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Instructions

Your assignment for this unit is to complete a case study of the incidents at the Hoeganaes Corporation in 2011. Review the pages 124 of the summary report from the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) concerning the Hoeganaes Corporation by clicking here. Include the components listed below in your case study.

Perform a risk assessment of fire hazards at this type of manufacturing facility. Describe the major variables that you believe were responsible for causing the fires and explosions that occurred at the facility.

List the OSHA standards that you believe would apply to the fire hazards at the facility.
If you were hired as the safety officer at the facility immediately following the third incident in the report, recommend the approach you would take to mitigate the risks associated with the fire hazards and combustible dust, including any standards published by agencies other than OSHA that would be helpful in establishing your program.
How would the NFPA Life Safety Code apply to this facility?

Your case study should be a minimum of two pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages. You are required to use at least three outside sources, one of which may be your textbook. You must also cite the CSB report. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying APA citations.

Unit VI Case Study

For this assignment, read the case study, The 1920’s Farrow Bank failure: a case of managerial hubris. This case is located in the ABI/Inform Complete Database found in the CSU Online Library (see reference below).

Hollow, M. (2014). The 1920 farrow's bank failure: A case of managerial hubris? Journal of Management History, 20(2), 164-178.

Thomas Farrow had been evaluated as having been inflicted by managerial hubris at the time of the bank’s collapse in 1920. With this in mind, address the following questions, with thorough explanations and well-supported rationale.

1. How did corporate culture, leadership, power and motivation affect Thomas’ level of managerial hubris?

2. Relate managerial hubris to ethical decision making and the overall impact on the business environment.

3. Explain the pressures associated with ethical decision making at Farrows Bank.

4. Evaluate whether the level of managerial hubris would have been decreased if Farrow Bank had a truly ethical business culture. Could this have affected the final outcome of Farrow Bank? Explain your position.

Your response should be a minimum of three double- spaced pages. References should include your required reading, case study reference plus a minimum of one additional credible reference. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations, and cited per APA guidelines.