Maya Crawford “The Loved Ones”-10 8/9/2012 Tom Junod investigates the only people who have been officially blamed for the repercussions of Hurricane Katrina. Using the treatment of nursing-home proprietors Sal and Mabel Mangano as focal point‚ Junod shows the consequences of the disaster through lack of action and action while showing the reader the many issues that affect all of us. Through this article and real-life situations‚ legally and socially‚ the reader learns that people should be held
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Assignment 1 “The American Red Cross” Chantill Toyer Strayer University HRM522 Ethical & Advocacy for HR Professionals Dr. Jeanette Horner-Smith October 26‚ 2014 ABSTRACT Whether you open a business or a nonprofit organization one has to have a vision and mission for that organization. An organizational mission is the goals one is aiming towards. The mission of the American Red Cross (ARC) is to “prevent and alleviate human suffering in the
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Hurricane Katrina. The World Trade Center Attacks on 9/11/01. Daily responses to critical incidents across the nation. Each of these things is a unique incident‚ in itself‚ but they all have something in common: those responding to incidents like these need to have a plan in order to be successful. Benjamin Franklin has been credited with saying‚ "by failing to prepare‚ you are preparing to fail. ” A good‚ organized plan can often mean the difference between failure and success‚ or even life
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experiences a variety of natural disasters throughout the year. Because of hurricanes on the Pacific‚ Atlantic‚ and Gulf of Mexico coasts‚ earthquakes near the San Andreas and other fault lines‚ volcanic eruptions‚ tornadoes in the plains‚ and floods throughout the Midwest‚ the United States suffers approximately $1 billion in losses each week. From 1990-93‚ losses surpassed those during the previous decade‚ mainly due to Hurricane Andrew‚ the Midwest and Northwest floods‚ and the Northridge Earthquake
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Zeitoun‚ by Dave Eggers‚ is a book that illustrates one man’s faith when faced with a disaster. Abdulrahman Zeitoun‚ the main character of the story‚ is a devout Muslim who strongly believes in God. He was born and grew up in Jableh‚ Syria‚ where he worked as a sailor for many years before migrating to New Orleans‚ Louisiana. Abdulrahman believes that everything happens for a reason‚ and feels a duty to serve his God and live out his purpose. He established his own painting contractor business called
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Moreover natural hazards emerges from environmental activities which are uncontrollable such as Internal Geodynamics (earthquakes and volcanoes)‚ External Geodynamics (Landslides‚ erosion and flooding)‚ and Hydrometeorology (cyclones‚ drought‚ and hurricanes)”. (Good Practices: Natural Hazard Risk Management in the Caribbean Tourism Sector) A natural disaster can be defined as‚ “…a hazardous event that causes large-scale morbidity/mortality or socioeconomic damage”. Natural disasters arise for the impacts
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Fallon Nelson Pd.5 Macbeth Are humans inherently good? It is a question many people are puzzled about‚ and many do not know the answer too. The fact that humans may be born good and slowly turn evil because how corrupt society is‚ or that they have been born bad and been put in order from lessons and rules in life is completely unknown. It is such a complicated question that there has been no solid proof to whether humans are good or evil. Many studies support that we are all inherently good to
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Case Study 2 1. If you had been McLaughlin or Decker‚ what research would you want done? I would want research done on: How to handle catastrophic disasters in the first 7 days‚ such as September 11 or Hurricane Katrina. This will help alleviate a great deal of frustration among Americans‚ who felt helpless to respond productively they felt during these tragedies. 2. Create the management-research question hierarchy for the research you think might help the Red Cross make decisions related
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gains of the subsidy. Furthermore‚ without these subsidies tax money would have been spent on higher valued uses. Congress has typically set the flood insurance rate too low effectually subsidizing building in flood areas at taxpayers expense. Hurricane Katrina and other storms have put the program in debt by $19 billion dollars. FEMA has recently redrawn their flood maps. People who previously thought they were outside of the flood zone are now learning that they are in flood prone areas. Mortgages
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changing workplace trends‚ the organization failed to update its technological infrastructure until it was forced to do so. The technological infrastructure problems not only included the ARC’s inability to handle heavy website traffic after Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters‚ but it also includes a distinct and continuing lack of any real inventory system‚ cost controls etc. The other main problem that the ARC has encountered with handling donation money is how to allocate monies donated
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