Unit V Scholarly Activity 1. Based on the response to Hurricane Katrina, what is the relationship between inefficiency and ethical behavior for leaders? How could the response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster have been more effective, and thus more ethical? Your response must be at least 200 words. The relationship between inefficiency and ethical behavior could be described as dependent on each other. They are directly linked because lack of one causes the other. When a leader is morally mature
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American Red Cross, and its federal, states, and local disaster relief counterparts. After which the Government Accountability Office (GAO) wrote a report detaining the inadequacies of the American Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell,
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Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Ministry of Commerce and Industry Government of India CONSOLIDATED FDI POLICY (EFFECTIVE FROM APRIL 5, 2013) Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (FC Section) CIRCULAR 1 OF 2013 SUBJECT: CONSOLIDATED FDI POLICY. The “Consolidated FDI Policy” is attached. 2. This circular will take effect from April 5, 2013. (Anjali Prasad) Joint Secretary to the Government of India D/o IPP
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Flood Insurance Affordability The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is over $24 billion in debt following disasters such as Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina.1 The program was created in the 1960s because insurers were leaving the flood insurance market due to outrageous risks. Its purpose is to subsidize the policies of property owners in flood risk areas and, for some, is the only way to get affordable flood coverage. Today, about 20% of the 5.5 million flood policies in effect are subsidized
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Cynthia McCall Proposal Case Study What can Government do when disaster strikes? Looking at Hurricane Katrina. People respond predictably to positive and negative incentives. There is an economic role for government to play in a market economy whenever the benefits of a government policy outweigh its costs. Governments often provide for national defense, address environmental concerns, define and protect property rights and attempt to make markets more competitive. Most government policies
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New Orleans was originally founded on high ground overlooking the Mississippi River, above sea level. Also surrounded by Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne, New Orleans was susceptible to hurricanes that would come up the coast into the Gulf. Originally New Orleans was naturally protected by “coastal swamps that helped absorb the energy of storm surges before they reached dry land.” (Stillman 228) At this point Americans were more concerned with the floods that happened annually from the Mississippi
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Chapter 1: Introduction 1.0. Introduction The term “foreign exchange” basically refers to buying the currency of one country while selling the currency of another country. All nations have their own, different kinds of money (currency). This has existed throughout the ages, probably since the time of the Babylonians. As trading developed between nations, the need to convert one kind of money to another also developed. This is how a formal system of foreign exchange arose. As trade between
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the mission began to fail. 4. Gilbo, P. (1981). The American Red Cross. New York: Harper and Row. This book gives information on the Charter between the US Government and the American red Cross. This information covers the Charter and how FEMA and the Red Cross are suppose to work together in a disaster. 5. Allen, J. (2005). The Scandalous History of the Red Cross. CounterPunch: Petrolia, CA: This article describes the many different problems the Red Cross has faced especially
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Homework Assignment #3 1. What is the effect of universal health care, where the patients pay a price of zero at the point of service and the doctors get paid by a third party (either the government or the insurance companies). Make sure you address the impact of such a policy on (a) availability of services, (b) the poor patients, and (c) quality of services. Explain all your answers. In doing so, use a Demand/Supply diagram to help with your explanations… at least for (a). When patients
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