Case Study: The Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion
The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after 73 seconds into flames in flight on January 28, 1986 with one of the seven astronauts, a school teacher Christa McAuliffe aboard.
This incident Challenger present us a case study in organizational communication, ethics and culture as it promotes or discourages necessary communication and the ethics of whistle blowing.
Pressures developed because of the need to meet customers’ promises, which forced obligation to launch a certain number of flights per year and to launch them on time. Thus leading to undermining of launch constraints appears to have been at the expense of flight safety. There was no system which made it authoritative that launch constraints and waivers of launch constraints be considered
This incident Challenger present us a case study in organizational communication, ethics and culture as it promotes or discourages necessary communication and the ethics of whistle blowing.
Pressures developed because of the need to meet customers’ promises, which forced obligation to launch a certain number of flights per year and to launch them on time. Thus leading to undermining of launch constraints appears to have been at the expense of flight safety. There was no system which made it authoritative that launch constraints and waivers of launch constraints be considered