official Scanlan could have utilized many different logistical alternatives to obtain results in the many violations that occurred within the mines. He presented many factors involving the Constitution of the United States, but did not produce enough results to help protect the men working there. Scanlan obligation to the people was motivated by the laws that govern the states, but he lacked the know how to produce results. Four Logistical Alternatives Driscoll O. Scanlan an
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twenty-five years, rock dusting, which will not prevent an explosion, but localized one was constantly ignored. The men who worked in Centralia No. 5 mine complained about the poorly ventilated work environment, but nothing was done to improve it. Driscoll O. Scanlan, who was appointed as state inspector, saw the impending hazard and wrote numerous recommendations to the Director of the Department of mines and minerals, many of which weren’t resolve or given prompt attention. The major public administration
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[Course] [Date] Blast in Centralia No. 5 Question1: Identify and explain four (4) logical alternatives Scanlan could have addressed. Driscoll O. Scanlan, a state inspector of the coal mines at Centralia No. 5, did not consider the use of logistical substitutes in order to protect the misfortunate workers. As a state appointed official and the representative to the public, Scanlan should have utilized his positional powers in the manner that could produce results(Fanning, 2007). He was active
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Logistical alternatives Scanlan could have addressed are corruption, communication, time and responsibility. Inspector Scanlan worked during a period where corruption was as the norm. People in position of leadership in government were easily bought by business trying to push their agenda. The mine owners made friends in the government by putting money in the pockets of those in leadership positions. Some inspector’s would even party with the mine owners. Inspector Scanlan also experienced difficulties
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not. Scanlan's first report on February 7, 1942 was a premonition of the disaster to come. Scanlan as an inspector should have and could have done more to prevent this tragedy. Unnecessary life was lost. I whole hearty think that someone in an authority position could have stopped this disaster. One of these people was Driscoll O. Scanlan, a mining inspector for the State of Illinois. Even though Scanlan did document the appalling mining conditions nothing of significance was done. There were
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Stillman, PA, Chapter 1, write a 3-4 page paper in which you: 1.Identify and explain four (4) logistical alternatives Scanlan could have addressed. 2.Analyze and discuss Scanlan’s motivation toward the Constitution (the law), bureaucracy (as a public administrator responsible to the public), and obligation. 3.Take a position on two (2) possible paths of action for Scanlan and defend your choices. 4.Research and cite at least four (4) peer-reviewed academic sources. Your assignment must:
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Case Study Analysis of The Blast in Centralia No. 5: A Mine Disaster No One Stopped By: John Bartlow Martin Author and Publisher “The Blast in Centralia No. 5: A Mine Disaster No One Stopped” by John Bartlow Martin. Reprinted by permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated. Copyright 1948 by John Bartlow Martin. Copyright renewed 1975 by John Bartlow Martin. Overview The title of this case study alone insinuates that
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John Bartlow Martin / The Blast in Centralia No. 5: A Mine Disaster No One Stopped Already the crowd had gathered. Cars clogged the short, black rock road from the highway to the mine, cars bearing curious spectators and relatives and friends of the men entombed. State troopers and deputy sheriffs and the prosecuting attorney came, and officials from the company, the Federal Bureau of Mines, the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals. Ambulances ar- rived, and doctors and nurses and Red
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