The Blame Of The Mid-American Sound Corporation

Based on the information presented in the PBS documentary and the TIME article, describe how the behaviors of corporations, such as Ford, Firestone, and the financial institutions on Wall Street, could or should be understood as crime whether or not they have been prosecuted? How do these activities differ from those involved in “typical” street crimes?

Guy Fawkes, who also went by Guido, was a Spanish soldier who, along with his accomplices, spent many months planning the Gunpowder plot, a plan to blow King James I of England up with 36 barrels of Gun Powder. Their plans were ruined when Guy was caught Lurking in the cellar under the House of the Lord, where the barrels were located. In celebration of the failed plot, Londoners lit bonfires and fireworks, which became a yearly tradition, even to this day. This Gunpowder Plot was a result in Guy’s dislike to King James I. Guy fought against Protestant rebels, and even petitioned Spain’s King to help rebel King James I. Guy was a strong believer in the fact that King James I would try to drive out his Catholic subjects. He was once known as

The Most Dangerous Game and High Noon are both thrilling tails of dominant men trading places with someone of equal strengths and power, or in other words, hunters becoming the hunted. Both main characters had to fight with someone who was equally as smart and powerful as they are. In the stories there is a great sense Both characters are trapped with no place to go, and are forced to fight. Although these stories are similar, they have different ways of being similar.

Andrew Carnegie, one of the top business men in Twentieth century America, went from poverty to a multi-millionaire. Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, on November 25, 1835. When he was twelve, Andrew’s family immigrated to the United States. There, Andrew got his first job as a bobbin boy. He was making only $1.20 a week, and his family remained in poverty. Over the next few years, Carnegie worked in the railroad industry. He started to earn more and more money by investing in train cars and other items. Finally he decided to work in the steel industry. Producing steel was cheaper than iron, and it worked just as good. His main clients were railroad companies which used the steel for ties. He earned millions of dollars and

There was some basis for holding the State of WV responsible for the Buffalo Creek Disaster (BCD) since a WV statute prohibits the construction of any dam or other obstruction over 15 feet in height across any stream or watercourse without a prior determination by the State that it is safe. The State of WV had never agreed that Dam 3 (which was 60 feet high) was safe. The State was at fault for not enforcing its own laws. But Arch Moore, the Governor of WV blamed the trouble on the media, the “irresponsible” media that publicized these attacks. Governor Moore qualified the mediatization “an even greater tragedy than the accident itself”.

The responsibility for maintaining existing levees and building new ones falls to the federal, state and local governments. In reality, the costs of most infrastructure projects are in the hundreds-of-millions to billions of dollars. This means that the cost burden must fall on the federal government (Webster). The federal government, however, failed to provide the necessary resources to build protective infrastructure for U.S. citizens since, “Under the Bush administration there was little money for nor interest in internal improvements, as the federal dollar was spent mainly on the military while the nation's infrastructure continued to deteriorate” (George). Had more money been spent on internal improvements, more levees could have been built and the impact of the storm lessened.

On August 13, 2011, 7 people were killed and 58 were injured during a stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis (Crandall, Parnell, & Spillan, 2013). The crisis occurred just prior to the start of a concert by performing country artist Sugarland. Concert goers, approximately 12,000 of them, were assembled outside awaiting the start of the concert (Crandall, et al., 2013). Around 30 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the concert, officials at the state fair were made aware of a potential severe storm with estimated winds at 60 miles per hour (mph) approaching the concert area (Crandall, et al., 2013). According to Crandall, et al. (2013), the concert officials requested for a delay in the concert, however, the band managers

The late 1800’s and early 1900’s a new era had commenced; the rise of unprecedented fortunes and unprecedented poverty, loosening social mores, unsanitary food production, the onrush of foreign immigration, environmental destruction—confronted Americans. The rise of fortunes came the rise of the keepers of fortunes, one of which was Andrew Carnegie. His business, which became known as the Carnegie Steel Company, revolutionized steel production in the United States. Carnegie built plants around the country, using technology and methods that made manufacturing steel easier, faster and more productive. For every step of the process, he owned exactly what he needed: the raw materials, ships and railroads for transporting the goods, and even coal fields to fuel the steel furnaces. There are two sides to every person, especially one with money, Captains of Industry and Robber Baron. A Captain of Industry, is a leader in their field. The money their companies generates does not go to them and only them, but they focus on helping the economy, less fortunate, and giving back to the community; creating wealth. The juxtaposition of a Captain of Industry is a Robber Baron. They focus their efforts on benefits for themselves, at the expense of workers, communities and economies.

Sears, Roebuck and Co began in the 19th century and sold farm supplies and consumer items as a small mail order company. The first Sears retail store opened up in Chicago on the 2nd February 1925 in the building named the Merchandise. This store had included a soda fountain and an optical shop. The first detached and separate retail store opened up on the 5th October 1925 in a city called Evansville in Indiana. During the summer season in 1928 3 more Chicago department stores opened newly, one on the 63rd and Western a second on the south side at Kenwood and 77th, and the third at north side at Lawrence and Winchester Street. In 1929

Believe it or not, skyscrapers have only been around since the the late 1880’s. The main reason for this was because the materials used to build buildings at the time could not support the weight of a skyscraper. If people wanted to build taller buildings, they had to use stronger materials that could withstand the weight of the building and keep it from collapsing. At the time, that material was steel, but there was a problem; steel was not mass produced at the time. This made it financially unethical to build with, the price of steel only began to drop after Andrew Carnegie created his steel business. Andrew Carnegie helped strengthen the American economy turning it into a world power by learning from his poverty when he was younger, starting his steel business which provided the world an important resource for the development of industry, taking advantage of workers to maximize profit, and devoting his later life to philanthropy.

In order to fully understand the buyer power involved in thee American entertainment industry, a macro environmental perception has to be incorporated to understand its three primary levels that affect one another. But to try and understand how American entertainment industry relates to Oprah, we will focus primarily on viewers of visual media rather than music and other forms of entertainment.

3. Who is responsible and why? Was the cause of this situation an “act of God” (the weather) or some organization? If an organization was responsible, which was it?

Homes were mildewed from the storm, as well people were left cold without heat and there just was not enough descent housing; however, the money that was raised for the victims was being set aside and I feel that this was a problem that the red cross encountered while handling money.

During their 1936 hiring, it was exhibited that approximately 75% of the total workforce was covered by female employees. Cowie asserts that this trend was persistent for the longer part of the RCA’s history timeline. Alluding to Cowie’s analysis, efforts of RCA’s attitude towards labor was characterized and dominated by their search for a submissive workforce and the incessant geographical movement which was tremendously increasing with time. They were making vast efforts in the search for a needy labor. One year after RCA made their hiring of a docile workforce, workers were engaged in a violent and volatile strike after they walked off their jobs. However, the demonstrations of the workers were short lived which had forced the company to

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is responsible for coordinating the government’s role in preparation, prevention, response and recovery from domestic disaster, whether they be natural or man-made. FEMA.gov lists 1849 total disasters declared since 1953, with an average of 32 each year (13). This particular agency has generated a lot of praise and but just as much criticism. Over the course of FEMA’s history, there are many lessons to be learned and FEMA is always looking for ways to be more effective. This paper will examine the history of FEMA, evaluate its performance over the years and pinpoint lessons to be learned and actions to be taken.