British Petroleum (BP) Case Study Executive Summary This case study report examined a public relation management problem that British Petroleum (BP) faced since the oil spill accident happened in April‚ 2010. In addition‚ this thesis recommended possible solutions and implementation plans for BP to deal with the public crisis. On April 20‚ the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico led to the largest accidental release of oil into marine waters in history. As a
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Public Relations Publics This tells us that we cannot talk about public relations without reference to publics. A public is any group whose members have a common interest or common values in a particular situation. According to Wragg (1993)‚ public relations publics or audiences can be divided into four categories which include: 1. Functional Publics: They are those publics which enable the organization to perform its chosen tasks. 2. Enabling Publics: These are publics which permit the
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The decision making biases greatly impacted the decisions made by those involved in the oil spill. Between both organizations‚ BP and Transocean‚ and there inability to agree and make adjustments caused BP to be publicly criticized. The cognitive bias‚ overconfidence‚ is explained by the Business Insider as being “too confident” about one’s abilities. (Lee & Leibowitz‚ 2015). The worker’s on the rig presented this specific bias when making decisions. When the data examined revealed warning signs
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Segregation was the predominant political challenge in the U.S. during the 1950’s and 1960’s. Though discrimination was considered socially acceptable at the time‚ civil rights activists began to assemble to combat prejudice. These activists utilized methods of peaceful demonstrations‚ unionization‚ and rides for freedom‚ to sway pro-segregation opinions. It may be argued these methods were successful as a whole‚ however; riding for freedom was the most significant in eliminating segregation because
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BP OIL SPILL The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill‚ the Gulf of Mexico oil spill‚ the BP oil disaster or the Macondo blowout)[5][6][7][8] is a massive ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is the largest offshore spill in U.S. history.[9] Some estimates placed it by late May or early June‚ 2010‚ as among the largest oil spills in history with hundreds of millions of gallons spilled to date. The spill stems from a sea floor oil gusher that resulted from the
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Name: Phillip Liburd Membership number: P04323553 Unit: Meeting Stakeholder and Quality Needs Company: Allen Gears Centre: Black-Elk Business Alignment Limited Description: My current role at Allen Gears is as a Sales Engineer. I do not hold a managerial role but I am making progress to achieve a qualification that will allow me to manage in the near future. Reflective Statement In this module I have had to think about how this company functions in a lot more detail than
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HealthSouth Impact on Stakeholders HealthSouth’s fraud impacted many of their stakeholders. Some of the stakeholders discussed below are the Directors and Management Team‚ external auditors Ernst & Young‚ the employees‚ the patients‚ and Chief Financial Officer Weston Smith. The Board of Directors and Management team engaged in several conflict of interest actions. They were the first company to be charged under the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002; which holds financial executives more accountable by
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that each party involved to get the outcome by the end of the process. Negotiation is aimed at compromise. There are many different definition about negotiation. However‚ among participant in a conflict has common interest and mutual dependence (Schelling‚ 1960) 2. Negotiation options According to Robin (2002)‚ five conflict resolution styles are compromise‚ collaboration‚
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Contents Excecutive Summary2 Introduction3 Task 1 – Be able to identify stakeholders and their requirements 4 – 6 Task 2 – Be able to apply and improve quality standards 6 – 8 Task 3 – Be able to promote continuous improvement and change 8 – 9 References & Bibliography10 Appendix 111 Excecutive Summary The department of Electrical/Electronics and Aerospace Engineering‚ as part of
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MGMT 518: Legal & Ethical Env. of Business BP’s ethical conduct concerning the Deep Horizon blowout Background: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill or the BP oil spill refers to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which flowed for three months in 2010. The spill was a result of the explosion of Deepwater Horizon‚ which drilled on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. The explosion killed 11 men working on the platform and injured 17 others (Summarized from Wikipedia article on: “Deepwater Horizon
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