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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Business Research Ethics RES/351 August 28‚ 2013 Abstract In the health care field‚ there are the right ways and unethical ways to research drugs that can save someone’s life or cure a deadly disease. Today one will discuss how a giant manufacturer company called GlaxoSmithKline put consumers’ lives at risk‚ so they can make him or herself rich. One will examine how this company put him or herself in the whole $3 billion dollars with several lawsuits from the US government through unethical
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Ethics in International Business Abstract International business ethics challenges the corporate world to deal with questions of what to do in situations where ethical standards come into conflict as a result of the different cultural practices in the nation. Since‚ there is this dilemma that has progressively troubled the large multinational corporations‚ international business ethics has arisen to help address these adhesive subject matters. There are several international business ethics discussions
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Bribery and corruption is a way of life in many countries. These practices affect the way international business is regularly conducted. However‚ in most of these countries‚ it is illegal to offer or receive bribes or engage in corrupt practices. Yet corrupt practices are a part of the ‘culture’ of ‘doing businesses. Unless companies ‘conform’ to such practices‚ in many cases‚ international business cannot be transacted. This essay will attempt to provide discussion about bribery and corruption in
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Birmingham Business School Masters in Business Administration - International Business Module Title: Global Business Ethics Banner Code: 07 21262 Title: Business Ethics : Utopian visions of a more ethical and sustainable world Date: November 2010 Word Count: (3500) Written by: Folashayo E. Onibere Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Business and Ethics – Definition 4 3.0 Business Ethics and Ethical
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and moral responsibilities at all‚ three different ethical theories will be applied on the discussed case in order to evaluate the ethical conflict from different viewpoints. Finally‚ a recommendation‚ based on Google’s notion of ethics‚ will be given. Google’s ethical problem in China On January 24th 2006 Google unveiled its first search engine inside China and granted to play by government rules by censoring results of political sensitive queries
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ISLAMIC BUSINESS ETHICS by Dr. Rafik Issa Beekun University of Nevada and Islamic Training Foundation November 01‚ 1996 Copyright © 1996‚ International Institute of Islamic Thought PO Box 669‚ Herndon‚ VA 20170 (703) 471-1133 Please do not reproduce or translate in any manner without the written permission of the International Institute of Islamic Thought Islamic Business Ethics Table of Contents DEFINING ETHICS FACTORS INFLUENCING ETHICAL BEHAVIOR IN ISLAM LEGAL INTERPRETATIONS
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Enhancing Business-Community Relations Petron Corporation Case Study by Charmaine Nuguid-Anden1 September 2003 www.new-academy.ac.uk www.pbsp.org.ph www.unv.org ‘Enhancing Business-Community Relations’ – Petron Corporation Case Study‚ Philippines Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 2 2. The Beginnings of Volunteerism In Action ................................
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laboratories to clean up accidental acid and base spills on workbenches of flooring. But because of the exothermic nature of the neutralisation process‚ we should never use strong acids or bases in cleaning up spills as excess employment of these substances‚ where itself is caustic or corrosive in damage will cause further damage and evolve noxious fumes. When there is solution or concentrated acid has been accidentally spilled on the bench or floor‚ the spill area may need to be isolated and can be neutralized
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Wal-Mart Business Ethics RES/351 09/10/2012 Sara Skowronski Wal-Mart Business Research Ethics "The real problem today is the ineffective and inconsistent oversight of professional boxing‚ which has led to continuing scandals‚ controversies‚ unethical practices‚ and unnecessary injuries and deaths in the sport‚" once quoted by Charles W. Pickering. Wal-Mart has developed to become one of the biggest retail store in the world. Being one of America ’s biggest
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