Talk:Professionalism/The MGM Grand Hotel Fire

Intro (kevin)

what happened (kevin)
 * what happened

what went wrong (jonathan)
 * the violations or buildings issues
 * how they came about (pisce not good, related to other issues)
 * who tried to stop (lowe = kinda professional throw in good terms, he quit his job)
 * 2 professionals pisce and lowe
 * professionals are there for their judgment
 * pisce's judgment said it was good lowes said it was bad
 * only pisce had the power to enforce his judgment, Lowe just had to quit, so sad

consequences (david)
 * other fire
 * building code improvements
 * compare to other building/.hotel codes in other areas

conclusion (david)
 * its a fight between experts and managers
 * experts are supposed to provide their professional judgment
 * when experts throw away their autonomy and judgment, they are no longer professionals
 * pisce was pressured into taking off his expert hat

newspaper sources, could be useful (might need to be on UVA's internet to access) http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive?p_action=search