disasters in Alaska and Texas. Specifically‚ BP ’s defensive approach towards stakeholder management led to lavish compensation for upper level management while creating hazardous working conditions for employees and a burden on all of society in the form of rising oil prices and environmental damage. Background British Petroleum was founded in 1908 and since then has rapidly grown to become the eighth largest company in the world . However‚ as of late‚ BP has come under fire for several high profile
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BP COMMUNICATION FAILure DURING GULF OIL SPILL CRISIS An important component of crisis management is response. Response can include several actions such as communication with stakeholders‚ the public and the government. Appropriate and effective communication can minimize the distribution of incomplete and inaccurate information‚ reduce speculation and prevent or quell rumors. In fact‚ studies suggest that the message itself can affect the public’s evaluation of the company and perhaps
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Jeff Grisan April 7‚ 2011 Case Study #2 British Petroleum “BP is one of the world ’s largest energy companies‚ providing its customers with fuel for transportation‚ energy for heat and light‚ retail services and petrochemicals products for everyday items” (BP‚ 2011). The organization is the fourth largest company in the world‚ operates in over 80 countries and employees more than 80‚000 people. BP produces approximately 3.8 million barrels of oil equivalent per day with more than 18
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The BP Oil Spill “Thank God men cannot fly and lay waste to sky‚ as well as the earth‚” said Henry David Thoreau on environmental damage. The BP‚ or British Petroleum‚ Gulf oil spill has been widely referred to as the biggest environmental disaster that the United States has ever faced‚ with over four million gallons of oil pouring into the waters off the Mexican Gulf Coast. The BP oil spill occurred in April of 2010. It was‚ and still is‚ the biggest oil spill in all of U.S. history. The massive
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Act utilitarianism states that‚ when faced with a choice‚ we must first consider the likely consequences of potential actions and‚ from that‚ choose to do what we believe will generate the most pleasure. The rule utilitarian‚ on the other hand‚ begins by looking at potential rules of action. To determine whether a rule should be followed‚ he or she looks at what would happen if it were constantly followed. If adherence to the rule produces more happiness than otherwise‚ it is a rule that morally
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British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon Crisis Made to: Made by: Jakob Lisbet Pals Svendsen‚ Magrethe Mondahl & Zaki Faizi – at IPA/Student Service Desk‚ 12 PM. Oliver Bjørner Søe‚ Kristoffer Thygesen‚ Michael Joachim Simon Aagaard‚ Casper Sylvest Helledi & Ekeløf Jensen – Group Name: Mixed Messages To be handed in: 03/12/2012 Exam date: 18/12/2012 Characters: Course: Corporate Communication Corporate Communication Project Copenhagen Business School Mixed Messages‚ B.Sc.
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Petroleum (BP) has won acclaims and awards for CSR. But Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar (Times of India‚ Bangalore edition 2010) argued in his article that BP has created the greatest environmental disaster in history which includes its out-of-control Macondo deep-sea well. Gulf of Mexico oil leak is another big historical issue. BP has created a huge image building campaign of ‘beyond petroleum’ critics say that BP has now spindling with ‘beyond problems’ (NJ Watson‚ Petroleum Economist‚ 2009). BP states
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Petroleum Company British Petroleum Company (BP) is a British multinational oil and gas company. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world. It is vertically integrated and operates in all areas of the oil and gas industry‚ including exploration and production‚ refining‚ distribution and marketing‚ petrochemicals‚ power generation and trading. It also has renewable energy activities in biofuels and wind power. BP has operations in over 80 countries‚ produces around
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Utilitarianism and Kantianism are the same in that both theories of ethics believe that we as humans have duties. These duties determine if we can be accepted in a moral community. Utilitarianism says we can be accepted by doing things that produce the most good. Kantianism believes we are accepted by doing actions that have good intentions and that we must follow the good will. Utilitarianism is the theory that actions are good if the outcome is good. Act utilitarianism says that it is okay‚ and
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BP is one in six of the largest oil and gas companies in the world. BP stands for British Petroleum‚ but that was not the first name of the gas and oil company‚ it all started in 1908. Explore George Reynold’s went on a mission to find oil in Persia and he did not fail. The mission was actually for a man by the name of William D’Arcy. This oil that was found became part of BP’s first company name the Anglo-Persian Oil Company‚ but that’s not what everyone thinks or knows about when someone says BP
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