Diego Cervantes Mr.Olazaba English 11 March 29, 2012 During the great depression there was a lot of poverty because the economy was down and families did not have enough recourses to help support their children . People were drinking alcohol instead of supporting their families, mostly men were drinking. On January 16th, 1919 the 18th amendment of the constitution was ratified, prohibition in the United States was a law. Banning of alcohol only made things worse by increasing organized crime, violence, and corruption among law enforcement officials during the next decade. The 18th amendment contributed to the rise of organized crime because it created a lot of underground business.
The Buffalo Creek Flood killed many people in the February of 1972. After the flood, Pittston not only didn’t admit the responsibility, but also claimed it as a natural disaster, called it “an act of god,” and later on claimed and blamed that the Buffalo Mining Company was a separate division altogether and that Pittston couldn’t be responsible for its actions. Furthermore, since Pittston rushed to settle the survivors with only 4000 dollars for the survivors from the flood, the survivors are angry with that. So it triggered the survivors to look for a law firm that is Arnold & Porter, and to represent them and seek for justice. After the flood, many people lose everything, and they had no choice but to accept these offers because they couldn’t wait until the lawsuit to follow through, not even guarantee that they will be compensated or win lawsuits.
The British felt they had the right to search for deserters on any ship, anywhere in the ocean. Sometimes British generals made mistakes and American citizens would be wrongly accused of deserting. Many times it would take years for the mistake to be corrected. To try to influence the European economy, President Jefferson passed the Embargo Act in 1807. It stopped almost every American vessel from sailing and closed trade with Europe; however, instead of disturbing Britain’s economy, the act adversely affected every region of the U.S., and its economy stalled.
Mr. President, the results from the November 2010 midterm elections have exposed a divide between coastal cities and less-dense areas of the Midwest. The Republican Party’s big gain in the house came largely from cities that were older, less educated and highly blue-collar areas. Nineteen of the twenty-three seats that were picked up by the Republican Party were in the Midwest states. With the increase in blight from the loss of jobs, and the loss of population, many of the vacant homes are beyond repair; therefore, even if the land banks were to purchase them they could not restore them. We recommend that you publicly show support to the green idea of urban farmland.
The stress that can compel a company to doctor their financial data can override the compromise of ethics within an organization. A look back at the catastrophic financial mistakes of health care organizations in the past illustrates the devastation unethical accounting can cause. HealthSouth provides an excellent glimpse into the horrible consequences when it all comes crashing down. According to Bouchard (2012), "Committing fraud, said the former CFO, had consequences he couldn’t and didn’t foresee. It nearly destroyed him emotionally, which is why he retired to everyone’s surprise in 1997 at the age of 54, just a year after the fraud began.
However, when his flight was canceled, he and Tandberg’s CEO, Fredrik Halvorsen, used their merged companies’ equipment to hold a virtual press conference. Other businesses weren’t as lucky, especially those with high-value, highly perishable products such as berries, fresh fish and flowers, and medicines and pharmaceuticals. African farmers, European fresh-produce importers, and flower traders from Kenya to the Netherlands found their businesses threatened by the air traffic shutdown. Even manufacturers were affected. For instance, BMW had to scale back work hours and had even prepared for possibly shutting down production at its Spartanburg, South Carolina, plant because it depended on trans-Atlantic flights to bring transmissions and other components from German factories by air.
Not only does it ruins the lives of people around, it will not only tarnish your image but it will make you remember that day the rest of your life. People will say what they will but in America we are suppose to be living in a place where we as the people make the laws and rules that this country goes by and at this standpoint right now we are not doing are part with alcohol and drug regulation in my eyes. In 2008 alone over a third of all vehicle related deaths were related to alcohol or drugs (Hs, 2012). This is staggering alone in itself. There needs to be some sort of plan of action so that we can bring this number of deaths per year down.
This action sparked outrage, spurring a bus boycott for over a year until buses were officially desegregated. This, however, proved the point that not everyone follows what the government says. There was a failure to act on these new laws. Just like with the schools, little was actually done. The freedom rides that especially in the south, there were still public transportation problems.
If we observe the sequence of the events, probably, the most important stakeholder (in negative way) is the UK Government: it was not able to ensure to the employees their workplace and it failed his attempt to maintain BMW at Longbridge. BMW, the second most important stakeholder, plays both role: that of "Longbridge hero" for trying to bring back the old glories of the plant, and that of “the enemy”, after having sold the business without worrying about the workers and government proposals. Then comes the “Phoenix Four” consortium, “hailed as heroes for averting catastrophic job losses and for keeping Britain in the motor industry”. We can list Nanjing Automotive and SAIC (Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation) for their contribution in saving as many workplaces as possible, buying the plant. Last but not least, the employees.
A business decision was made to close two stores in high crime rate areas due to the loss of profits. In the stores that remained opened, after years of requests, Company Q started offering limited amounts of health conscience and organic products to their stores. A request by the area’s local food bank asked for donations of day-old products however, management declined and decided to throw the food away citing worries over lost revenue due to possible fraud and stealing by employee’s who might say they are donating the food and do the opposite. The current attitude of Company Q’s social responsibility is negative. Social responsibility is important in a community and any entity has an obligation to benefit the society that they live or do business in.