all of the environmental issues that we face and decide what qualifies as an environmental issue. The BP Oil Spill has been a huge environmental issue; it was the worst oil disaster in US history. The government estimated up to 2.6 million gallons per day with a total of 205.8 million got into the gulf. Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Alabama and Florida all had miles on miles of surface oil problems. BP put nearly 2 million gallons of chemical “dispersants” into the ocean‚ which actually make the oil more
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Assignment SM 0376 Doing Business in Europe‚ Asia & the Americas Rio Tinto / BHP List of Reference (Dec 22 / 23‚ 2010) Question 1 1a – Key Reference 1. Johnson‚ G.‚ Scholes‚ K. and Whittington‚ R. (2008)‚ Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text and Cases‚ 8th Edn. Edinburgh: Pearson.(pp 54-67) 1b - Key Reference 1. CKR: Chapter 14‚ page 392 – 418; 2. Stonehouse‚ G.‚ Campbell‚ D.‚ Hamil‚ J. & Purdie‚ T. (2004)‚ Global and Transnational Business – Strategy and Management‚ 2nd
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Technological innovation and development companies investing on improving technical abilities through productivity (technical know- how) we have the examples of BP forming an innovation board with the sole aim of delivering innovation results in areas of business transformation ‚ cost reduction ‚ health ‚ safety and environment. Also companies such shell ‚Bp ‚Centrica and royal Dutch have been investing in the development of storage facilities for carbon emissions after the government warning and set regulations
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Petroleum’s underwater pipeline‚ Deepwater Horizon‚ catastrophically failed and began spewing hundreds of thousands of barrels of petroleum daily. Currently BP plans to create a relief pipeline to fix the Deepwater Horizon and pay for all the damages that their pipeline is causing. On the other hand‚ President Barack Obama is demanding that BP take responsibility and pay for all necessary reparations such as cleaning the coastal shores and aid the people affected by
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1. What are the main ethical issues and dilemma BP faces in this case? A project that is on a large scale faces some issues‚ including: There are concerns about the coating of the pipeline and the risks of leakages‚ in particular in Georgia‚ where oil spills might significantly impact the country’s strategic water resources in the Bojorni National Park. Concerns were also raised over the fact that the pipeline runs through earthquake zones‚ which leakages nearly inevitable or could not be avoided
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BP OIL SPILL IN 2010 April 20th was a tragic day for BP and the crew of the Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon. “Floating fifty-two miles off the coast of Louisiana in 5‚000 feet of water was an oil rig drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.” (Hoffman‚ 2010) What unfolded next will go down in history as the worst accidental oil spill in the world. “The oil well a mile below the surface of the Gulf blew up from high-pressure methane gas expanding into the drill. As a result of the explosion‚ it ended
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Questions Chapter 8: LO6 -- Securing Commitment and Closing 1. Is it better to close by never taking no for an answer‚ “closing early and often”‚ or recognizing that “nobody likes to be sold‚ but everybody likes to buy“? Why? 2. What is a commitment signal (i.e. buying signal)? Be able to identify one from a list of examples. 3. How is a commitment signals determined? Know the meaning of a check-back. Your text refers to trial commitments. This is the same as a check-back.
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http://www.imbaenergyclub.gr/2012/10/10/green-marketing-from-theory-to-practise/ By Karolos – Konstantinos Papadas PhD Candidate in Marketing‚ AUEB It has been noticed that during periods of recession or social change‚ megatrends such as “quality movement” (1970’s)‚ “globalization” (1980’s) and the internet (1990’s) emerge. In recent years‚ governments‚ NGO’s and agencies have been informing the citizens about the harmful consequences of human activity on the environment. Environmentalists are
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1. Why did TPB believe it was not violating copyright laws? What did the Swedish Court rule? The Pirate Bay believed it was not violating copyright laws because they said that they were merely a search engine similar to Google or Bing and were just providing the access or link to existing P2P networks that TPB does not itself control or run. They believed that since they weren’t actually providing the information or the files that consumers were looking for they were not violating
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energy for heat and light‚ lubricants to keep engines moving‚ and the petrochemicals products used to make everyday items like plastic bottles. We also invest in renewable energy sources‚ which we believe will be an increasing source of value for BP. Our activities are focused on bio fuels and wind. As a global group‚ our interests and activities are held or operated through subsidiaries‚ branches‚ joint ventures or associates established in – and subject to the laws and regulations of – many
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