management during the weeks that followed. BP created the “Gulf of Mexico Restoration” website to inform the public about its efforts in cleaning up the spill and to help restore public trust in the company again. BP’s “Gulf of Mexico Restoration” website uses these three strategies to try to repair its reputation: a section highlighting technological advancements for safer drilling‚ colorful graphics of bolded statistics that state the amount of money BP has spent on various efforts‚ and a collection
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that the chemicals dumped into the area as an ill-thought-out solution have made many of them sick. But what about the ocean itself that has been treated as an experimental chemical dump by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and corporate giant BP? Turns out‚ according to new research from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes (UAA) in Mexico‚ the two million gallons of the dispersant Corexit which the EPA dictated had to be used to supposedly clean up
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SWOT Analysis S TRENG THS - BP is listed on London Stock Exchange and within the FTSE 100 Index‚ it is also has a listing on the New York Stock Exchange. BP is operating globally in 80 countries with different brands. - BP is 4th in the Fortune 500 and 3rd largest energy company worldwide measured by revenue. (CNN Money‚) which is also dominant in the European market. - BP also gained competitive edge because the world leading oil related technology. WE AKNESSES - BP made a huge loss in 2010 owing
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meet short-term debt requirements‚ BP was more able to meet their short term debt obligations in 2005 than 2004. From 2001 to 2003 the current ratios were 1.0767‚ 0.9733‚ and 0.9600 respectively. In 2001‚ 2002‚ and 2004‚ BP?s current liabilities were greater than current assets‚ indicating that BP may have faced some difficulty in meeting short-term debt obligations during these years. In 2003 and 2005 the current ratios were greater than 1‚ representing that BP?s current assets were greater then
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BP Oil Spill Chait‚ J‚ (2010). Dear Leader. New Republic‚ 241(10)‚ 2-2. Retrieve June 21‚ 2010‚ from Academic Search Premier. This article discusses the present oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The president’s has not changed the Minerals Management Service. In reality‚ the federal government has no agency tasked with capping undersea oil leaks. All the necessary equipment‚ along with the expertise for operating it‚ resides with the private sector. BP will likely bear the full cost of the spill;
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The 2010 BP oil spill that took place on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect claimed 11 lives‚ and is considered to be the largest marine oil spill in the petroleum industry’s history. The spill flowed continuously for 87 days until it was declared to have been contained on 15th July 2010 and finally sealed on 19th September of the same year (BP‚ 2013). However‚ unconfirmed reports indicate that some of the well sites continue to leak (Pulham‚ Hilaire & Fenn‚ 2010). The spill took a physical and psychological
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“VIRTUAL CLASSROOM” Project Report Submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of B.tech (Computer Science) IV th Year By TABLE OF CONTENTS Sr. Content Page no No 1. INTRODUCTION 6 1.1 Abstract 1.2 Problem Definition 1.3 Scope of Project 2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE 8 3. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION 18 4. EXISTING SYSTEM 22 5
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------------------------------------------------- A virtual company can be described as an organisation where the employees are geographically dispersed‚ work from home and use ICT to operate most aspects of the business. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Discuss how emerging ICT technologies could be used to operate a virtual company. ------------------------------------------------- Include in your discussion the social and
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In the wake of the disaster in the gulf American citizens have a plethora of questions. Why would BP engage in risky practices that could endanger the area where the company makes its profit? Who is responsible for ensuring that the citizens of the Gulf Coast region are protected when companies like BP place profit above people? As this drama plays out on American television screens one must realize that the only check to the power of private companies is the American government which is charged
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Political – Legal Settlements: After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico‚ BP faced many different legal settlements that were enforceable by court. Many of these settlements were in order to enhance the safety of drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. BP worked to solve the federal criminal claims that came from the Oil Spill‚ and eventually pleaded guilty of 11 felony counts‚ related to the loss of 11 lives. Many other misdemeanor counts under different acts including: the Clean
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