Critical Thinking Activity: Module 03 Flashcards
What other crises or catastrophes can happen in a mailroom that could prompt an emergency procedure like the one illustrated here?
Threatening Letters, Hoax Devices, CBRNE Threats (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive)
What goals should be included when planning for the resumption of critical business functions at an alternate site for four weeks? What would be different if the planning horizon were 30 weeks instead?
It would depend on if the company can still run, and if they have a hot or warm site, if the company is working from a cold site and having to take the time to recover and remake all the lost data it could mean the end of the company.
When the organization makes a plan like the one described here, what parts of the plan should be from the contingency planning management team (CPMT) and what parts should come from the subject area experts?
Business Continuity or BC could be made by the contingency planning management team and the Disaster Recovery or DR could be made by the subject area expert.
Ethical Decision Making
It seems that the company exposed its employees to some stress during the “white powder” drill without telling the employees that it was taking place. While this is almost certainly legal, do you think it was ethical to spring the surprise on the employees as part of a training event?
Springing an anthrax attack drill on unsuspecting employees even if you just did a drill not too long ago I feel isn’t vary “nice”, yes you want to test if an actually attack happened do your employees know exactly what to do. Its one things to do a unannounced drill its another to have a “drill” with “white power” in a package and place it in the mailroom. I feel like doing a stunt like this could result in unwanted employee feedback especial because most people know the effects or potential effects of anthrax, just look up 2001 anthrax attacks Bruce Edwards Ivins.
Ethical Decision Making
What if a key customer had an urgent special request that the company could not respond to because of this drill? Is it an ethical lapse to fail to meet a customer expectation?
Your doing and are in an active drill i think this could an acceptable excuse.
Ethical Decision Making
What if Bobby had been injured during the drill when the package opened in the mail room? Of course, the company would be responsible for the worker compensation claim, but would it also be guilty of an ethical failure to protect the safety of its employees?
I think so because you (as a company) is springing an anthrax attack drill on unsuspecting employees and springing an unexpected drill in itself comes with its own complications as its an unexpected drill.
