his assignment will give you the opportunity to choose a case study, and then write about the ethical implications and the impact of the events that are described. Each case study includes a set of questions that you should answer. You can choose either Case Study 9.1: Unprofessional Conduct, or Case Study 8.4: Have Gun Will Travel. 

You will be graded on the following criteria:

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze the questions associated with your chosen case study and discuss them using concepts you learned in this course.
2. Explain your rationale for each of your answers to your chosen case study.
3. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
   3. Cite your textbook as a reference.
   4. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Determine the considerations for and process of ethical business decision making to balance corporate and social responsibilities and address moral, economic, and legal concerns.

This assignment will allow you to demonstrate the following objectives:

Ø Assess the political environment as it relates to solid waste and solid waste management.

Ø Summarize laws and standards related to solid waste management.

Instructions:  The siting of a landfill is always contentious in a community due to operational issues with traffic and odors, and if you live close to the landfill you may deal with a decline in property values. Landfills will eventually generate leachate that can adversely impact the environment if the liner is breached, bringing toxicity to vegetation and contamination to ground water. Having a properly operating landfill can minimize many of these impacts to citizens and to the environment. This assignment will further explore these topics.

Answer the questions directly on this document. When you are finished, select “Save As,” and save the document using this format: Student ID_Unit# (ex. 1234567_UnitI). Upload this document to BlackBoard as a .doc, docx, or .rtf file. The specified word count is given for each question. At a minimum, you must use your textbook as a resource for these questions. Other sources may be used as needed. All material from outside sources (including your textbook) must be cited and referenced in APA format. Please include a reference list after each question.

1) A community generates 225 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste per year. 

a. What is the actual average annual production of methane that a community should expect from the landfill operation in BTU per year? (For Part A, show all of your work.)

b. What are the factors, laws, or standards that can limit the amount of methane production in the landfill? (Your total response for Part B should be at least 200 words.) 

2) Use the treatment options in Table 8-11 (pg. 357) that lists biological and physical/chemical operations for treating leachate generated from a landfill to answer the following questions. (Your total response for all parts of this question should be at least 300 words.)

a. Recommend a treatment train that uses one biological and one physical chemical operation. Provide your reason for making this recommendation. 

b. In what order would you put these units? Describe your reasoning for your prescribed order.

c. If your proposed treatment scheme does not meet the prescribed permit discharge limits for the facility, what post-treatment technology would you recommend to ensure that discharge limits are met. Provide your reasons for your technology selection. 

d. For each part of the question, be sure to explain what law and standards factor into your recommendation or reasoning.

3) Leachate and Groundwater Monitoring 

a. Why are landfills designed to have a leachate head of 12 inches on the liner? If the leachate head had the potential to build to 24 inches, what is a simple design technique that could relieve the hydraulic pressure on the liner?

b. What are the monitoring requirements for an operational landfill? Create a table to describe what each parameter measures and why knowing this is important.

c. What are the post-closure monitoring requirements? Create a table to describe what each parameter measures and why knowing this is important? (Your total response for all parts of this question should be at least 200 words.)

4) Assume that a landfill is proposed for a location that is located east of a forest, west of a national park, and north of a major river. 

a. What are some political factors that go into deciding if this is an acceptable location for a new regional landfill? 

b. What engineering modifications could you recommend that would make this site acceptable to the city council?

c. If the landfill location is rejected, what recommendations would you propose that for managing the municipal solid waste for the community? (Your total response for all parts of this question should be at least 200 words.)

One of the most catastrophic weather events in the past 15 years occurred in August of 2005 when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Florida, Louisiana and for a third time near the Louisiana/Mississippi border. While more than 15 states were affected, the most catastrophic losses occurred in the city of New Orleans, Orleans Parish and the surrounding Parishes. The issues surrounding the losses in the New Orleans area have been the some of the most discussed and debated emergency management topics since then.

research and discuss how and why planning efforts in this area were not effective. You should consider the following points:

• were there plans in place
• were the plans effective for a storm of this magnitude
• what specific areas of planning worked and what didn’t
• were plans translated to effective action (was it planning or execution)
• were plans and actions in other states (Mississippi, Alabama, Florida) more effective and why or why not

While there are hundreds (if not thousands) of articles written about the failures or perceived failures during this storm, please concentrate on the planning aspects as tightly as possible. I have included a few articles in your reading for this week but please do some in depth research to provide insight for your paper. Also please provide your personal insights learned from this class about the role planning plays in this incident.

This paper should be prepared following current APA guidelines. The body of the paper should be .

This assignment will allow you to demonstrate the following objectives:

Ø Assess the fundamental science and engineering principles of solid waste management.

Ø Relate leadership and management principles to effective solid waste management.

Instructions:  In this unit, the management of municipal solid waste starts to be viewed from the perspective of the local government. This involves looking at questions that need to be answered to properly develop waste management policies and practices for the community. Some of the economic aspects of waste management are explored, as all these activities need to be funded and budgeted and paid for by the community. 

Answer the questions directly on this document. When you are finished, select “Save As,” and save the document using this format: Student ID_Unit# (ex. 1234567_UnitI). Upload this document to BlackBoard as a .doc, docx, or .rtf file. The specified word count is given for each question. At a minimum, you must use your textbook as a resource for these questions. Other sources may be used as needed. All material from outside sources (including your textbook) must be cited and referenced in APA format. Please include a reference list after each question.

1) Describe three key factors that help to determine the likelihood that a person will litter. Which of these factors is most likely to contribute to the probability that a person will litter. State how you came to this conclusion.

To fight litter in your community, design a six- step actionable litter plan that you can give to a project team to implement. In your plan, include the management principles that go into making this plan. Justify to the implementation team why your plan will be successful. (Your total response for all parts of this question should be at least 300 words.)

2) A municipal government has agreed to provide once- per- week waste collection services to a new residential community of 10,000 people. The city council has hired you to make a preliminary assessment to determine if they it should build and operate a transfer station to support the collection. For the initial analysis, assume that the community does not have a recycling program. Here is some of the initial data that the municipal engineer has collected. The round- trip distance from the residential community to the landfill is 58 miles. 

· The round- trip distance from the proposed site of the transfer station will be 63 miles.

· Size The size of the residential garbage truck that collects waste from the community is 28 cubic yards.

· The garbage truck is capable to of compacting the refuse to 650 pounds per cubic yard.

· A long- haul truck is capable to of transporting 23 tons of compacted waste per trip.

· The transfer station has a fixed operating cost of $10/ton.

· The cost to operate the garbage truck is $1.30/mile.

· The cost to operate the long- haul truck is $0.56/mile.

a) Using what you have determined from the information above, assess using the principles of solid waste management. Would you recommend to the city council that a transfer station should be built and operated? Show all work on how you came to your answer. Note: Pg.p. 39 – The United Nations (UN) estimates the waste generation rate is 4.8 pound per person per day.

b) If the community operated a recycling program, would this change or support your recommendation to the city council? Show all work on how you came to your answer. Note: Pgp.. 99 – Table 3.-1 – total Total recycled municipal waste is 34.5% of generation. (Your total response for all parts of this question should be at least 200 words.)

3) Phase 1 of the refuse collection system discusses volume-based fee systems and weight-based fee systems. 

a) For a residential community, explain why a volume-based fee system would be recommended.

b)  Give the reasons for the fee based system that you would recommend for a commercial operation.

c) For a construction site, defend your recommendation for the fee based system that you would recommend. 

d) What leadership and/or management principles factored into your recommendation? (Your total response for all parts of this question should be at least 200 words.)

4) Table 3.-1 (pg.p. 99) is a listing of materials collected in recycling programs in 2012.

· Which of these would you recommend to go to a compost pile? What percent of the 2012 recycled materials does this divert?

· Provide your recommendations to the city council for how you would keep materials destined for composting from comingling with the other recycled materials. (Your total response for all parts of this question should be at least 200 words.)

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1) Explain how crowding out works, using the one-period model as an example.

2) If total factor productivity rises in the one-period model, explain what happens to the real wage

in equilibrium, and why.

3) In the one period model, suppose, that there is a decrease in government spending, and that

government spending is also productive. Explain what the effect is on employment, and explain

why we get this effect.

4) Explain, mathematically, why a proportional tax on consumer’s wage produces a competitive

equilibrium that is not Pareto Optimum.

5) In the Solow growth model, what happens in the steady state if total factor productivity

declines?

6) In the Solow growth model suppose that the economy is initially in a steady state. Then, some

capital is destroyed by a major earthquake. What are the effects in the short run and in the steady

state?

7) In the Solow growth model, suppose that the population growth rate declines. Explain what

the steady state effects are, and why.

1) Explain how crowding out works, using the one-period model as an example.

2) If total factor productivity rises in the one-period model, explain what happens to the real wage

in equilibrium, and why.

3) In the one period model, suppose, that there is a decrease in government spending, and that

government spending is also productive. Explain what the effect is on employment, and explain

why we get this effect.

4) Explain, mathematically, why a proportional tax on consumer’s wage produces a competitive

equilibrium that is not Pareto Optimum.

5) In the Solow growth model, what happens in the steady state if total factor productivity

declines?

6) In the Solow growth model suppose that the economy is initially in a steady state. Then, some

capital is destroyed by a major earthquake. What are the effects in the short run and in the steady

state?

7) In the Solow growth model, suppose that the population growth rate declines. Explain what

the steady state effects are, and why.