iHurricane Katrina and Natural Rights Philosophy After hurricane Katrina‚ New Orleans experienced many situations to what John Locke described as State of Nature. State of Nature is where everyone is equal and has no higher rule like government‚ which leads to one being very self-interested. One example of this in New Orleans is the chaos being shown by not having a stable government. Without having police or help available due to all the water and no electricity‚ there were many people looting
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see. They are more likely to fall victim to the environment they live in because that is all they know. After this happens for decades and decades‚ perception sets in and we don’t view them as individuals but as a certain type of person. During hurricane Katrina all the people that lived in those areas of poverty had no means of transportation to leave. They stayed hoping and praying they could survive the storm. When it came they were flooded‚ trapped on the roofs of houses and buildings for days
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i.e. risks‚ insurance companies take third-party proceedings that develop models of catastrophe loss probabilities. Based on the numbers form Exhibit 5 of the case we see that according to AIR Worldwide which provides information on the loss probability that Insured Loss if the listed Hurricanes Recurred in 2006 is 151.2% more than the case writer estimates of Actual Reported Damage in 2006. As you see from the table below differences in monetary terms and percentage change between these two different
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1. If the Williams-Sonoma continues with its present strategies and objectives‚ where will it be in five years? As said by Rouse (2005) author of the Williams-Sonoma case study‚ Williams-Sonoma uses the diversification growth strategy. According to the text with this strategy the company expands product lines by moving into other industries (Wheelen & Hunger p. 208 par. 4). Initially Williams-Sonoma “opened its first store in 1956‚ selling a small array of cookware imported from France. Since
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THE STRATEGY EXECUTION SOURCE Article Reprint No. B0911A Risk Management and the Strategy Execution System By Robert S. Kaplan For a complete list of Harvard Business Publishing newsletters: http://newsletters.harvardbusiness.org For reprint and subscription information for Balanced Scorecard Report : Call 800-988-0866 or 617-783-7500 http://bsr.harvardbusinessonline.org For customized and quantity orders of reprints: Call 617-783-7626 Fax 617-783-7658 For permission
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converge on the Northeast to restore electricity.” (The Atlantic; In Focus with Alan Taylor.) Many people may be asking‚ what is this horrible thing that happened to the East coast? But unfortunately thousands of people are living this tragedy today. Hurricane Sandy struck on October 29‚ 2012 and destroyed most of the North East Shoreline‚ especially New Jersey. We need help from everyone‚ especially you‚ to rebuild the Jersey shore where millions of memories are lost. Living in a place my whole life
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------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Case 2: Williams‚ 2002 ------------------------------------------------- Introduction In 2001‚ the Tulsa‚ Oklahoma‚ Williams Company was in financial distress. The primarily energy-industry company was struggling with a shrinking energy trading market‚ which was marked by distressed entities such as Enron’s broadband unit and Global Crossing. Williams also suffered internally with a floundering telecommunications division
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4. How is Williams-Sonoma using the internet as a distributing channel now and how would you recommend that they use the internet in the future? Williams-Sonoma uses the internet with the direct-to-customer operations strategy. It has eight catalogs in place along with ecommerce websites. “The company sends the catalogs out to customers that have signed up‚ as well as customer names that have been received in exchange or purchase from other mail-order merchandisers‚ magazines‚ and other companies”
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Case Study: Willimas-Sonoma Williams-Sonoma’s competitors use various strategies as a form of competition. This along makes it difficult for the giant retailer to stay on top of everything. Williams-Sonoma has key competitors like Crate & Barrel‚ Restoration Hardware‚ Pier 1 Imports and Bombay Company. Along with these big names‚ Williams-Sonoma must also compete with regional stores‚ online stores‚ local stores‚ specialty stores‚ department stores‚ and direct-ship manufacturers. Competition for
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William M. Smith‚ Senior Director of Emergency Preparedness at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)‚ a nonprofit that operates 20 academic‚ community and specialty hospitals‚ says lives can be saved with a hospital’s emergency preparedness efforts. After a number of shooting tragedies were news headlines‚ UPMC’s CEO at that point in time decided the healthcare system needed to have a program to ensure it could respond if it ever had an active shooter in one of its facilities. In 2012
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