Introduction When an organization is in a crisis‚ it dominates the organization’s agenda and requires immediate action. The way the organization responds to a crisis can differ in many ways. In this essay I would like to discuss the crisis of the British concern British Petroleum (BP). At first I would like to provide more information about the crisis and its consequences‚ then I will identify the kind of crisis we have to deal with‚ I will discuss the several communication strategies BP have used
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al‚ 4). Many decisions made by John Browne were directly related to the Deepwater Horizon explosion. In 2007‚ Tony Hayward replaced John Browne and became the new chief executive. Tony Hayward slightly adjusted BP’s organizational structure and decided to pay more attention to BP’s safety issues and risk averse culture. However‚ the Deepwater Horizon explosion happened when Tony Hayward was in charge. The BP Deepwater Horizon oil explosion occurred in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20‚ 2010‚ which is
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As exotica is only an imitation‚ the authencity of the music is often questioned‚ the lack of any link between foreign cultural tradition (musically speaking) often results in guilt free consumption by the audience as stated by Phillip Hayward. (Hayward‚ 1999: 14) As technology become more advanced in the recent years‚ the lines of authencity become more and more blurred because of wider acceptance of cross-cultural diasporic events happening throughout the world. The use of samples
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requirement could be implied from the nature of the contract (exercise of an option). (Keenan‚ 2007) Meanwhile‚ modern forms of communication such as e-mail‚ telephones with answering machines and faxes do not follow the postal rule. (Kelly‚ Holmes & Hayward‚ 2005). On the other hand the communication rule was applied to contracts of telex by the Court of appeal in Entores v
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MATRIC NO: 060601109 COURSE TITLE: CONFLICT OF LAWS COURSE CODE: JIL 421 LECTURER: MRS. AJIBADE GROUP: 2 TOPIC: CHOICE OF LAW RULES RELATING TO PROPERTY IN CONFLICT OF LAWS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE CASE OF RE MIDLETON’S SETTLEMENT INTRODUCTION Conflict of laws involves situations when there is a foreign element in a case. There are three main questions which arise for determination in conflict of laws: choice of jurisdiction‚ choice of law‚ and recognition
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The most recent exposure shows that the NSA is exploiting technology in order to spy and gather data on Americans‚ meaning that the NSA is no longer serving its primary purpose. Edward Snowden was shown to have leaked thousands of top-secret government documents to the media. In “Edward Snowden: The New Brand of Whistle-Blower?”‚ Kara
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San Francisco to Gilroy. With a total of 32 stations‚ some available at specific times for specific trains‚ people living in the Peninsula have the ability to travel up and down the Bay Area. As a Caltrain user myself‚ I travel from San Mateo (Hayward Park Station) to San Jose (Diridon Station) and back for school. Because of an increase in traffic and the fuel consumption of my vehicle‚ I believe that Caltrain is better in terms of saving money. A ride on Caltrain is around $12 right now‚ and
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BUSINESS PLAN FOR HSJ EVENTS PREPARED BY: Jessica D’Alvarez‚ Sophie Jones and Hannah Lydford EXECUTIVE SUMMARY When discussing what business we would like‚ we all came up with the idea of event planning and that is what finalised our decision. We are all interested in event planning and therefore thought it would be a great business to start up. The purpose of our business plan is to provide structure in our business and to have a written record of our plans
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my biggest mistakes was that I allowed myself to become the lightning rod for hatred and anger.” He went on to say‚ “I genuinely feel that this could have happened to anyone. This is not BP. It is an industry accident.) I mostly agree with Tony Hayward because an accident of that size is a result of a complex combination of mechanical failures‚ human decisions‚ problems in engineering design and operational difficulties. It is true that the problema could be avoided by a better performance of BP
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Executive Summary British Petroleum (BP) is one of the largest oil companies in the world. They have recently been making the headlines for all the wrong reasons after suffering a record breaking oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Tony Hayward‚ former CEO‚ has been criticized for his handling of the conflict‚ his remarks regarding the situation‚ and his lack of efficiency in handling the spill. Newly appointed CEO Robert Dudley faces an uphill battle of spearheading a campaign to clean
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