Louisiana coast has experienced countless oil spills but unlike those BP’s oil spewed directly from the bottom of the ocean. It is difficult to accurately determine the complete extent of the damage caused by the oil spill because data on the condition of the environment in that area before the disaster is lacking. Even now the effect on organisms such as those in deep-water marine communities is hard to determine. But one thing is certain; the oil spill impacted every level of the complex environment
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British Petroleum spill of 2010 Over the past decade our country has experienced many catastrophes that have literally crippled the nation economically‚ socially‚ and financially. Most recently‚ our country has begun another crisis‚ this time in the Gulf of Mexico. British Petroleum’s underwater pipeline‚ Deepwater Horizon‚ catastrophically failed and began spewing hundreds of thousands of barrels of petroleum daily. Currently BP plans to create a relief pipeline to fix the Deepwater Horizon
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Amy Burkett Environmental Science April 20‚ of 2010 a BP’s oil rig Deep water Horizon had blown up out in the Gulf of Mexico. It had killed 11 people and let more the 200 million gallon of oil into the ocean water. The oil spill had damaged over 1‚000 miles of the shore lines. A study was done by the Center for Biological diversity and it had shown that over 82‚000 birds
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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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most recognizable brands for its “world’s best quick service restaurant service experience” (Vandenbosch and Mark). This case study states that McDonalds plans to extend its brand into the hotel industry by opening a hotel in Illinois. The authors look at the hotel venture’s positioning options and the McDonald’s brand extension into a different product class. In order for McDonalds to successfully extend their brand into the hotel industry‚ they must manage their growth wisely‚ rely on the strength
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Social Responsibility Audit of McDonalds Company Social Responsibility Analysis for McDonalds CSR McDonalds operates in fast food industry. Given the competitive pressures in fast food market‚ McDonalds holds highest market share in terms of sales. McDonalds exists across the globe and has expanded in emerging economies before the main competitors expanded such as Burger Kind. Concerns for healthy food consumption and obesity are increasing therefore McDonald’s values its policies regarding stakeholders
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Our company that we chose to research is McDonald’s; whose full company name is McDonald’s Corporation. McDonald’s is the world ’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants‚ worldwide‚ serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries and counting. McDonalds was founded May 14‚ 1940 in San Bernardino‚ California by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald. The focus of McDonald’s at the time was their “Speedee Service System"‚ they did this by introducing an assembly line style kitchen
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After the tragic BP oil spill in 2010‚ Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal was quoted saying “the day that we’ve been fearing is upon us.” It is obvious that oil spills are a major concern throughout the world and pose a menacing threat to our environment and our public health. When hearing the phrase “oil spill‚” many immediately think about death‚ destruction and disaster. Unfortunately‚ a majority of people only acknowledge the devastating and highly publicized oil spills‚ but what they don’t see
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fraud was committed and subsequent aftermath of the investigation. Case Study The McDonald’s Monopoly game fraud was discovered in August of 2001‚ when it was revealed that certain employees of Simon Marketing and associates had colluded to defraud the McDonald’s Corporation in excess of $13 million worth of game prizes over the promotion period (Albrecht et al‚ 2012‚ p.210). The Simon Marketing firm was contracted by McDonalds to run their promotional sweepstakes games. The game prizes consisted
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1. Has Father Daniel Mary established a future direction for the Carmelite Monk of Wyoming? What is his vision for the monastery? What is his vision for Mystic Monk Coffee? What is the mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? I think Father Daniel Mary did establish a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming to some degree. The idea is great but the monks are constrained by time and manpower. It takes a great deal of labor and time to build a successful business. Father Mary’s vision
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