engineers today face a major dilemma when it comes to deciding what should hold paramount‚ economic gain or moral statute? Many practicing engineers are faced with problems that result from the consequences of their engineering decisions. Engineers have to realize the importance of proper engineering decisions and how one should act when faced with a problem such as deciding what comes first safety or economic gain. When faced with such a problem‚ engineers often employ the risk-benefit analysis to determine
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was enjoying the future of its oil & gas exploration. Oh‚ how things have changed‚ after oil rig explosion and now an enormous oil spill‚ who knows all the world can do now is wait. The British Petroleum Company‚ Business Culture and Global Competition The discovery of petroleum oil and its origin began in the 1900’s‚ according to several sources. It’s no secret that oil is one of the most important discoveries and resources ever found by man. We use oil to produce everything from ink to
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Biomedical engineer who built this device‚ and even less people consider the virtues that engineer learned in their undergraduate degree. Consider the outcomes of this scenario if the person who built that device was not a virtuous human being. Virtue ethics is a branch of philosophy which seeks to answer the question of what kind of person one should be. It was originally proposed by Aristotle who argued that all things have a purpose in this world‚
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INCORPORATION OF HUMANISTIC‚ SOCIAL / ETHICAL VALUES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION – SOME OBSTACLES Dr. R. SRINIVASAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSTRACT An Engineer’s job today presents a greater degree of challenge than ever before. The engineering organizations are often exposed to an endless stream of problems that arise from the changes in the attitudes and beliefs of the interest group
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BP’s general strategy Oil companies were the worst performing brands in the world market. There was no brand in the oil industry that had created positive perception in the public. During the late 1990’s BP has decided to change this perception for their brand. The main idea was to create a symbolic capital for BP. The definition of symbolic capital is given by (Bourdieu‚ 1974/1977 sited in Holt & McNulty‚2008‚p.76) as “ the resources by which authority and credibility are established amongst
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Forces The Threat of New Entrants (Low) There is a great amount of economies of learning and scale in the oil industry for Example BP has been searching for oil since 1901. They invest a huge amount in up-to-date technologies making it difficult for new entrants to compete. His obviously requires huge capital investments in R&D as well as start-up cost‚ for example a truck just to carry the oil costs over $1‚000‚000. There is a lot of regulation in the industry especially with regards to inter-continental
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OIL SPILL PROJECT NO.6 Statement of Problem: In this project‚ the goal is to apply the knowledge of fluid dynamics in order to determine the effect of two parameters (oil density and volume fraction) on how long will it take for an oil drop to rise a distance of 1m in an oil/water distribution. Data: The following information was provided; | |Water | | | | | | | |
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Russia Introduction BP International Oil and Gas Company is one of the world’s leading international oil and gas companies. Provide customers with fuel for transportation‚ energy for heat and light‚ lubricants to keep engines moving‚ and the petrochemicals products used to make everyday items as diverse as paints‚ clothes and packaging. Key facts Around 80 countries of operation Employees 90.000 The Economic value $403.3 billion Operating cash flow $21.1 billion Barrells of oil produced per day 3
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1. The aspects of BP’s ethical culture that could have contributed to the Gulf Coast oil spill disaster include: * The company tried to assure concerned stakeholders that it took environmental concerns seriously‚ but BP’s actions have not always concided with its words. BP has engaged in numerous instances of questionable behavior including fraud‚ environmental‚ and ethical transgressions clearly demonstrate that the company has a history of disregarding the well-being of stakeholders. The
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M IN E ST Y M ICHA EL K A NE BP Amoco (A): Policy Statement on the Use of Project Finance As two of the largest oil and gas firms in the world‚ The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. (BP) and Amoco Corporation (Amoco) had a long history of competitive encounters. This rivalry continued into the 1990s in a variety of locations ranging from the United States to the North Sea to‚ more recently‚ the Caspian Sea—a region that had opened up to exploration by Western oil companies following the breakup
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