―compliance auditing‖) programs creates Environmental management systems in industry adopted by various industries in response to increasing regulatory pressures that began in the 1970s‚ negative publicity stemming from industrial accidents‚ expensive legal cases and rising public concern over the environmental impacts of industrial processes. Early examples of such codes include the Responsible Care® program‚ first adopted by the Association for the American and Canadian Chemical Industry (now the Chemical
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Foremostco Case Study “What should Foremostco do now!” From the case‚ we know that Foremostco use only one year to rashly finish a new computer system for their logistics and even there are several bugs exists‚ they still decide to forge ahead with the switchover. The result turned to be a disaster. The computer system‚ newly designed to handle all the logistics of the business‚ was not doing what it was supposed to do. Due to the buggy system‚ almost all the important documents
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External Environment (Macro environment) Analysis: With respect to the specific organization (in this case‚ BP); things are changing at a rapid pace since the supply and demand of oil is becoming highly dependent upon socio political condition of different parts of the world‚ where its business is operating.For the external business environment analysis of global oil industry (with respect to BP) the selected analysis tool is PESTEL. This model presents a strategy framework built over variables like
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Sustainability Issue As an archaeologist‚ one will often be asked what the use of studying the past is—surely‚ it does not matter so much; it’s over and done with. It is true that many people fail to grasp the importance of knowing our past‚ of knowing how people used to live and survive in a world that was not always safe or stable. The importance is there though‚ and it is more than a little useful‚ contrary to popular belief. We can learn from the mistakes‚ trials and tribulations of former
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Business Management Ethics Issue at Bp Name: Date: Class: Professor: MANAGEMENT ETHICS AT BP Abstract Beyond Petroleum‚ BP is among the largest Oil and other energy companies in the world. Its targets and confidence in the market has enabled it reduce Carbone dioxide waste and enhance alternative sources of energy like solar power. This upward success has‚ however‚ in the recent past been challenged. BP’s environmental image in the globe has been tarnished
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Supplier Sustainability Involvement Program The Philips Supplier Sustainability Involvement Program is built on five pillars: create commitment by setting out our requirements; getting suppliers to understand our requirements and monitoring identified risk suppliers through audits; working with suppliers to resolve issues; and engaging stakeholders. Building block 1: Create commitment In 2012 we updated the Philips Supplier sustainability declaration in accordance with the updated EICC
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British concern British Petroleum (BP). At first I would like to provide more information about the crisis and its consequences‚ then I will identify the kind of crisis we have to deal with‚ I will discuss the several communication strategies BP have used‚ I will explain the different reactions of the public on the crisis. At last‚ I will give the oil concern some advice‚ in case a reoccurrence takes place. The BP oil spill The BP oil spill was a big natural disaster in the Gulf of Mexico on the 20th
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BP – The $40billion Safety Culture Vacuum On March 23rd 2005 a huge explosion at BP’s Texas oil refinery killed 15 people and injured more than 180. Most were its own staff. The refinery had suffered safety problems before. The previous year two workers died when scalded by super-heated water that escaped from a high-pressure pipe. The British media focused on the effect of the 2005 blast: the price of oil rose by several $s a barrel. In Texas‚ however‚ the local media were outraged by ‘yet
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The 2010 BP oil spill that took place on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect claimed 11 lives‚ and is considered to be the largest marine oil spill in the petroleum industry’s history. The spill flowed continuously for 87 days until it was declared to have been contained on 15th July 2010 and finally sealed on 19th September of the same year (BP‚ 2013). However‚ unconfirmed reports indicate that some of the well sites continue to leak (Pulham‚ Hilaire & Fenn‚ 2010). The spill took a physical and psychological
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A Sticky Disaster News broadcasts and radio stations ran rapid on April 20th 2010 releasing emergency news. News of eleven people killed and complete destruction of the oceans from a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico‚ perhaps the largest in history‚ spread expeditiously. Due to cameras‚ leaks in the pipe buried on the ocean floor had been discovered. By the time the pipe leaks had been revealed‚ barrels of oil had secreted into the Gulf ruining reefs‚ destroying habitats‚ and killing animals
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