded as stodgy, conservative, old-fashioned, and even bigoted. To the organization’s credit, it instigated a more stringent screening process for its Scoutmasters and a transparent whistleblowing campaign when it comes to abuse. The BSA majorly overhauled its charter, to strongly oppose bullying, and the organization now openly accepts queer and trans youths. Indeed, in 2018, they stopped being the Boy Scouts as girls were allowed to join for the first time. They are now just called Scouts. Certain bigoted conservative churches left the BSA as a result of their acceptance of queer kids, and the Scouts happily bid them adieu.
Perhaps by the 22nd century, the Scouts will have become a healthier and more wholesome organization again. That certainly seems to be the implication with Captain Archer and his ability to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. The idealist inside me like to think that the 22nd-century Boy Scouts evolved into a proto-Starfleet, built to teach diplomacy, tolerance, multiculturalism, and pacifism.