America has seen many tragedies and failures. However‚ in the eyes if many‚ the worst of these tragedies was by far the Challenger disaster of 1986. On January 26‚ the world was shocked as everyone watched the Challenger shuttle explode‚ killing all seven crewmembers. The challenger disaster was by far one of the worst tragedies of the space exploration era. However‚ the disaster should not have occurred. In fact‚ it should have been prevented. On August 27‚ 1984‚ President Ronald Reagan made an "Announcement
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ETHICS IN LEADERSHIP ASHISH 3/18/2013 What is Ethical Leadership? Ethics refer to the desirable and appropriate values and morals according to an individual or the society at large. Ethics deal with the purity of individuals and their intentions. Ethics serve as guidelines for analyzing “what is good or bad” in a specific scenario. Leader is person who influences the thoughts and behaviours of others. A leader is one who establishes the direction for others to willingly follow. One person can
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1. Originally‚ an Ethics and Compliance team was formed to monitor the formation and operation of the company guidance towards ethical issues in BP’s company. Just like to set up a communication consistent standard for all the employees of BP for different location‚ culture and language. Originally‚ this is a good way to guide the company staff to maintain company standard and reputation. But the code did not effectively address specific high-risk activities for the scope of daily operations. It
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Preventing an outbreak might always seem like the right thing to do. And that is often the case. Though the right way to prevent‚ slow‚ or stop outbreaks can present a number of ethical challenges. Fundamentally‚ the ethical challenge and epidemic response arises from the question of whether it is more helpful to prevent someone from getting sick in the future than to treat someone who is sick now. Or simply allocate those resources to addressing other social needs like housing‚ food‚ sanitation
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The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28‚ 1986‚ when Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight‚ leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean‚ off the coast of central Florida‚ United States‚ at 11:39 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC). Disintegration of the entire vehicle began after an O-ring seal in its right solid rocket booster (SRB) failed at liftoff. The O-ring failure caused a breach in the SRB joint it sealed
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transitional phases‚ changing can occur when people respond abnormally (p.10). In chapter 7(PTSD‚ Trauma‚ and Community Disasters) mentioned how natural (Landslides‚ floods‚ fires‚ earthquakes‚ hurricane‚ and storm)‚ community‚ and manmade (bombing‚ gun violence‚ and shooting) disasters contribute to development of PTSD and trauma. Natural disasters are the causes of community disaster. There are some other situations which can lead to PTSD‚ such as being in a war‚ physical‚ and sexual assault. Everyone
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Was the battle of Dunkirk a triumph or success? A question with no simple answer and probably a question we will never know the true answer to. In the 70 plus years since the battle‚ a variety of medias‚ for example textbooks‚ diary logs and newspaper articles have continued to influence peoples different interpretations on whether or not the events at Dunkirk deserve to be remembered as a triumph or in fact a failure for Britain and its people. In the month of May 1940‚ Hitler’s army was winning
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Disaster Recovery Plan 1. Scope of Work and Contact Information This plan is designed to ensure the continuity of the business in the event of a natural and/or catastrophic event at any location Contact Information: 1. Chief Executive Officer 2. Chief Financial Officer 3. Chief Information/Technology Officer 4. Vice Presidents 5. Department Heads 6. IT Teams 7. Emergency Response Teams 8. All employees of affected area 2. Notification/Activation Phase Notification will be given to
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from space to Earth. It was also supposed to have the first non-astronaut in space for the Teacher in Space Program. But 73 seconds into the launch the Challenger exploded killing all seven crew members. It will still continue to be known as a great disaster in NASA that affected many of their ways of doing things. The purpose of the Challenger mission was to improve a satellite that didn’t transfer a lot of data from space to Earth so they flew out the second TDRS-B
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Essay 8-1 Understand the aspects of disaster recovery Disaster recovery is concerned with the recovery of critical systems in the event of a loss. Be able to discuss the process of recovering a system in the event of a failure A system recovery usually involves restoring the base operating systems‚ applications‚ and data files. Be able to discuss the types of alternative sites available for disaster recovery. The three types of sites available for disaster recovery are hot sites‚ warm sites‚
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