A Government’s Role in the Centralia Disaster Crystal Mack Strayer University PAD 500 – Modern Public Administration Professor Timothy Smith October 22, 2012 On March 25, 1947, there was a tragic blast in a small town of Centralia, IL. This blast took the lives of 111 men working to support their families during World War II. I will identify and explain four logistical alternatives Scanlan could have addressed, Analyze and discuss Scanlan’s motivation toward the Constitution (the law)
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The Blast in Centralia No. 5: A Mine Disaster No One Stopped Submitted by: Munichia Johnson Submitted to: Dr. Joseph McCue PAD 500 September 5, 2013 Identify and explain four (4) logistical alternatives Scanlan could have addressed. Four logistical alternatives Scanlan could have addressed are time, communication, responsibility, and corruption. The first concern that Scanlan could have addressed is the time it took for the hierarchy to respond to the reports
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“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 perhaps this mine disaster could have been prevented. Martin opens his case study with very descriptive and gruesome details about the events that lead up to the explosion. Martin states:
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case study by Martin, The Blast in Centralia No. 5, in 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. * Scanlan reported those findings of a possible explosion to other professionals but all failed to follow safety procedures and allowed the men to continue with the job. Instead of listening to Robert Medill the director of the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals, Scanlan should have
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addressed. The Centralia, Illinois 1947 disaster changed the way safety procedures, laws and regulations were enforced. According to Fanning, F. (2007) “many public sector safety professionals from state and federal agencies knew of the hazards as a result of inspections, union complaints and letters to state officials” (www.usmra.com/repository/best-of-the-best_newsletter_article). At the time Scanlan, the inspector of the district concluded on the numerous hazards surrounding the mine. Scanlan reported
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Discussion 1: Proposed who you believe was responsible for the violent deaths of 111 miners in Centralia, Illinois, justify your choice and suggest ways by which the disaster could have been prevented. ~ After reading several articles of the disaster; there could of been several things that could of happen to prevent the violent deaths of 111 miners. The Mining Company; the Government and over all Leadership for not protecting the safety and dangerous conditions of these Miner workers. The
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! ! ! Group Project: Ethics of the Mining Industry Group 4 Business Ethics 04-71-300-02 Professor Singh Date submitted: March 19th, 2014 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !1 Executive Summary This report assesses the global mining industry from a business perspective. Firstly, it begins with the history of mining across the globe and the structure of the mining industry. It then analyzes the impacts of the mining industry globally. Lastly, it addresses the issues surrounding our land—the Canadian
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SUGGESTED ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1. Globalization and the Multinational Firm Suggested Answers to End-of-Chapter Questions 3 2. International Monetary System Suggested Answers and Solutions to End-of-Chapter Questions and Problems 12 3. Balance of Payments Suggested Answers and Solutions to End-of-Chapter Questions and Problems 17 4. The Market for Foreign Exchange Suggested
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INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION POSC 330, Winter 2013 GCB 188, 3:40 – 4:40 PM Professor: Jennifer Kajiyama Office: SSC, Room 120A Telephone: 808-293-8002 Email address: jenniferkajiyama@gmail.com Office Hours: Appointments available upon request. I. COURSE OBJECTIVES: Public administration involves the "core activities" of government that are performed, for the most part, by highly trained experts and specialized organizations; its purpose is the development and implementation of public policy
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Sixth Edition INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Cheol S. Eun Bruce G. Resnick International Financial Management Sixth Edition The McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Finance and Economics Sloan School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology Consulting Editor FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Adair Excel Applications for Corporate Finance First Edition Block, Hirt, and Danielsen Foundations of Financial
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