Understanding Business Ethics Unit 37: National Diploma Assignment brief TASK 1: Scenario: Business ethics - a study of a selected company With growing interest among consumers regarding the business ethics of the businesses brands that consumers buy‚ Westminster council wants to conduct an independent review of some of the organisations that sell their goods and services in the borough. You have been asked to select one of the following brands and conduct research into their business ethics.
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company was 2nd largest oil company in the world with over 92‚000 employees. The company had to face a dark time in its history when on April 20‚ 2010 the Deepwater horizon oil spill occurred. Through 3 major cracks oil spilled into the ocean. Affected by the oil spill were five states; Alabama‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Texas and Florida. The disaster was if even comparable much worsted then any environmental disaster the US had to face since the result of the millions of gallons of oil spilt into the Gulf
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BP and Consolidation of the Oil Industry‚ 1998-2002 Executive Summary BP should sell its business and start a new business‚ a clean energy production‚ because it would lose profits from oil supply. Oil industry had not developed in perfect competition; oil price was easily controlled since oil industry was oligopoly‚ many consumers exist and the government protected oil industry from competition. However‚ oil industry is facing perfect competition; oligopoly formation of oil industry
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name BP ‘appears on production platforms‚ refineries‚ ships and corporate offices as well as on solar products‚ wind farms‚ research facilities and at retail service stations’. BP has grown into a global energy group from a local oil company. It has employed over 96‚000 people. Strategic decisions are usually long term decisions which are often risky and speculative. A strategic decision made by British Petroleum was to make redundancies of up to 620 from their solar power business to
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In Business ethics‚ Liberal Individualisms is a Rights based theory which focusses on the belief that to be able to have the right‚ an individual is able to determine actions of others by their choice. It provides the right of receiving a respectable or bad service. It can be argued that individuals have the rights to make reasonable claims on society or other individuals. 2.0 CASE STUDY On April 20‚ 2010 the Deepwater Horizon oil rig‚ owned and operated by Transocean and drilling for BP in the
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------------------------------------------------- BP—Deepwater Horizon Case Study INT1001 Study Skills Module Reading and Writing Skills—Summative Assignment Done by: Mew Hui Ying ------------------------------------------------- Date: 12 February 2013 ------------------------------------------------- Industry: Oil and Gas ------------------------------------------------- Company: British Petrol Contents Page No
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESS ETHICS AND CUSTOMER RELATIONS Начало формы Конец формы The relationship between business ethics and customer relations lies in the manner in which the management of various businesses apply the principles of ethics in their interaction with customers. As such‚ business ethics and customer relations may apply to the way in which a business conveys its products and services to customers and the manner in which it handles customer complaints. It also deals with the
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The Hebei Spirit Oil Spill (HSOS) in December 7‚ 2007 spilled approximately 10‚900 tons of crude oil in about 10 km off the Taean coastline in South Korea. Due to the astronomical and irrecoverable damage upon the marine ecosystem and the overall living standards of the residents‚ the oil spill accident has been notoriously named as the “worst oil spill accident” occurred in Korea. Nevertheless‚ though almost a decade have passed since the outbreak of the HSOS in Korea‚ it appears that compensation
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International Public Relations Academic Essay Table of Contents  Question 3 1. Introduction 4 2. Definition of Ethics 5 3. Should ethical behaviour differ from country to country? 8 4. How can public relations practitioners an international company ’s ethical behaviour? 11 5. Conclusion 13 6. References 14 Question Ethics and public relations some might say it is an oxymoron. What is your definition of ethics? Should ethical
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According to the U.S. Department of Energy‚ 1.3 million gallons of petroleum are spilled in U.S. waters from vessels and pipelines in a typical year. A major spill could easily double that amount. Oil spills are one of the biggest and overall worst environmental disasters. These spills happen for many reasons. Some of these reasons include: people making mistakes or being careless‚ equipment breaking down‚ natural disasters such as hurricanes‚ deliberate acts by terrorists‚ countries at war‚ vandals
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