MGT 16 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Double Entendre, Critical Thinking, Rms Carpathia
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Citation page, doesn"t count in page count. How ethics works"; how to derive power and properly use authority via ethical choices. 3 most important skills learned in college. Court did not want to damage reputation of white star line. Ship went down in two pieces instead of one. Said that too many lifeboats took away from the idea that the ship was unsinkable. Did not violate law because titanic was a mail ship, not a passenger ship. Did not think about icebergs slicing open boats. Ships were designed to take damage from other ships, not icebergs. More people were working on the other ships and the time pressure caused people to use lower quality materials. Shortage of coal in europe in 1900s shortage of steel rivets. More of them made it look safer and faster. People can only survive 30 minutes in the water.
