BUSN 115 Week 1 Homework ES 1. Question: No one can predict a natural disaster or world crisis. When a hurricane or flood or a pandemic strikes a country‚ who is most likely to respond first? Which economic system is the best solution to handling a crisis of epic proportion? Your Answer: No one can foresee a when a natural disaster or world crisis will occur. The first to respond when a crisis hits is the local government. If a pandemic strike occurs the country’s the health department would
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Hurricane Katrina was a man-made and natural disaster. The hurricane‚ of course‚ was a natural disaster. The after effects like the levees breaching‚ people starving and dieing in the streets‚ how the government handle the situation were all man made. The reason being a man made were ‚ The man-made part of the disaster is that the government knew the levees wouldn’t hold up in a Category 3 hurricane‚ and they didn’t shore them up anyway. What was also man-made was the fact that the government
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The Radiology department would like to expand from its current capacity to keep up with the rising demand of medical imaging in the area and to keep with the new technology that is changing medical imaging and medicine in general. The current radiology department has about six full time employees and three part time employees. The new expanded department will have about twelve fulltime employees and six part time employees. The radiology department is going to add a computerized tomography machine
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In 2014‚ a digital billboard company wanted to install a 180-foot billboard on the northwest corner of Loop 101 and Bell Road. This land belongs to the city of Glendale‚ however‚ the boards would be placed near Peoria neighborhoods. Though Glendale allows billboards along their portion of the Loop 101 near their sports venues‚ Peoria does not allow billboards‚ at all. Peoria leadership met with Glendale’s mayor and other leadership members to discuss our concerns. Glendale saw the billboards as
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A disaster is a natural or man-made (or technological) hazard resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. A disaster can be ostensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ orexplosions. It is a phenomenon that disasters can cause damage to life‚ property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. In contemporary
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Tort Actions The most prevalent tort in scenario 2 is negligence. The first act of negligence would be the glass that was found in Anna’s food that caused her injury. The second negligent act was the waiter’s decision to carry a flaming dish through the restaurant without announcing his presence. The restaurant owner’s negligent decision to not install an emergency exit other than a revolving door entrance caused an elderly woman to be trampled and caused several other patrons to suffer from
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Mrs. Shayan and Sheila When I got to my office after a long day‚ I checked my voice message. I had a message from a new client‚ who wanted to schedule a time. She introduced herself as Mrs. Shayan in the message‚ and from her accent I could tell she was from Middle East. Thus‚ she didn’t mention what type of therapy she was looking for. When I called her back‚ she paused for a second and asked me to hold on the line for a minute. Then she apologized‚ and explained that she didn’t want to talk in
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Disaster Planning Disaster Planning prevention‚ preparedness‚ response‚ recovery PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DISASTERS .................................................................................................. 2 – NATURAL DISASTERS........................................................................................................................... 2 – MAN-MADE DISASTERS ...................................................................................................................
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Natural disasters may be defined as natural catastrophes which cause great damage by disrupting the functioning of a society thus rendering the country incapable of coping through using its own resources as there is a need for outsider assistance in order to effectively preserve lives and the environment. Conversely‚ Natural hazards are natural phenomena that are potential threats to people within a society‚ structures or economic assets and may cause disaster. Natural disasters are inevitable and
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT CYCLE The disaster cycle or the disaster life cycle consists of the steps that emergency managers take in planning for and responding to disasters. Each step in the disaster cycle correlates to part of the ongoing cycle that is emergency management. This disaster cycle is used throughout the emergency management community‚ from the local to the national and international levels. Preparedness The first step of the disaster cycle is usually considered to be preparedness although
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