“I Survived the Halifax Explosion” HALIFAX- The collision of two ships in Halifax Harbor caused a big explosion. The ship (Mont-Blanc) was filled with explosives‚ on deck and below. It was filled with highly explosive picric acid; gun cotton in the center; and in the aft hold‚ trinitrotoluene (TNT). The explosion occurred when the Imo vessel was leaving Halifax Harbor and on its way to New York. Suddenly‚ the French munitions ship Mont Blanc was on its way to wait for a convoy when the two
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| BP Case Analysis | | 1. Based on the history of the company‚ why did BP get involved in so much questionable conduct? BP’s history extends back to 1901 when William D’Arcy’s Anglo-Persian Oil Company first drilled for oil in Persia and after seven years of drilling and darcy’s nearly spent his net worth finally oil spewed out and became rich. Unfortunately later at 1914 BP was on the verge of bankruptcy due to the very low demand of oil in global market. Accordingly ‚BP’s Board
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CORPORATE RISK MANAGEMENT REPORT Corporate and Enterprise risk at BP BP plc is one of the worlds leading oil companies on the basis of market capitalisation and proved reserves. It is a global group‚ with interests and activities which cover three main business segments of Exploration and Production‚ Refining and Marketing and Gas‚ Power and Renewables. BP has total assets of $217‚601million and total revenues of $270‚602million with the majority of their revenues ($) coming from
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The Tragic Challenger Explosion The Tragic Challenger Explosion Space Travel. It is a sense of national pride for many Americans. If you ask anyone who was alive at the time‚ they could probably tell you exactly where they were when they heard that Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the Moon. But all of the success in our space programs is overshadowed by tragedy. On January 28‚ 1986‚ one of the worst disasters in our space program’s history occurred. Many people were watching
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BP Oil Spill May 1‚ 2012 Abstract This paper is written on a current article that was recently published. The article is criminal justice related and about the BP oil spills that happened two years ago. The paper will be a brief summary of the article and what has happened since the oil spill. On Tuesday‚ April 24‚ 2012 at 7:40 P.M. Federal prosecutors brought the first criminal charges in the Gulf oil spill‚ accusing a former BP engineer of deleting
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The Halifax Explosion was a defining moment in Canadian history‚ due to the immense amounts of tragedy that it created. On 6 December 1917‚ two vessel collided in the Halifax Harbour destroying many parts of the city‚ killing nearly 2‚000 people and injuring more than 9‚000. In the text I will notify you of the collision. Following this will be information on the disaster that the collision induced. Lastly‚ I will speak of what was done to prevent the explosion from being even more fatal‚ for many
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BP ’s Management Crisis The Frontline report‚ “The Spill”‚ which focused on British Petroleum ’s problematic management culture and its catastrophic effects‚ aired on October 26‚ 2010. Around then‚ the oil giant BP had suffered a crisis with its latest off-shore oil rig‚ the Deepwater Horizon. However‚ this was just the latest in accidents concerning its oil operations. In the years before the Deepwater Horizon accident‚ BP had also suffered major accidents in its oil production fields in Texas
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men went throughout their normal work day at No. 5 Coal Mine‚ they looked forward to quitting time and reuniting with their loved ones. Woefully‚ this would never come to past. Catastrophe struck at 3:27. 111 lives were slayed out by a colossal explosion. Paramedics‚ firemen and policemen gathered at the scene in efforts to rescue wounded coalminers. There were 142 men at the site. 65 were killed by burns and other injuries and 45 were killed by afterdamp. Eight men were rescued‚ but one died from
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Monsanto: Q1. Does Monsanto maintain an ethical culture than can effectively respond to various stakeholders? I believe Monsanto makes an effort to have an ethical culture and for the most part they succeed. The bribery issues in Indonesia‚ within their own company‚ in the late 1990’s/early 2000’s were reported to the Department of Justice by Monsanto. This level of corporate governance is something I think many large corporations would not do. The farmers‚ who are primary stakeholders because
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Berge‚ Andrea MGMT 485W Spring 2013 Case Study: TNK-BP (Russia) INTRODUCTION “This case portrays the highly uncertain scenario facing BP in Russia at the end of 2007. In the midst of unraveling relations with its cooperative partner and undesirable host government practices‚ ideal strategic conditions are implausible. In order to maximize outcomes under such imperfect circumstances‚ BP ’s senior management needs to fully assess the situational risks‚ understand the dynamics and motivations
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