Part A - Challenges of responsible business Introduction With the globalisation of world business‚ China has become an appealing market for foreign investors (Zhang‚ 2004); a large number of these entered the Chinese market by forming joint ventures or participating in mergers and acquisitions. The development of cross-national business‚ on one hand‚ has created tremendous opportunities for global collaboration among different countries; on the other hand‚ however‚ it has also created a unique
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During this lifetime‚ we will not know the amount of damage and problems caused by the continuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. When addressing the ethical concerns associated with off shore drilling‚ we must look at many different points of views. Although environmental groups have challenged off shore drilling since it became a practice‚ the federal government has allowed it. This is because the government values offshore drilling for economic reasons more than it values preserving the environment
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Introduction Definition of the business Retailing encompasses the business activities involved in selling goods to consumers for their personal‚ family‚ or household use. It includes every sale to the final consumer—ranging from apparel to movie tickets to books to home appliances. Retail stores include diverse sorts of shops‚ from kiosks and small groceries to supermarket chains and large department stores. Retailing is the last stage in the distribution process. In addition to traditional bricks-and-mortar
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Standard Oil Company of California (Socal) is considering how much to bid for Gulf Oil Corporation (Gulf)‚ which is currently in the middle of a bidding war. Gulf is unwilling to consider bids below $70 per share even though their share price was $39 at the time Boone Pickens began purchasing shares in the hopes of a takeover. II. Statement of Facts and Assumptions Under the direction of James Lee‚ Gulf pursued a twofold strategy. First‚ Gulf renewed its focused on oil whereas in the past‚ Gulf had developed
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I. OIL SPILL Oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment‚ especially marine areas‚ due to human activity‚ and is a form of pollution. The term is usually applied to marine oil spills‚ where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters‚ but spills may also occur on land. Oil spills may be due to releases of crude oil from tankers‚ offshore platforms‚ drilling rigs and wells‚ as well as spills of refined petroleum products (such as gasoline‚ diesel) and their
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Business 352 Gulf Oil Company Sarah Barrette‚ Trevor Haug‚ Tyler Crawley‚ Maxwell Steimle Group #1 10/31/12 Table of Contents Recent History Page 3 The Takeover Pages 3-4 The Auction Page 5 Financial Analysis Page 5-6 Standard Oil Company of California’s Alternatives Page 6 Recommendations Page 7 Works Cited Page 8 Appendix Balance Sheet (Table 1) Appendix 1 Operating Sheet (Table 2) Appendix 2 Financial Analysis (Table 3) Appendix 3 Give appropriate
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Marketing: “Marketing is a total system of business activities that designed to plan‚ price‚ promote and distribute the products to present and potential consumers to achieve organizational goals through satisfying the needs or wants”. “A social and managerial process by which individuals and groups obtain what they need and want through creating and exchanging products and value with others”. The above definition for marketing is also called as Core Concept of Marketing. It can
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BP: The Oil and Energy Company BP is an oil company whose roots start back in Cleveland‚ Ohio in the 1870 ’s. BP has grown from a local oil company to now being a global energy group employing over 80‚000 people and operating in over 100 countries worldwide. BP provides fuel for transportation‚ energy for heat and light‚ retail services‚ and petrochemical products for everyday items. They are all about finding oil and natural gas and have several brands that might sound familiar: BP‚ Castrol
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another explosion of an oil tank. Fish are quickly swimming away so they don’t get affected by the dangerous chemical. While this is going on an invasive species is hungry and attacking all of the hurten victims and demolishing the rest of the fishes lives. Someone needs to take control of these two disasters before they get to dominant. AND FAST!!! Oil spills are a big part of pollution in water. The oil spill of 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico is noticed as the worst oil spill in American History. Extreme
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Alex Bordeau P.6 3/27/16 Ms.Whittaker Exxon Oil Spill The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound‚ Alaska‚ on March 24‚ 1989. Exxon Valdez‚ an oil tanker headed for Long Beach‚ California‚ struck Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef at 12:04 am local time and spilled thousands of gallons of crude oil. Exxon Shipping Company failed to properly maintain the Raytheon Collision Avoidance System radar which‚ if functional would have identified that the ship was off course an heading
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