Presents a group of career civil servants and each individual’s approach to engaging or reacting to political appointees who may be hostile to current agency policies and practices.
Presents a group of career civil servants and each individual’s approach to engaging or reacting to political appointees who may be hostile to current agency policies and practices.
This case, taking place in an urban transit system, provides an excellent vehicle for teaching about crisis management of circumstances. Difficult systems and cultural problems require attention, as do immediate safety and public confidence issues.
Barbara Miller and a coalition of local activists address the environmental and health consequence of mining are up against the physical damage of lead poisoning as well as community members’ deep reluctance to speak out against the mining companies.
This E-PARCC award-winning case chronicles Seattle’s effort in 2014 to become the first major city in the country to pass a law raising its minimum wage to $15 per hour. It’s told from the perspective of protagonist Ed Murray, the newly elected Mayor of Seattle who attempts to broker a deal by assembling a large