Overall‚ it can be seen that the Tacoma bridge collapse occurred due to a number of crucial decisions made by engineers‚ contractors and the government. The extent to which these decisions were ethical depends on the ethical stance being considered. Economically‚ the government favoured reducing costs as opposed to the safety and quality of the bridge. Similarly‚ the contractors accepted the contract for a design that they were not able to fully complete and had to make changes when constructing
Premium Ethics Philosophy Business ethics
Date: May 24th‚ 2013 Title: Bridge collapses into Washington State River; cars fall into water Link: http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/bridge-collapses-into-washington-state-river-cars-fall-into-water-1.1294723 Type: Local‚ but somewhat international due to the fact that it is still unclear if any of the people affected were from Canada or any other countries. Brief Summary: A four-lane bridge in Washington has collapsed‚ dumping an unknown number of cars and people into the icy river below
Premium United States Truck Washington
Internal Audit Report for ABC Company Abstract The purpose of this report is to notify the accounting department about an accounting error that was discovered in a recent audit. Because of a weak internal control system‚ an adjusting entry for prepaid insurance was not recorded for the first three months in the amount of $500 per month. This report will identify three limitations of the internal control system‚ it will identify and explain two examples of internal control procedures‚ find symptoms
Premium Internal control
She collapsed in horror when…; wait let me start from the beginning. For Daisy Hicks her life was anything‚ but ordinary. She has a normal life like any other teenage girl. Daisy went to school‚ did her homework‚ had mostly A’s‚ and liked to sleep in. The only problem with Daisy is she has a big secret that only her father Greg‚ her mother Gwen‚ her sister Charlotte‚ and her best friend Phoebe know about. Daisy is a part of the CSI special agent program for kids under 18‚ and her mom was their manager
Premium English-language films Debut albums Psychology
Kansas City Hyatt Walkway Collapse Introduction The Hyatt Regency Hotel was built in Kansas City‚ Missouri in 1978. This hotel consisted of a 40-story hotel tower and conference facilities‚ which were connected by an open concept atrium. Inside the atrium‚ there were three walkways that connected the hotel to the conference facilities on the second‚ third‚ and fourth floors. The atrium was 145 feet long‚ 117 feet wide and 50 feet high. On July 17‚ 1981‚ approximately 2‚000 people had gathered
Premium Hotel Hyatt Regency walkway collapse Hyatt
Mine Collapse Report Monique Carr BCOM/275 February 21‚ 2013 Instructor: Yuvonne Richmond Chilean Copper Mine Collapse Report In the article that I had to research called “Over 30 workers trapped after Chilean Copper Mine Collapse” (Weik‚ 2010) it talks about what occurred on August 5‚ 2010 in which the San Jose mine collapsed trapping approximately 30 workers. The article indicated that prior to the collapse a fatal
Premium Chile Mining
Serge IRAGUHA Business and Society November 25‚ 2012 Ethical Issues in the Collapse of Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. used to trade on the NYSE under the symbol LEH as the fourth largest investment bank in the US. It provided global financial services in investment banking‚ fixed income sales‚ trading US treasury securities‚ investment management‚ private equity‚ and banking. But on September 12‚ 2008 it found itself under financial predicaments when it filed for bankruptcy. With
Premium Subprime mortgage crisis
describes the options for responding to and dealing with the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Development of Events The Soviet Union has collapsed due to a number of different reasons. It is mainly the direct result of the end of the Cold War. Multiple different events led to this result‚ from multiple revolutions in Europe to General Secretary Gorbachev making concessions domestically and internationally‚ led to this‚ once powerful‚ nation to collapse. In the late 1980’s‚ Gorbachev conceded so many different
Premium Cold War Soviet Union World War II
College of Management Applied Managerial Accounting Summer 2013 SCM610 Instructor: Dr.Damron‚ Sandra ASSIGNMENT # 1 By : Ahmed Hassan Zahmuwl Chapter 1: 3‚ 6‚ 7‚ 18‚ 24‚ 26 1-3 List and define the four basic management activities? Planning Planning is the ongoing process of developing the business ’ mission and objectives and determining how they will be accomplished. Planning includes both the broadest view of the organization (its mission)‚ and the
Premium Costs Cost Management accounting
BBC Timeline The U.S. and Iranian conflict started more than 60 years ago. It started when the U.S. and British intelligence agencies killed the Prime Minister of Iran. The U.S. then sought them for help almost 30 years later‚ by selling them weapons‚ but Iran had a plan of their own‚ America did not receive their help. In 2002‚ Bush declared Iran as an “axis of evil‚” this angered Iran. That same year‚ it was revealed that Iran is developing nuclear facilities. During a phone call between the Presidents
Premium Nuclear weapon Cold War World War II