set guidelines about which loans to approve and which to reject on "values" grounds—and fast. In his eagerness to get the business started‚ he’d put the issue off. But now the bank was facing two problematic requests: one from a company involved in fracking‚ the other from a gun maker. Without clear ethics rules. Jay worried that his already divided directors would fall into bitter squabbling‚ leading to resignations‚ negative media attention‚ and a flight of investors. Ethical banking had seemed so
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having rights‚ equality and fairness. Fracking in the Karoo has damaged the environment and contaminated the water sources which have led to the violation of people rights (du Toit‚ 2011). In order to come to a moral decision whether fracking in the Karoo is or is not desirable I studied Mill’s utilitarian theory of justice which helped me understand that actions must be made to maximize the overall happiness of the individuals that were experiencing the fracking. I explained the Mill’s theory‚ the
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What is Fracking Wrong with this Picture? Hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” is a controversial topic that is garnering a lot of negative attention in the media recently. There have been protests both for and against this new‚ unsustainable and unpredictable method of producing fuel for energy. The pro-fracking proponents argue that the future of America’s energy supply is in jeopardy and fracking will be an economic boon for labor and state coffers. Opponents of fracking contend that the environmental
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use of fracking procedure. Furthermore‚ human health may be harmed by toxic chemicals and water pollution‚ which are produced by the fracking process. In contrast‚ the financial performance of Santos is positive. The analysis of the margin profit of Santos reveals that its profitability increased consistently in recent years. Generally‚ this report suggests that investment in Santos is not recommended‚ because both the environmental pollution and health problems which are created by fracking belong
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argument of how hydraulic fracturing --fracking-- is harmful to the environment or people around it. Gasland is a faux home video --documentary-- by an ‘average’ guy‚ Josh Fox who is living in the woods in pennsylvania‚ that is trying to convince the viewer that fracking is going to be harmful and overall bad in every way to the environment. He goes around and interviews homeowners in an area called Dimock‚ Pennsylvania. Dimock has had complaints about the fracking operations and how these operations
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Hydraulic Fracturing‚ otherwise know as fracking‚ is a relatively new development in natural gas extraction industry. Even though natural gas extraction has been around for decades‚ the process of mining for natural gas in dense shale was not economically feasible until now. As defined by what-is-fracking.com‚ “Hydraulic fracturing is the process of drilling for natural gas and oil underneath the ground‚” (1). In order to extract natural gas from the ground‚ fracking companies will inject “more than a
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To Frack or Not to Frack Hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at high pressures in order to release natural gas from shale rocks by fracturing them. It takes an abundance of resources to create just one fracking well. Each gas well needs on average four hundred tanker trucks to carry water and supplies to the site. Fracking uses a great deal of water. Each fracturing job requires one to eight million gallons of water to complete it
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suspended in water) is infused into a wellbore to make splits in the profound rock arrangements through which regular gas‚ petroleum‚ and salt water will flow all more freely. Other than the United States‚ hydraulic fracking happens in New Zealand‚ South Africa‚ and the United Kingdom. Fracking has been proven gainful and additionally unbeneficial to numerous
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Fracking is the best process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. People have argued for years past whether this is useful or not ‚ whether they agree to it or disagree.Fracking is used as advanced technology but in reality it’s just slowly destroying our environment ‚because it contaminates the drinking and non-drinking water ‚ costs more than expected ‚ and it causes geographical disasters. Clean‚ Purified
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