Assignment: The Private Sector And Crisis Emergencies: Wal-Mart And Hurricane Katrina
Read the article and view the video about the activities of Wal-Mart during Hurricane Katrina. Describe a few of the key activities of the WalMart Corp. in response the difficulties encountered by in interfacing with government agencies. In your opinion and based on this one case study, do large private corporations have advantages over governments in the response to crisis emergencies?
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.
• Barbaro, M. & Gillis, J. (2005, September 6). Wal-Mart at Forefront of Hurricane Relief.
• Watch: Covella, V. (2011, February 23). Message Mapping, (linked in commentary or full version here - 41:16 minutes), Homeland Security Research.