Module 3 Overview
Mitigation and Preparedness
The discipline of mitigation provides the means for reducing disaster impacts. Mitigation is defined as a sustained action to reduce or eliminate risk to people and property from hazards and their effects. Preparedness within the field of emergency management can be defined not only as a state of readiness to respond to a disaster, crisis or any other type of emergency situation, but also a theme throughout most aspects of emergency management. In this module, you will describe the variety of mitigation tools available to planners. You will understand the impediments to mitigation and other associated problems that exist. You will explain how the Federal Government and other agencies and organizations support mitigation. Different mitigation measures that are performed to address actual disaster risk will be addressed.
In addition, you will understand why preparedness is considered the “building block” of emergency management. The differences that exist between hazard mitigation and disaster preparedness will be discussed. Evaluation planning is important and will be focused upon in this module. The different emergency management exercise types will be identified. Training and equipment for first responders will be described. Lastly, you will learn how businesses and nongovernmental organizations prepare for emergencies.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this module, you should be able to:
4A
Explain why preparedness is considered the "building block" of emergency management.
6A
Explain why evacuation planning is important, and why special consideration must be made when planning for the disaster-related needs of certain vulnerable populations.
8A
Explain how the Federal Government and other agencies and organizations support mitigation.
3B
Describe the variety of mitigation tools available to planners.
4B
Describe how training and equipment helps first responders to prepare.
5B
Discuss the differences that exist between hazard mitigation and disaster preparedness.
10B
Describe the different emergency management exercise types and explain what each involves.
3C
Understand the impediments to mitigation and other associated problems that exist.
5C
Explain how businesses and nongovernmental organizations prepare for emergencies.
3D
Identify different mitigation measures performed to address actual disaster risk.
Module 3 Reading Assignment
Haddow, G., Bullock, J., & Coppola, D. (2011). Introduction to emergency management. Burlington: Elsevier. Chapters 3 and 4.
The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Mitigation
The discipline of mitigation provides the means for reducing disaster impacts. Mitigation is defined as a sustained action to reduce or eliminate risk to people and property from hazards and their effects. The body of knowledge and applications in the area of mitigation are still evolving, but many successes have been achieved. Additionally, many of the successfu ...
disaster Management. Disaster management is how we deal with the human, mater...Fuldisia1
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HM510Week 1 AssignmentHazard Reduction ProgramsOver the laSusanaFurman449
HM510
Week 1 Assignment
Hazard Reduction Programs
Over the last 100 years, the government has put in place a number of hazard-reduction programs as the result of various disasters. Write a 5–7-page paper analyzing the current and past governmental reduction programs (for both natural and man-made hazards) and trace the history of hazard mitigation from the 20th Century to current times. Cover Page and Reference page does not count at the 5-7 pages.
The list below contains a sample of programs:
· Flood Control Act (FCA) of 1917
· FCA of 1936
· FCA of 1938
· Federal Disaster Relief Act of 1950
· National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
· Disaster Relief Act of 1970
· Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973
· Disaster Relief Act of 1974
· Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act-1977
· FEMA Established-1978
· Coastal Barriers Resource Act-1982
· Stafford Act-1988
· Hazard Mitigation Act of 2000
Your assignment should:
· Identify at least three (3) natural and three (3) man-made disaster mitigation programs, highlighting best practices
· Identify the sources for each of the programs and explain the influence of disasters on mitigation programs
· Explain how the programs were put in place
· Discuss the impact of such programs, including the program effectiveness and unresolved issues
.
4 or more references, In cite text a must !!!
In addition to fulfilling the specifics of the assignment, a successful paper must also meet the following criteria:
· Your submission should include a title page and reference page and be in 10- to 12-point font. (Arial, Courier, and Times New Roman are acceptable.)
· Viewpoint and purpose should be clearly established and sustained.
· Assignment should follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.).
· Writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful.
· Your work should display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics.
· Appropriate citation style should be followed.
You should also make sure to:
· Include a title page with full name, class name, section number, and date.
· Include introductory and concluding paragraphs and demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.
· Use examples to support your discussion.
· List all sources on a separate reference page at the end of your paper and cite them within the body of your paper using APA format and citation style. For more information on APA guidelines, visit Academic Tools.
HM510
Week 1 DQ
Topic #1:
Mitigation, Preparedness, and Resilient Communities
What is the difference between mitigation and preparedness? How does mitigation play a role in the development of resilient communities? Why is this important to community sustainment? Provide examples of where this has occurred.
Reply to Student #1
Aston Smallwood
Mitigation, Preparedness, and Resilient Communities
In its classical meaning, mitigation refers to a sustained action ...
disaster Management. Disaster management is how we deal with the human, mater...Fuldisia1
Disaster management is how we deal with the human, material, economic or environmental impacts of said disaster, it is the process of how we “prepare for, respond to and learn from the effects of major failures”. Though often caused by nature, disasters can have human origins.
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HM510Week 1 AssignmentHazard Reduction ProgramsOver the laSusanaFurman449
HM510
Week 1 Assignment
Hazard Reduction Programs
Over the last 100 years, the government has put in place a number of hazard-reduction programs as the result of various disasters. Write a 5–7-page paper analyzing the current and past governmental reduction programs (for both natural and man-made hazards) and trace the history of hazard mitigation from the 20th Century to current times. Cover Page and Reference page does not count at the 5-7 pages.
The list below contains a sample of programs:
· Flood Control Act (FCA) of 1917
· FCA of 1936
· FCA of 1938
· Federal Disaster Relief Act of 1950
· National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
· Disaster Relief Act of 1970
· Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973
· Disaster Relief Act of 1974
· Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act-1977
· FEMA Established-1978
· Coastal Barriers Resource Act-1982
· Stafford Act-1988
· Hazard Mitigation Act of 2000
Your assignment should:
· Identify at least three (3) natural and three (3) man-made disaster mitigation programs, highlighting best practices
· Identify the sources for each of the programs and explain the influence of disasters on mitigation programs
· Explain how the programs were put in place
· Discuss the impact of such programs, including the program effectiveness and unresolved issues
.
4 or more references, In cite text a must !!!
In addition to fulfilling the specifics of the assignment, a successful paper must also meet the following criteria:
· Your submission should include a title page and reference page and be in 10- to 12-point font. (Arial, Courier, and Times New Roman are acceptable.)
· Viewpoint and purpose should be clearly established and sustained.
· Assignment should follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.).
· Writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful.
· Your work should display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics.
· Appropriate citation style should be followed.
You should also make sure to:
· Include a title page with full name, class name, section number, and date.
· Include introductory and concluding paragraphs and demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.
· Use examples to support your discussion.
· List all sources on a separate reference page at the end of your paper and cite them within the body of your paper using APA format and citation style. For more information on APA guidelines, visit Academic Tools.
HM510
Week 1 DQ
Topic #1:
Mitigation, Preparedness, and Resilient Communities
What is the difference between mitigation and preparedness? How does mitigation play a role in the development of resilient communities? Why is this important to community sustainment? Provide examples of where this has occurred.
Reply to Student #1
Aston Smallwood
Mitigation, Preparedness, and Resilient Communities
In its classical meaning, mitigation refers to a sustained action ...
Running head LOCAL HAZARD JUSTIFICATION PLAN2LOCAL HAZARD JU.docxjeanettehully
Running head: LOCAL HAZARD JUSTIFICATION PLAN 2
LOCAL HAZARD JUSTIFICATION PLAN 2
Local hazard justification plan
Tragedies can lead to death; buildings and infrastructure damage; and shocking consequences for well-being of a community’s social and economy. Hazard justification is the effort of reducing property and life loss by lessening disaster’s impact. In other words, mitigation of hazard limits natural hazards from disasters. This justification is accomplished best when based on CEMA plan before any disaster striking (Borough, 2015). This plan is used by local leaders and the state so as to fully understand natural hazard’s risks and coming up with strategies that will curb events of the future with regards to property, people and the environment. This paper will focus on analysis, deficiencies’ elaboration and improvement areas. It will also point areas that require updates to keep the plan current.
The planning process involves three categories i.e. Public involvement, assessment of risk and strategy of mitigation. To commence with public involvement, planning comes up with a way to ask and deliberate diverse interests’ input, and promotes a more disaster-resilient community’s discussion (Lyles et al., 2014). Stakeholders getting involved is a necessity to building plans’ community-wide support. To add on emergency managers, other government agencies, groups of civic, businesses, schools and groups of environmental are involved in the planning process.
The next category is risk assessment and here plans of mitigation identify risks and natural hazards that based on historical experience, disaster’s magnitude and frequency estimation and life and property potential losses, impacts a community. According to Berke et al (2012), the process of risk assessment provides an accurate basis for proposed activities in strategies of mitigation. Going on to the last category which is mitigation strategy that is based on inputs of the public, identified risks, and capabilities that are available. Goals and objectives developed by the community are as part of plan for mitigating losses related to hazard. The strategy is an approach of the community for mitigation activities implementation which are technically feasible, cost-effective and sounds well in the environment.
Deficiencies
Deficiencies are like challenges that face mitigation planning even if there are agreements in benefits and goals of this planning. Below are some of the deficiencies related to mitigation planning:
· Lack of significant mitigation actions – mitigation being a part of emergency management cycle linked through protection, prevention, response and recovery as its focus is to come up with a unique strategy that will prevent natural hazards hence reducing hazard risk (Al-Nammari & Alzaghal, 2015). However, because planning of mitigation is made possible by funding post-disaster that is available, and managed by local agencies of management, the plans tend to concentr ...
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CASE 6B – CHESTER & WAYNE
Chester & Wayne is a regional food distribution company. Mr. Chester, CEO, has asked your
assistance in preparing cash-flow information for the last three months of this year. Selected
accounts from an interim balance sheet dated September 30, have the following balances:
Cash $142,100 Accounts payable $354,155
Marketable securities 200,000 Other payables 53,200
Accounts receivable $1,012,500
Inventories 150,388
Mr. Wayne, CFO, provides you with the following information based on experience and
management policy. All sales are credit sales and are billed the last day of the month of sale.
Customers paying within 10 days of the billing date may take a 2 percent cash discount. Forty
percent of the sales is paid within the discount period in the month following billing. An
additional 25 percent pays in the same month but does not receive the cash discount. Thirty
percent is collected in the second month after billing; the remainder is uncollectible. Additional
cash of $24,000 is expected in October from renting unused warehouse space.
Sixty percent of all purchases, selling and administrative expenses, and advertising expenses is
paid in the month incurred. The remainder is paid in the following month. Ending inventory is
set at 25 percent of the next month's budgeted cost of goods sold. The company's gross profit
averages 30 percent of sales for the month. Selling and administrative expenses follow the
formula of 5 percent of the current month's sales plus $75,000, which includes depreciation of
$5,000. Advertising expenses are budgeted at 3 percent of sales.
Actual and budgeted sales information is as follows:
Actual: Budgeted:
August $750,000 October $826,800
September 787,500 November 868,200
December 911,600
January 930,000
The company will acquire equipment costing $250,000 cash in November. Dividends of $45,000
will be paid in December.
The company would like to maintain a minimum cash balance at the end of each month of
$120,000. Any excess amounts go first to repayment of short-term borrowings and then to
investment in marketable securities. When cash is needed to reach the minimum balance, the
company policy is to sell marketable securities before borrowing.
The company will acquire equipment costing $250,000 cash in November. Dividends of $45,000
will be paid in December.
The company would like to maintain a minimum cash balance at the end of each month of
$120,000. Any excess amounts go first to repayment of short-term borrowings and then to
investment in marketable securities. When cash is needed to reach the minimum balance, the
company policy is to sell marketable securities before borrowing.
Questions (use of spreadsheet software is recommended):
1. Prepare a cash budget for each month of the fourth quarter and for the quarter in total.
Prepare supporting schedules as needed. (Round all budge.
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· Lack of significant mitigation actions – mitigation being a part of emergency management cycle linked through protection, prevention, response and recovery as its focus is to come up with a unique strategy that will prevent natural hazards hence reducing hazard risk (Al-Nammari & Alzaghal, 2015). However, because planning of mitigation is made possible by funding post-disaster that is available, and managed by local agencies of management, the plans tend to concentr ...
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Chester & Wayne is a regional food distribution company. Mr. Chester, CEO, has asked your
assistance in preparing cash-flow information for the last three months of this year. Selected
accounts from an interim balance sheet dated September 30, have the following balances:
Cash $142,100 Accounts payable $354,155
Marketable securities 200,000 Other payables 53,200
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Inventories 150,388
Mr. Wayne, CFO, provides you with the following information based on experience and
management policy. All sales are credit sales and are billed the last day of the month of sale.
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additional 25 percent pays in the same month but does not receive the cash discount. Thirty
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The company would like to maintain a minimum cash balance at the end of each month of
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The company will acquire equipment costing $250,000 cash in November. Dividends of $45,000
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“Must the agony of Bosnia-Herzegovina be regarded, with whatever regrets, as somebody else’s trouble?
We don’t think so, but the arguments on behalf of that view deserve an answer. Among them are the
following:
The Balkan conflict is a civil war and unlikely to spread beyond the borders of the former
Yugoslavia. Wrong. Belgrade has missiles trained on Vienna. Tito’s Yugoslavia claimed, by way of
Macedonia, that northern Greece as far south as Thessaloniki belonged under its sovereignty. Those
claims may return. ‘Civil’ war pitting non-Slavic Albanians against Serbs could spread to Albania,
Turkey, Bulgaria, and Greece.
The United States has no strategic interest in the Balkans. Wrong. No peace, no peace dividend.
Unless the West can impose the view that ethnic purity can no longer be the basis for national
sovereignty, then endless national wars will replace the Cold War. This threat has appeared in
genocidal form in Bosnia. If it cannot be contained here, it will erupt elsewhere, and the Clinton
administration’s domestic agenda will be an early casualty.
If the West intervenes on behalf of the Bosnians, the Russians will do so on behalf of the Serbs, and
the Cold War will be reborn. Wrong. The Russians have more to fear from ‘ethnic cleansing’ than
any people on Earth. Nothing would reassure them better than a new, post-Cold War Western
policy of massive, early response against the persecution of national minorities, including the
Russian minorities found in every post-Soviet republic. The Russian right may favor the Serbs, but
Russian self-interest lies elsewhere.
The Serbs also have their grievances. Wrong. They do, but their way of responding to these
grievances, according to the State Department’s annual human rights report, issued this past week,
‘dwarfs anything seen in Europe since Nazi times.’ Via the Genocide Convention, armed
intervention is legal as well as justified.
The UN peace plan is the only alternative. Wrong. Incredibly, the plan proposes the reorganization
of Bosnia-Herzegovina followed by a cease-fire. A better first step would be a UN declaration that
any nation or ethnic group proceeding to statehood on the principle of ethnic purity is an outlaw
state and will be treated as such. As now drafted, the UN peace plan, with a map of provinces that
not one party to the conflict accepts, is really a plan for continued ‘ethnic cleansing.’”
Case 8.2 Images, Arguments, and the Second Persian Gulf Crisis, 1990–
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The analysis of policy arguments can be employed to investigate the ways that policymakers represent or
structure problems (Chapter 3). We can thereby identify the images, or problem representations, that
shape processes of making and justifying decisions. For example, during times of crisis, the images which
United States policymakers have of another country affect deliberations about the use of peacekeeping
and negotiation, the imposition of economic sanctions, o.
Case 6-2 Not Getting Face Time at Facebook—and Getting the Last La.docxannandleola
Case 6-2 Not Getting Face Time at Facebook—and Getting the Last Laugh!
In August 2009, Facebook turned down job applicant Brian Acton, an experienced engineer who had previously worked at Yahoo and Apple. More than 4 years later, Facebook paid him $3 billion to acquire his 20% stake of WhatsApp, a start-up he had cofounded immediately after Facebook rejected his job application.(1) WhatsApp Messenger is a proprietary, cross-platform, instant-messaging subscription service for smartphones and selected feature phones that use the Internet for communication. In addition to text messaging, users can send each other images, video, and audio media messages, as well as their location using integrated mapping features.(2) How could Facebook, a highly successful firm, have made such a drastic mistake?
Back in 2009, Brian Acton was a software engineer who was out of work for what seemed like a very long time. He believed he had what it took to make a difference in the industry, but his career did not work out as planned. Even though he spent years at Apple and Yahoo, he got rejected many times by Twitter and Facebook.(3) Acton described the details of the interview process that he failed to do well in as follows:
First of all, interviewing a person for a job that requires technical skills is difficult for both the interviewer and the interviewee. Facebook is a highly desirable firm to work for and requires the best skills and talents from all of their potential employees. It is therefore not surprising that the selection process rivals, if not tops, any company in the industry. The process starts with an email or a phone call from a recruiter in response to an online application or [to] a recommendation from a friend who may work for Facebook. Sometimes, in the initial chat online, timed software coding challenges are set to find the best performers. If this chat goes well, an applicant will go on to the next level—an initial in-person interview or phone screening.(4)
In this next hurdle, the applicant will have a 45-minute chat with a fellow engineer/potential coworker, [with] whom he or she shares the same area of expertise. They will tell you about their job and what their role is in Facebook; then they ask about the applicant’s résumé, motivation, and interests. Additionally, the applicant will be tested about his or her technical skills, coding exercises, and programming abilities.(5)
If successful, the applicant will be invited for back-to-back interviews. This part of the process is very grueling and stressful since all the interviews take place throughout a single day. The candidate will also be asked to manually write a program on a whiteboard to make sure that the applicant is knowledgeable about program writing. The goal in this final step is to see how one approaches a problem and comes up with a solution [that] is simple enough to solve in 10–30 minutes and can be easily explained.(6)
As a potential coworker, the applicant will be te.
Case 6.4 The Case of the Poorly Performing SalespersonEd Markham.docxannandleola
Case 6.4 The Case of the Poorly Performing Salesperson
Ed Markham, the African American sales manager at WCTV, is considering how to handle a problem with one of his salespersons, Jane Folsom, who is White. Ed was promoted to sales manager three months ago after working at WCTV for 2 years. He earned his promotion by exceeding sales goals every month after his first on the job. He developed a research report using secondary data like MRI and the Lifestyle Market Analyst to analyze the market. His former boss praised the report, gave a copy to all salespersons, and included a summary of it in the rate card. When his former boss left for a new job in a larger market, he recommended Ed as his replacement.
Jane has been a salesperson at WCTV for 2 years. For most of that time, she has exceeded sales quotas about as much as Ed had. For the past 3 months, she has not met sales quotas. After his second month as sales manager, Ed talked to Jane about her performance. She attributed her below-average performance to the closing of a major advertiser, Anthony’s Fashions. This local clothing store closed because several major retailers, including JC Penney and Dillard’s, had opened at the local mall.
Ed listened to Jane’s explanation and then suggested ways to obtain new clients. He asked Jane whether she had set personal sales goals, set up a prospect file of new and inactive advertisers as well as existing businesses that were potential clients, come up with research and data on the market to use in presentations and reports to clients, come up with new ideas or opportunities to advertise for clients, or asked her clients about their needs and goals (Shaver, 1995). Jane said no, she simply telephoned or visited her clients regularly to see if they wanted to run ads.
Ed also asked Jane why several of her clients had not paid their bills. He explained that a salesperson must check out a client’s ability to pay before running a schedule. Jane replied that she was not aware of that fact and that no one had ever trained her to sell. She had sold time for a radio station before, but that was all the training she had. Ed’s predecessor had just hired her and cut her loose.
Ed gave Jane a memo after their first meeting a month ago asking her to focus on sales training for the next month. First, she should read Shaver’s (1995) Making the Sale! How to Sell Media With Marketing. He gave her a copy, told her to read it, and asked her to contact him if she had any questions. After reading the book, he told her that she should establish written personal sales goals, begin to develop a prospect file (with two new and two inactive clients), and develop three ideas for new advertising opportunities for existing clients. In the memo, Ed told Jane that he would not hold her to sales performance standards that month. He wanted Jane to focus on doing the background work he assigned to help her improve her future sales performance.
At the meeting a month later, Ed discovered.
Case 5.6Kelo v City of New London545 U.S. 469 (2005)Ye.docxannandleola
Case 5.6
Kelo v City of New London
545 U.S. 469 (2005)
Yes, Actually, They Can Take That Away From You
Facts
In 1978, the city of New London, Connecticut, undertook a redevelopment plan for purposes of creating a redeveloped area in and around the existing park at Fort Trumbull. The plan sought to develop the related ambience a state park should have, including the absence of pink cottages and other architecturally eclectic homes. Part of the redevelopment plan was the city’s deal with Pfizer Corporation for the location of its research facility in the area. The preface to the city’s development plan included the following statement of goals and purpose:
To create a development that would complement the facility that Pfizer was planning to build, create jobs, increase tax and other revenues, encourage public access to and use of the city’s waterfront, and eventually “build momentum” for the revitalization of the rest of the city, including its downtown area.
The affected property owners, including Susette Kelo, live in homes and cottages (15 total) located in and around other existing structures that would be permitted to stay in the area designated for the proposed new structures (under the city’s economic development plan) that would be placed there primarily by private land developers and corporations. The city was assisted by a private, nonprofit corporation, the New London Development Corporation (NLDC), in the development of the economic plan and piloting it through the various governmental processes, including that of city council approval. The central focus of the plan was getting Pfizer to the Fort Trumbull area (where the homeowners and their properties were located) with the hope of a resulting economic boost that such a major corporate employer can bring to an area.
Kelo and the other landowners whose homes would be razed to make room for Pfizer and the accompanying and resulting economic development plan filed suit challenging New London’s legal authority to take their homes. The trial court issued an injunction preventing New London from taking certain of the properties but allowing others to be taken. The appellate court found for New London on all the claims, and the landowners (petitioners) appealed.
Judicial Opinion
STEVENS, Justice Two polar propositions are perfectly clear. On the one hand, it has long been accepted that the sovereign may not take the property of A for the sole purpose of transferring it to another private party B, even though A is paid just compensation. On the other hand, it is equally clear that a State may transfer property from one private party to another if future “use by the public” is the purpose of the taking; the condemnation of land for a railroad with common-carrier duties is a familiar example. Neither of these propositions, however, determines the disposition of this case.
The disposition of this case therefore turns on the question whether the City’s development plan serves a “public purpos.
CASE 5.10 FIBREBOARD PAPER PRODUCTS CORP. V. NLRB SUPREME COURT OF.docxannandleola
CASE 5.10 FIBREBOARD PAPER PRODUCTS CORP. V. NLRB SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, 379 U.S. 203 (1964).
[After receiving union proposals for contract revisions for the benefit of the maintenance workers at the company’s Emeryville, California, plant, the company advised the union that negotiations for a new contract would be pointless because it had definitely decided to contract out the work performed by the employees covered by the agreement upon the expiration of the agreement. The company planned to replace these employees with an independent contractor’s employees and expected that substantial savings would be effected by this contracting-out of the work. The Board ordered the company to reinstate the maintenance operation with the union employees, reinstate the employees with back pay, and fulfill its statutory bargaining obligation. The court of appeals granted the Board’s enforcement petition, and the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.]
WARREN, C. J.... I. Section 8(a)(5) of the National Labor Relations Act provides that it shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer “to refuse to bargain collectively with the representatives of his employees.” Collective bar- gaining is defined in Section 8(d)
as the performance of the mutual obligation of the employer and the representative of the employees to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.
“Read together, these provisions establish the obligation of the employer and the representative of its employees to bargain with each other in good faith with respect to ‘wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment....’ The duty is limited to those subjects, and within that area neither is legally obligated to yield. Labor Board v. American Ins. Co., 343 U.S. 395. As to other matters, however, each party is free to bargain or not to bargain....” Labor Board v. Wooster Div. of Borg-Warner Corp., 356 U.S. 342, 349. Because of the limited grant of certiorari, we are concerned here only with whether the subject upon which the employer allegedly refused to bargain— contracting out of plant maintenance work previously performed by employees in the bargaining unit, which the employees were capable of continuing to perform—is covered by the phrase “terms and conditions of employment” within the meaning of Section 8(d).
The subject matter of the present dispute is well within the literal meaning of the phrase “terms and conditions of employment.”
As the Court of Appeals pointed out, it is not necessary that it be likely or probable that the union will yield or supply a feasible solution but rather that the union be afforded an opportunity to meet management’s legitimate complaints that its maintenance was unduly costly.
We are thus not expanding the scope of mandatory bargaining to hold, as we do now, that the type of “contracting out” involved in this case—the replacement of employees in the exi.
Case 4 The McDonald’s China Food Supplier Scandal1. What we.docxannandleola
Case 4:
The McDonald’s China Food Supplier Scandal
1. What were the root causes for Husi’s misbehavior?
2. What are the major challenges faced by the multinationals such as McDonald’s in supply chain management in China?
3. Should McDonald’s be held responsible for the scandal? How could McDonald’s avoid similar situations from happening again?
4. Should OSI be held responsible for the scandal? What should OSI do to prevent similar situations from happening again?
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Case 3 Neesha Wilson Phoenix Rising Risks, Protective Factors, and.docxannandleola
Case 3 Neesha Wilson Phoenix Rising Risks, Protective Factors, and Psychological Well-Being
Neesha Wilson, a 10-year-old African American girl, was referred for assessment to the school psychologist as a result of a child study team meeting held at the school in May. Presenting problems included poor school progress and escalating behavioral concerns. It was the school’s impression that Neesha might qualify for special education assistance as a child with an emotional disorder. Currently, Neesha has an older brother, Tyrone, who is attending an alternate school program for children and youth with severe emotional disturbance.
Developmental History/Family Background
The school social worker completed Neesha’s initial work-up just prior to the end of the academic term; intake information is summarized as follows:
Neesha lives with her 15-year-old brother, Tyrone, and her mother in a two-bedroom apartment. The social worker described the apartment as tiny but very well kept. Neesha has her own bedroom, and Tyrone sleeps on the couch, which folds out into a bed. The social worker noted that it was difficult to book an appointment with Mrs. Wilson, who was reportedly working two jobs: cleaning offices and working as a hairstylist. Mrs. Wilson graduated from hairstylist classes last year. Although her career as a hairstylist has a lot of potential, she is only beginning to develop clientele. She also works part time cleaning offices. Despite the lack of financial resources, the children were clean, well dressed, and did not miss any meals. The children were on the free-lunch program at the schools. According to Mrs. Wilson, Neesha’s early history was unremarkable and motor and language milestones developed on schedule.
An immediate concern of the social worker’s centered on who cared for the children when their mother, Tanya, had to work evenings cleaning offices. Tanya stated that it was not a problem for her because she would either send the children to her sister’s apartment a few blocks away, or have a cousin who lived in the building check in on the kids. Also, Tyrone was 15, so he was capable of watching his sister, although she preferred to have an adult nearby, given Tyrone’s behavior problems.
Neesha’s mother described her as an easy baby and said that she never really had any problems with her. She added that it was Tyrone who was giving her all the problems, not Neesha. The family had struggled since her husband, Walt, left the family about 3 years ago, when Neesha was in Grade 1. In the past two years, Walt has had virtually no contact with the children. He moved in with his girlfriend and their one-year-old baby and recently moved to another state. Neesha was very upset with the marriage breakdown and misses her father very much. Neesha visited with her dad and his new family, initially, but was very disappointed that the visits were neither consistent nor more frequent. Neesha did not like Walt’s girlfriend and felt that her father wa.
Case 48 Sun Microsystems Done by Nour Abdulaziz Maryam .docxannandleola
Case 48: Sun Microsystems
Done by: Nour Abdulaziz
Maryam Barifah
Shrouq Al-Jaadi
Balqees Mekhalfi
Yara El-Feki
Introduction
•In 2009, Oracle was planning to acquire Sun Microsystems.
•This acquisition would allow Oracle;
•to further diversify their brand, customers and acquire various new platforms that would be added to their portfolio such as MySQL, Solaris and Java.
•Oracle originally placed an offer of $9.50 per share price which is considerably higher than Sun Microsystem’s price that is $6.69.
•This will cut the production costs and make the company more efficient throughout all the value chain.
•Oracle aimed to capitalize on Sun Microsystem’s decline by getting particular assets or the whole company at the deflated price.
Is Sun Microsystems a good strategic fit for Oracle? Should Oracle acquire Sun Microsystems?
- as it will allow them to achieve their vision of becoming the Apple of the software industry.
- it will allow the company to deliver high-quality customer products by combining both hardware and software components, hence reducing the consumer setup process.
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It will provide Oracle with the needed expansion.
-This acquisition fits Oracle’s overall strategy which is to improve through acquiring and effectively integrating other companies
Worth of Sun Microsystems and Valuation Approaches
To know how much Sun Microsystems worth, we must find the Stand Alone Value of the company.
The Stand Alone value represents the present value of Sun Microsystem individually before factoring the synergy that would be created when Oracle acquires Sun.
Another method is the value of Sun Microsystem with synergies, which after being acquired by Oracle, must be found. This is done to see whether or not the acquisition was a proper strategic decision or not
Another method of valuing the Sun Microsystem is through the comparative company analysis (CCA). That is done through the thorough assessment of rival and peer businesses of similar size and industry.
Finally, the acquisition price, which is the price that is paid to the target when it is first acquired, is also used as a separate method of valuation. The value of the acquisition price ranges between the values of the stand-alone and the synergies.
USING THE DCF
To be able to find the values of both, the Stand Alone and the synergies, we have decided the best way to do so is by calculating the discounted cash flow (DCF) by using the multiples and the perpetuity growth methods and finding the average of both.
DCF Using Multiples MethodDCF Using Perpetuity Growth MethodIt does not consider long-term growth rate or the economics of business.This method seems inaccurate as the company assumes a certain growth rate will remains the same 2014 onwards (forever) which is unrealistic.It is considered a challenging method to use as it is very difficult to identify truly comparable companies.
USING THE WACC
The weig.
CASE 42 Myasthenia Gravis The immune response turns agai.docxannandleola
CASE 42 Myasthenia Gravis
The immune response turns against the host.
The specific adaptive immune response can, in rare instances, be mounted
against self antigens and cause autoimmune disease. Injury to body tissues
can result from antibodies directed against cell-surface or extracellular-matrix
molecules, from antibodies bound to circulating molecules that deposit as
immune complexes, or from clones of T cells that react with self antigens. A
special class of autoimmune disease is caused by autoantibodies against cell
surface receptors (Fig. 42.1). Graves' disease and myasthenia gravis are two
well-studied examples . Graves' disease is caused by autoantibodies against
the receptor on thyroid cells for thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), secreted
by the pituitary gland. In this disease, autoantibody binds to the TSH recep
tor; like TSH, it stimulates the thyroid gland to produce thyroid hormones.
In myasthenia gravis, the opposite effect is observed: antibodies against the
acetylcholine receptor at the neuromuscular junction impede the binding of
acetylcholine and stimulate internalization of the receptor, thereby block
ing the t ransmission of nerve impulses by acetylcholine (Fig. 42.2). In addi
tion, the presence of autoantibodies at the neuromuscular junction initiates
complement-mediated lysis ofthe muscle endplate and damages the muscle
membrane.
Myasthenia gravis means severe (gravis) muscle (my) weakness (asthenia).
This disease was first identified as an autoimmune disease when an immun
ologist immunized rabbits with purified acetylcholine receptors to obtain
antibodies against this receptor. He noticed that the rabbits developed floppy
ears, like the droopy eyelids (ptosis) that are the most characteristic symptom
of myasthenia gravis in humans. Subsequently, patients with this disease
were found to have antibodies against the acetycholine receptor. In addition,
pregnant women with myasthenia gravis transfer the disease to their newborn
infants. As IgG is the only maternal serum protein that crosses the placenta
fro m mother to fetus, neonatal myasthenia gravis is clear evidence that
myasthenia gravis is caused by an anti-IgG antibody. More recently, patients
with myasthenia gravis have been identified who have autoantibodies against
muscle-specific kinase (MUSK) rather than the acetylcholine receptor.
MUSK is a tyrosine kinase receptor involved in clustering acetylcholine
receptors; therefore, these autoantibodies also inhibit signaling through the
neuromuscular junction.
Topics bearing on
this case:
Humoral autoimmunity
Transfer of maternal
antibodies
Mechanisms for
breaking tolerance
This case was prepared by RaifGeha , MD, in collaboration with Janet Chou, MD.
~ Case 42: Myasthenia Gravis
Fig. 42.1 Autoimmune diseases caused
by antibody against surface or matrix
antigens. These are known as type II
autoimmune diseases. Damage by
IgE-mediated responses (type I) does no.
Case 4 JetBlue Delighting Customers Through Happy JettingIn the.docxannandleola
Case 4 JetBlue: Delighting Customers Through Happy Jetting
In the early years, JetBlue was a thriving young airline with a strong reputation for outstanding service. In fact, the low-fare airline referred to itself as a customer service company that just happened to fly planes. But on a Valentine’s Day, JetBlue was hit by the perfect storm, literally, of events that led to an operational meltdown. One of the most severe storms of the decade covered JetBlue’s main hub at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport with a thick layer of snow and ice. JetBlue did not have the infrastructure to deal with such a crisis. The severity of the storm, coupled with a series of poor management decisions, left JetBlue passengers stranded in planes on the runway for up to 11 hours. Worse still, the ripple effect of the storm created major JetBlue flight disruptions for six more days. Understandably, customers were livid. JetBlue’s efforts to clean up the mess following the six-day Valentine’s Day nightmare cost over $30 million in overtime, flight refunds, vouchers for future travel, and other expenses. But the blow to the company’s previously stellar customer-service reputation stung far more than the financial fallout. JetBlue became the butt of jokes by late night talk show hosts. Some industry observers even predicted that this would be the end
of JetBlue. But just three years later, the company is not only still flying, it is growing, profitable, and hotter than ever. During a serious economic downturn competing airlines were cut routes, retiring aircraft, laying off employees, and lost money. JetBlue added planes, expanded into new cities, hired thousands of new employees, and turning profits.
Truly Customer Focused What’s the secret to JetBlue’s success? Quite simply, it’s an obsession with making sure that every customer experience lives up to the company slogan, “Happy Jetting.” Lots of companies say they focus on customers. But at JetBlue, customer well-being is ingrained in the culture. From the beginning, JetBlue set out to provide features that would delight customers. For example, most air travelers expect to be squashed when flying coach. But JetBlue has configured its seats with three more inches of legroom than the average airline seat. That may not sound like much. But those three inches allow six-foot three-inch Arianne Cohen, author of The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life from on High, to stretch out and even cross her legs. If that’s not enough, for as little as $10 per flight, travelers can reserve one of JetBlue’s “Even More Legroom” seats, which offer even more space and a flatter recline position. Add the fact that every JetBlue seat is well padded and covered in leather, and you already have an air travel experience that rivals first-class accommodations (something JetBlue doesn’t offer). Food and beverage is another perk that JetBlue customers enjoy. The airline doesn’t serve meals, but it offers the best selection of free.
Case 4-2 Hardee TransportationThe Assignment Answer the four .docxannandleola
Case 4-2 Hardee Transportation
The Assignment: Answer the four (4) questions at the end of Case 4-2
Resources: Course Textbook, Appendix 4B, Table 4B-1, Attached worksheet (Word or Excel format)
Acceptable Length:
Show your work for solution to questions 1 and 2
. Well-written responses to question 3 and 4.
Formatting Requirements:
Enter your name and date
Provide well-structured solutions/answers- incomplete answers will receive partial credit
Show your work
2. Answer case questions,
using the attached word template or excel document
. Complete assignment and submit as an attachment using the assignment link when finished.
.
Case 3-8 Accountant takes on Halliburton and Wins!1. Descri.docxannandleola
Case 3-8 Accountant takes on Halliburton and Wins!
1. Describe the inadequacies in the corporate governance system at Halliburton.
2. Consider the role of KPMG in the case with respect to the accounting and auditing issues. How did the firms’ actions relate to the ethical and professional expectations for CPAs by the accounting profession?
3. The Halliburton case took place before the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act was adopted by Congress. Assume Dodd-Frank had been in effect and Menendez decided to inform the SEC under Dodd-Frank rather than SOX because it had been more than 180 days since the accounting violation had occurred. Given the facts of the case would Menendez have qualified for whistleblower protection? Explain.
4. Some critics claim that while Menendez’s actions may have been courageous, he harmed others along the way. His family was in limbo for many years and had to deal with the agony of being labeled a whistleblower and disloyal to Halliburton. The company’s overall revenue did not change; a small amount was merely shifted to an earlier period. Halliburton didn't steal any money, they didn't cheat the IRS, they didn't cheat their customers or their employees. In fact, they lessened their cash flows by paying out taxes earlier than they should have under the rules. How do you respond to these criticisms?
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Case 3 Ford’s Pinto Fires The Retrospective View of Ford’s Fiel.docxannandleola
Case 3
Ford’s Pinto Fires: The Retrospective View of Ford’s Field Recall Coordinator
Brief Overview of the Ford Pinto Fires
Determined to compete with fuel- efficient Volkswagen and Japanese imports, the Ford Motor Company introduced the subcompact Pinto in the 1971 model year. Lee Iacocca, Ford’s president at the time, insisted that the Pinto weigh no more than 2,000 pounds and cost no more than $2,000. Even with these restrictions, the Pinto met federal safety standards, although some people have argued that strict adherence to the restrictions led Ford engineers to compromise safety. Some 2 million units were sold during the 10- year life of the Pinto.
The Pinto’s major design flaw— a fuel tank prone to rupturing with moderate speed rear- end collisions— surfaced not too long after the Pinto’s entrance to the market. In April 1974, the Center for Auto Safety petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to recall Ford Pintos due to the fuel tank design defect. The Center for Auto Safety’s petition was based on reports from attorneys of three deaths and four serious injuries in moderate- speed rear- end collisions involving Pintos. The NHTSA did not act on this petition until 1977. As a result of tests performed for the NHTSA, as well as the extraordinary amount of publicity generated by the problem, Ford agreed, on June 9, 1978, to recall 1.5 million 1971– 1976 Ford Pintos and 30,000 1975– 1976 Mercury Bobcat sedan and hatchback models for modifications to the fuel tank. Recall notices were mailed to the affected Pinto and Bobcat owners in September 1978. Repair parts were to be delivered to all dealers by September 15, 1978.
Unfortunately, the recall was initiated too late for six people. Between June 9 and September 15, 1978, six people died in Pinto fires after a rear impact. Three of these people were teenage girls killed in Indiana in August 1978 when their 1973 Pinto burst into flames after being rear- ended by a van. The fiery deaths of the Indiana teenagers led to criminal prosecution of the Ford Motor Company on charges of reckless homicide, marking the first time that an American corporation
was prosecuted on criminal charges. In the trial, which commenced on January 15, 1980, “Indiana state prosecutors alleged that Ford knew Pinto gasoline tanks were prone to catch fire during rear- end collisions but failed to warn the public or fix the problem out of concern for profits.” On March 13, 1980, a jury found Ford innocent of the charges. Production of the Pinto was discontinued in the fall of 1980.
Enter Ford’s Field Recall Coordinator
Dennis A. Gioia, currently a professor in the Department of Management and Organization at Pennsylvania State University, was the field recall coordinator at Ford Motor Company as the Pinto fuel tank defect began unfolding. Gioia’s responsibilities included the operational coordination of all the current recall
92 Business Ethics
campaigns, tracking incoming information.
Case 3Competition in the Craft Brewing Industry in 2017John D. Var.docxannandleola
Case 3Competition in the Craft Brewing Industry in 2017
John D. Varlaro
Johnson & Wales University
John E. Gamble
Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Locally produced or regional craft beers caused a seismic shift in the U.S. beer industry during the early 2010s with the gains of the small, regional newcomers coming at the expense of such well-known brands as Budweiser, Miller, Coors, and Bud Light. Craft breweries, which by definition sold fewer than 6 million barrels (bbls) per year, expanded rapidly with the deregulation of intrastate alcohol distribution and retail laws and a change in consumer preferences toward unique and high-quality beers. The growing popularity of craft beers allowed the total beer industry in the United States to increase by 6.7 percent annually between 2011 and 2016 to reach $39.5 billion. The production of U.S. craft breweries more than doubled from 11.5 million bbls per year to about 24.6 million bbls per year during that time. In addition, production by microbreweries and brewpubs accounted for 90 percent of craft brewer growth in 2016.1
The industry had begun to show signs of a slowdown going into 2017, with Boston Beer Company, the second largest craft brewery in the United States and known for its Samuel Adams brand, experiencing a 4 percent sales decline in 2016 that erased two years of of growth. The annual revenues of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA, whose portfolio included global brands Budweiser, Corona, and Stella Artois and numerous international and local brands, remained relatively consistent from 2014 to 2016. However, the sales volume of Anheuser-Busch’s flagship brands and its newly acquired and international brands such as Corona, Goose Island, Shock Top, Beck’s, and St. Pauli Girl allowed it to control 45.8 percent of the U.S. market for beer in 2016.2
Industry competition was increasing as grain price fluctuations affected cost structures and growing consolidation within the beer industry—led most notably by AB InBev’s acquisition of several craft breweries, Grupo Modelo, and its pending $104 billion acquisition of SABMiller—created a battle for market share. While the market for specialty beer was expected to gradually plateau by 2020, it appeared that the slowing growth had arrived by 2017. Nevertheless, craft breweries and microbreweries were expected to expand in number and in terms of market share as consumers sought out new pale ales, stouts, wheat beers, pilsners, and lagers with regional or local flairs.The Beer Market
The total economic impact of the beer market was estimated to be 2.0 percent of the total U.S. GDP in 2016 when variables such as jobs within beer production, sales, and distribution were included.3Exhibit 1 presents annual beer production statistics for the United States between 2006 and 2016.
Year
Barrels Produced (in millions)*
2006
198
2007
200
2008
200
2009
197
2010
195
2011
193
2012
196
2013
192
2014
193
2015
191
2016
189
*Rounded to the nearest million. .
CASE 3.2 Ethics, Schmethics-Enrons Code of EthicsIn Jul.docxannandleola
CASE 3.2 "Ethics, Schmethics"-Enron's Code of Ethics
In July 2000, Enron Corporation published an internal code of ethics docu-
ment that ran 64 pages in length (see the Appendix 1).Page 12 of the document
proudly announced the company's position on business ethics:
Employees of Enron Corp., its subsidiaries, and its affiliated companies
(collectively the "Company") are charged with conducting their business
affairs in accordance with the highest ethical standards. An employee
shall not conduct himself or herself in a manner which directly or indi-
rectly would be detrimental to the best interests of the Company or in
a manner which would bring to the employee financial gain separately
derived as a direct consequence of his or her employment with the Com-
pany. Moral as well as legal obligations will be fulfilled openly, promptly,
and in a manner which will reflect pride on the Company's name.
Products and services of the Company will be of the highest quality and
as represented. Advertising and promotion will be truthful, not exagger-
ated or misleading.
Agreements, whether contractual or verbal, will be honored. No bribes,
bonuses, kickbacks, lavish entertainment, or gifts will be given or received
. in exchange for special position, price or privilege . . . Relations with
the Company's many publics-customers, stockholders, governments,
employees, suppliers, press, and bankers-will be conducted in honesty,
candor, and fairness." .- ~ ~ ~ -
Subsequent investigations into the inner workings of Enron Corp. revealed that
the only time this code of ethics received formal attention (other than, presum-
ably,when it was created and formally accepted) was when the board of directors
voted to waive key provisions of the code in order to allow the off-balance-sheet
partnerships that Chief Financial Officer Andy Fastow ultimately used to hide
over half a billion dollars of debt from analysts and investors.
A more realistic picture of the apparent flexibility of Enron's ethical culture
can be found in the extreme conflict of interest represented in its relationship
with Arthur Andersen. Andersen provided both consulting and auditing ser-
vices for fees running into millions of dollars-money that became so critical to
Andersen's continued growth that its employees were encouraged to sign off on
off-balance-sheet transactions-transactions that were not shown on Enron's
publicly-reported balance sheet-that stretched the limits of generally accepted
accounting principles (GAAP) to their furthest edges. In addition, Enron hired
former Andersen employees to manage the affairs of their former colleagues,
which further strengthened the conflict of interest in a relationship that was
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Module 3 OverviewMitigation and PreparednessThe discipline of .docx
1. Module 3 Overview
Mitigation and Preparedness
The discipline of mitigation provides the means for reducing
disaster impacts. Mitigation is defined as a sustained action to
reduce or eliminate risk to people and property from hazards
and their effects. Preparedness within the field of emergency
management can be defined not only as a state of readiness to
respond to a disaster, crisis or any other type of emergency
situation, but also a theme throughout most aspects of
emergency management. In this module, you will describe the
variety of mitigation tools available to planners. You will
understand the impediments to mitigation and other associated
problems that exist. You will explain how the Federal
Government and other agencies and organizations support
mitigation. Different mitigation measures that are performed to
address actual disaster risk will be addressed.
In addition, you will understand why preparedness is considered
the “building block” of emergency management. The
differences that exist between hazard mitigation and disaster
preparedness will be discussed. Evaluation planning is
important and will be focused upon in this module. The
different emergency management exercise types will be
identified. Training and equipment for first responders will be
described. Lastly, you will learn how businesses and
nongovernmental organizations prepare for emergencies.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this module, you should be able to:
4A
Explain why preparedness is considered the "building block" of
emergency management.
6A
Explain why evacuation planning is important, and why special
2. consideration must be made when planning for the disaster-
related needs of certain vulnerable populations.
8A
Explain how the Federal Government and other agencies and
organizations support mitigation.
3B
Describe the variety of mitigation tools available to planners.
4B
Describe how training and equipment helps first responders to
prepare.
5B
Discuss the differences that exist between hazard mitigation and
disaster preparedness.
10B
Describe the different emergency management exercise types
and explain what each involves.
3C
Understand the impediments to mitigation and other associated
problems that exist.
5C
Explain how businesses and nongovernmental organizations
prepare for emergencies.
3D
Identify different mitigation measures performed to address
actual disaster risk.
Module 3 Reading Assignment
Haddow, G., Bullock, J., & Coppola, D. (2011). Introduction to
emergency management. Burlington: Elsevier. Chapters 3 and 4.
3. The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Mitigation
The discipline of mitigation provides the means for reducing
disaster impacts. Mitigation is defined as a sustained action to
reduce or eliminate risk to people and property from hazards
and their effects. The body of knowledge and applications in
the area of mitigation are still evolving, but many successes
have been achieved. Additionally, many of the successful
natural hazards mitigation techniques, such as building codes,
do have applicability to technological hazards.
The function of mitigation differs from other emergency
management disciplines because it looks at long-term solutions
to reducing risk as opposed to preparedness for hazards, the
immediate response to a hazard, or the short-term recovery from
a hazard event. Mitigation is usually not considered part of the
emergency phase of a disaster as in response or as part of
emergency planning as in preparedness. The recovery function
of emergency management still represents one of the best
opportunities for mitigation, and until recently, this phase in a
disaster plan provided the most substantial funding for
mitigation activities. Recently, however, there has been a trend
toward greater federal spending on pre-disaster mitigation.
Mitigation also differs from the other emergency management
phases in that its implementation requires the participation and
support of a broad spectrum of players outside the traditional
emergency management circle. The skills and tools for
accomplishing mitigation are different from the operational,
first-responder skills that more often characterize emergency
management professionals.
Tools for Mitigation
The United States has made great strides in reducing natural
disaster deaths (though economic effects and property damages
have escalated). Most practitioners agree that the primary
intent of mitigation is to ensure that fewer communities and
individuals become disaster victims. The goal of mitigation is
to create economically secure, socially stable, better built, and
more environmentally sound communities that are out of harm’s
4. way. The following widely accepted mitigation tools are used
to reduce risk:Hazard Identification and Mapping is the most
essential part of any mitigation strategy as it allows for the
analysis of the hazards in a particular area. The resources for
identification and mapping are numerous, and are available
from several government agencies.
Design and Construction Applications provide one of the most
cost effective means of addressing risk. Building codes,
architecture and design criteria, and soils and landscaping
criteria all can be used to reduce a structure’s vulnerability.
Land Use Planning offers many local options for effecting
mitigation, including acquisition, easements, storm water
management, annexation, environmental review, and floodplain
management plans. It also encompasses a myriad of zoning
options such as density controls, special uses permits, historic
preservation, coastal zone management, and subdivision
controls.
Financial Incentives are emerging as an effective means for
promoting mitigation, and include special tax assessments,
passage of tax increases or bonds to pay for mitigation,
relocation assistance, targeting federal community development
or renewal grant funds for mitigation, impact fees, and transfer
of development rights.
Insurance is arguably a mitigation technique, though critics
argue that it is merely a transfer of risk from the policy holder
to the insurance company. However, the NFIP is considered
one of the most effective mitigation programs ever created.
Structural Controls, a controversial technique, can have both
positive and negative effects, and merely ‘control’ the hazard
rather than reduce it. The most common structural control is
the levee, but also include seawalls, bulkheads, breakwaters,
groins, and jetties, among others.
Impediments to Mitigation
There are several factors why mitigation programs have not
been more widely applied. These include denial of risk,
political will, costs and lack of funding, and the taking issue.
5. Despite the best technical knowledge, historical occurrence,
public education, and media attention, many individuals don’t
want to recognize that they or their communities are
vulnerable. Mitigation serves long-term goals, which are often
opposed to the short-term focus of politics. Mitigation requires
available capital, which can exceed the resources of local
governments. Finally, many mitigation programs involve the
use of private property, which the Constitution prohibits
without just compensation.
Federal mitigation Programs
FEMA is responsible for most federal mitigation programs, as
illustrated below (though HUD, the SBA, and the Economic
Development Administration support mitigation programs as
well). In 2000, Congress passed the Disaster Mitigation Act of
2000 (DMA2000), which amended the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in an effort to
encourage mitigation planning at the State and local levels,
requiring that States maintain mitigation plans as a prerequisite
for certain Federal mitigation funding and disaster assistance
programs.
Examples of Federal mitigation programs include the
following:The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program is the largest
source of funding for state and local mitigation activities,
providing grants to implement long-term hazard mitigation
programs after a major disaster has been declared by the
President.
The Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program provides mitigation
funding not dependent on a disaster declaration. This program
grew out of the Clinton administration’s ‘Project Impact’
initiative, which tasked communities with building a community
partnership, assessing their risks, prioritizing risk-reduction
actions, and building support by communicating their actions.
The program was changed in 2007, and includes an eligibility
requirement that local applicant communities maintain an
approved FEMA Hazard Mitigation Plan.
The Flood Mitigation Assistance Program provides annual
6. funding for communities to take action to reduce or eliminate
the risk of flood damage to buildings insured under the NFIP.
The Repetitive Flood Claims Program provides funding to
reduce the risk of flood damages to individual properties
insured under the NFIP that have had one or more claim
payments for flood damages.
The Severe Repetitive Loss Program provides annual funding to
reduce the risk of flood damage to individual residential
properties insured through the NFIP.
The National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program seeks to
reduce the risks of life and property from future U.S.
earthquakes through the establishment and maintenance of an
effective earthquake hazards reduction program. NEHRP
provides funding to states to establish programs that promote
public education and awareness, planning, loss estimation
studies, and some minimal mitigation activities. 2004, NEHRP
management was transferred to the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST), with FEMA remaining as
one of three supporting agencies.
The National Hurricane Program supports activities at the
federal, state, and local level that focus on the physical effects
of hurricanes, improved response capabilities, and new
mitigation techniques for the built environment.
The National Dam Safety Program provides funding to states to
establish and maintain dam safety programs, training for state
dam safety staff and inspectors, technical and archival research
in dam safety, education of the public in the hazards of dam
failure, the establishment of the National Dam Safety Review
Board, and support for the Interagency Committee on Dam
Safety.
The Fire Prevention and Assistance Act address the needs of the
nation’s paid and volunteer fire departments and supports
prevention activities. The program provides competitive grants
to fire companies throughout the United States.
Non-Federal Mitigation Grant Programs
While the most significant mitigation funding comes from
7. Federally-funded grant programs, all States have established
State Hazard Mitigation Officers (SHMO’s) to manage the
programmatic and financial matching requirements of the
Federal programs and to produce a State-wide hazard mitigation
plan. Regional programs, such as Rebuild Northwest Florida
which is administered by a public-private partnership, also
support mitigation through grants. There are non-governmental
programs that provides the monetary, material, and technical
assistance that individuals, businesses and communities require
to mitigate their hazard risks, with The Institute for Business
and Home Safety (IBHS) an example. Two other entities are
focusing on mitigation and related issues. The Association of
State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) is a strong proponent of
mitigation at all levels (and has successfully lobbied Congress
for increases in Federal mitigation dollars), and the newly
formed National Hazard Mitigation Association (NHMA) exists
to promote mitigation nation-wide and within the international
community.
The Disciplines of Emergency Management: Preparedness
Preparedness within the field of emergency management can be
defined not only as a state of readiness to respond to a disaster,
crisis or any other type of emergency situation, but also a theme
throughout most aspects of emergency management. Since the
building of fallout shelters and the posting of air raid wardens
in the 1950s, preparedness has advanced significantly and its
role as a building block of emergency management continues.
No emergency management organization can function without a
strong preparedness capability. This capability is built through
planning, training and exercising. Today we recognize that all
organizations, whether they are private, nongovernmental, or
governmental, are susceptible to the consequences disasters and
must therefore ensure their preparedness. We also know that
preparedness must focus not only on the protection of citizens,
property and essential government services in the aftermath of a
disaster event, but also on ensuring that the viability of the
community – including its businesses and markets, its social
8. services, and its character, are able sustainable despite the
hazard risks that exist. Emergency management agencies alone
cannot ensure this, which is why the practice continues to
expand.
As an academic field and an applied practice, emergency
management is young. The fields upon which it draws are
steeped in tradition—relying less on academic or analytic
processes. Without a foundation tying academia and structured
analytic methodologies with tradition, the extreme complexity
of emergency management will not be effectively managed. A
systematic approach is necessary for emergency management.
The FEMA National Preparedness (NP) Directorate has depicted
the planning process, beginning with planning for the range of
hazards that exist and working in a cyclical manner to establish
and improve preparedness. This cycle recognizes the
importance of the four major components of any preparedness
effort, namely planning, equipment, training, and exercise, and
stresses the importance of evaluation and improvement. This
cycle also represents preparedness not only for government
jurisdictions at all levels, but also preparedness actions taken by
individuals, businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and
other entities.
Mitigation versus Preparedness
Significant confusion exists regarding what constitutes
mitigation and preparedness (and how much crossover exists).
At the Federal level, mitigation and preparedness are highly
defined, with FEMA maintaining two completely distinct
directorates to manage these functions. However, at the State,
local, organizational, and private levels, the boundaries are less
defined. The major distinction is in the mission of the actions
themselves. Mitigation attempts to eliminate hazard risk by
reducing either the likelihood or consequence components of the
risk associated with the particular hazard. Preparedness, on the
other hand, seeks to improve the abilities of agencies and
individuals to response to the consequences of a disaster event
once the disaster event has occurred.
9. Preparedness: The Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)
The EOP is the playbook by which emergency management
response operations are conducted. However, the development
of an EOP is not just documentation of what will be done and
by whom, but rather the cyclical process by which these factors
are determined. Select components now appear in almost all
EOPs, having formed because they are the most logical
presentation of the response and recovery needs of the
jurisdictions. These components include the Base Plan,
Functional Annexes, and the Hazard or Situational Annexes.
Planning both dictates and accounts for the equipment that must
be purchased to treat the disaster consequences that are planned
for and to carry out the tasks assigned. Planning also becomes
the basis of training and exercise, and responders train to the
capabilities laid out in the plan and rely upon the assumptions
captured by the plan to determine those core competencies that
are sought. And exercises that are conducted are what test the
effectiveness of the jurisdiction or organization to carry out
what is prescribed in the plan. Nationwide planning efforts are
currently guided by the FEMA-produced Comprehensive
Planning Guide-101 (CPG-101), created to provide general yet
standardized guidelines on developing Emergency Operations
Plans (EOPs).
Evacuation Planning
For many communities, citizen evacuation in major disasters is
their greatest planning consideration. For disasters with
advance notice, or for situations where post-disaster mass-
movement of citizens is possible, advance planning is required
in order to determine activation, routes, transportation methods,
destinations, security, order adherence, and facilitation. Many
communities have conducted evacuation planning, but few have
conducted a full-scale test of those plans. After Katrina, the US
Department of Transportation conducted a Gulf Coast
evacuation plan study and found there exist seven key elements
that can be used to measure the comprehensive nature of a plan,
including the following:Decision Making and Management
10. Planning
Public Communication and Preparedness
Evacuation of People with Special Needs
Operations
Sheltering Considerations
Mass Evacuation Training and Exercises
Special Needs Populations
Traditionally, emergency planning has looked at a homogenous
population thought of collectively as the ‘community’.
However, communities are made up of distinct individuals and
groups, each with a unique conditions that define their lives,
their interactions, and their abilities. Communities must assess
their population to determine what special needs exist, and how
those needs must be addressed in the emergency plan. Planners
must work with representatives from or representing each
group. By including these key stakeholders, the planners are
better able to adjust existing policies or create new policies that
allow for the safety and security of these groups before, during,
and after emergency events.
Preparedness Equipment
Emergency management organizations rely upon an incredibly-
diverse range of equipment categories by which they are able to
perform the response roles assigned to them. These categories
of equipment, which include (among many others) Personal
Protective Equipment (PPE), firefighting apparatuses, and
communications’ systems. In the preparedness phase,
consideration of equipment becomes very important, as it is
during this phase that: 1) equipment needs are identified; 2)
equipment is purchased, and 3) staff are trained in the use of the
equipment required to meet anticipated response requirements.
Education and Training Programs
Education and training has always been integral to the
emergency services. Firefighters acquired (and continue to
acquire) their skills by attending the fire academy. Police
officers did the same at the police academy. EMS officials
received medical and emergency first aid training from both
11. public and private sources. However, there has been a
revolution of sorts in the provision of education and training in
the emergency management profession. The advent of
emergency management training and education coincided with
the creation of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in
1979, which touched off development of the practice as a
profession. FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute has
become the focus of emergency management
professionalization, establishing the core competencies of
emergency management professionals and developing a common
understanding of what constituted an emergency management
curriculum.
Public Preparedness Education
Perhaps the most difficult component of emergency management
preparedness training is that which focuses on the general
public. Public preparedness education, also called risk
communication, is a field that has seen vastly mixed success. In
recent years, there has been a flurry of mass communication in
the emergency management and preparedness spectra, but very
little has come close to achieving such widespread behavioral
change for two reasons: most campaigns are conducted by
emergency managers with understandably little training in the
highly complex social marketing and public education
disciplines, and the public faces myriad risks on a daily basis
beyond what is being communicated. CERT is one effort that
has seen a great amount of success despite the obstacles that
exist.
Emergency Management Exercises
Once an emergency response plan is developed, equipment is
purchased, and personnel trained to the plan and in the use of
equipment, there is a need ensure that a critical level of
preparedness has occurred. In actuality, the only true validation
of preparedness efforts comes as the result of a response to an
actual disaster event. Exercise is a controlled, scenario-driven,
and simulated experience designed to demonstrate and evaluate
an organization's capability to execute one or more assigned or
12. implicit operational tasks or procedures as outlined in its
contingency plan. There four types of exercises identified by
FEMA: full-scale, partial-scale, functional, and tabletop.
FEMA supports exercises through the Homeland Security
Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP), created to provide
guidance and standardization to the exercise efforts of
emergency management organizations, and to develop a
framework for evaluation. HSEEP compliance is required for
grant eligibility. The penultimate emergency management
exercise series is the DHS-supported National Level Exercise
(NLE) program. The NLE program, formerly called TOPOFF
(for Top Officials), is a full-scale exercise held once a year that
tests response to major disaster events spanning states, regions,
and across international borders.
Evaluation and Improvement
It is through evaluation and assessment that those responsible
for response and recovery are best able to refine preparedness
capabilities. There are several programs by which emergency
management evaluation may be conducted. A select few of the
more commonly-encountered include The Emergency
Management Accreditation Program (EMAP), the State
Preparedness Report (SPR), the Target Capabilities List (TCL),
the NIMS Compliance Assistance Support Tool (NIMSCAST),
the Disaster Emergency Communications (DEC)
Communications Project, the Comprehensive Assessment
System (CAS), and the Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)
program.
Preparedness: A National Effort
Emergency and Disaster Preparedness is conducted at all levels
of government, but it is through the FEMA National
Preparedness (NP) Directorate that a national-level strategy for
preparedness is developed, communicated, and supported. NP
was established on April 1, 2007 in order to oversee
coordination and development of the strategies necessary to
achieve these goals, and was established in order to provide
preparedness policy and planning guidance, and to help build
13. disaster response capabilities. As a FEMA Directorate, NP has
wide leverage to develop and institute preparedness programs
that include training courses, national policy development and
state/local policy guidance, and the planning and conduct of
exercises. The requirements of a national-level preparedness
effort are guided by the National Response Framework (NRF),
which superseded the National Response Plan (NRP) in January
of 2008. The NRF was released to establish a comprehensive,
national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident response,
and to provide clear guidance over the integration of
community, state, tribal, and federal response efforts. In order
to achieve the capability to conduct the necessary actions
prescribed within this framework, FEMA has released a series
of doctrine guiding preparedness at a strategic level. Homeland
Security Presidential Directive-8 (HSPD-8) directed the
Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a national domestic
all-hazards preparedness goal. As part of that effort, in March
2005 DHS released the Interim National Preparedness Goal.
This goal was later adapted into what is now the National
Preparedness Guidelines. Two other programs maintained by
FEMA that help guide national-level preparedness are the
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (REPP) and the
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP).
Business continuity planning (BCP) is the process by which
businesses prepare for disasters by identifying the risks to their
business processes, their facilities, their people, and their
information, and take action to reduce that risk. BCP also
includes identification and enactment of the processes by which
businesses are able to continue to function during periods of
disaster such that they are able to remain viable for the long
term and so that the products and services that they provide the
community and country remain available. BCP is the most
effective way for businesses to prepare for emergencies as the
process initiates a much greater understanding of how
community risk affects the businesses and what will be required
of the business. BCP, like all preparedness efforts, increases
14. community-wide resilience as the sooner the business sector is
able to get back up and running, the sooner the community is
able to recover. In November of 2009, FEMA announced the
Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Accreditation and
Certification Program (PS-Prep), which was mandated by
legislation that followed the September 11th 2001 attacks. This
process involves the development of preparedness standards,
which did not exist previously. BCP, however, is chiefly driven
by the private sector itself. For instance, DRI International
(DRII), a business continuity planning institute, provides
significant guidance on higher education programs on BCP,
supports BCP research, and maintains a capacity to enable
businesses to self assess their preparedness capabilities.
Required Web Resources:
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PART I
Directions: Answer the following questions. Research the
Hazard Mitigation Plan for a city or county near you. Use this
plan to identify a high-risk hazard, and explain what is being
proposed to address this risk. Answer the following questions.
Be sure to cite any sources you use. Please visit the Academic
Resource Center for concise guidelines on APA format.
List the high risk priority hazards and identify which hazard
you are investigating.
What are the mitigation options presented in the plan?
What are the costs and/or benefits that are associated with the
mitigation measure(s) presented?
To what degree will the mitigation measure(s) reduce the
hazard?
To what extent do the mitigation tools and measure(s) correlate
to those presented in your text?
PART II
Directions: Based on your review of the article “Natural
Disasters: Prepare, Mitigate, Manage” (see link at the end of the
Lecture Notes) write a summary report on specific steps that
can be taken to mitigate damage suffered from natural disasters.
Please ensure that your report is at least 1.5 pages in length,
16. using 12-point font and double spacing. Be sure to cite any
sources you use. Please visit the Academic Resource Center for
concise guidelines on APA format.