ABSTRACT
This chapter presents four case studies of man-made disasters, namely Donora incident, Love Canal disaster, Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania and Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine. It explains key issues raised by each case study. The Donora incident resulted in legislation being passed for cleaner air and other environmental protection measures. It shows that inaction can lead to long-term issues for the community and its residents. The inability to control pollution is a failure due to having no proper policies or enforcement mechanisms in place to contend with such an issue. Administrators have an ethical and professional duty to protect their citizenry from items that could produce health-related problems. Chernobyl disaster highlights a closed society that was isolated from the culture of safety for its nuclear reactors. Between the nuclear power plant personnel who were insufficiently trained and the flaw in the power plant's design, the question was not whether a disaster would occur, but when.
