INTRODUCTION Upon the evening of April 20th‚ 2010‚ a series of deadly explosions occurred within the oil rig giant‚ Deepwater Horizon‚ an immense offshore drilling platform‚ located 40 miles off the Louisiana coast (Steffy‚ 2011). These explosions were due to a defective blowout preventer and numerous gas leaks seeping up and through the well to the riser pipe‚ connecting to the rig‚ igniting fire. The efforts of attempting to save this flame ridden platform was lost on April 22‚ 2010‚ for the rig
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The decision whether to close the Lima‚ OH plant has not been easy to make. There have been many arguments as to why and why not the plant should remain open or be closed. As the VP of Finance for BP‚ I have kept an open mind and looked at the advantages and disadvantages of closing the plant. I will now discuss some of these arguments in the following paragraphs. The first argument as to why the plant should remain open is the 30% increase in productivity. Lima‚ Ohio has a population of 48‚000
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Unit 3 Individual Project-Rights and Obligations Travis Pernell American InterContinental University International Legal and Ethical Issues in Business Instructor Kerri Holloway April 3‚ 2011 Abstract This paper will discuss the four elements that make up a valid contract and the objective theory surrounding contracts. This paper will discuss how the objective theory applies to the Leonard v. Pepsico‚ Inc. case. The paper will also discuss how the court reached its decision to claim that
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Describe the legal and ethical issues surrounding Andersen’s auditing of companies accused of accounting improprieties The largest bankruptcy of a non-profit organization‚the investors of Baptist Foundation of Arizona sued Andersen which served as the auditor for $217 million for issuing false and misleading approvals of BFA financial statements and also lost $570 million donor funds. BFA management allegedly took money from other investors to pay off the current investors which the court held
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Counselor shall have proper skills and training in counseling adults. Counselor shall assess their own attitude about quality of life. B‚ Be knowledge about the legal and ethical issues that may rise when working with the elderly; example‚ competency issues. C‚ Determine reason for evaluation and the social facets related to the issues such as‚ recent losses‚ financial stressors and family matters. D‚ Show the elderly respect and give them as much as autonomy as much as possible‚ regardless of mental
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International Legal and Ethical Issues in Business Unit 5 Individual Project ABSTRACT In this paper I will discuss environmental regulations and labor laws in place in Thailand and Singapore. This paper will show that while Singapore seems to have stricter environmental regulations in place in it’s country‚ the labor laws in Thailand seems to protect its citizens better with better work hour regulations and wage requirements. Singapore’s labor laws can stand to be revisited so as to keep the
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SHELL COMPANY OIL SPILLS IN NIGERIA By MOHAMMAD MOHIB SIDDIQI H00034532 Executive Summary Shell is one of the global energy and petroleum companies around the world. The strategy of Shell Company is to generate more profit for the organization and to move forward the business investments so that Shell Company is sustaining a competitive situation in the Global market and to provide revenues to the shareholders by meeting
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The Exon Valdez oil spill disaster occurred on March 24‚ 1989. This was the most devastating human-caused disaster in the United States history until twenty-one years later when The Deepwater Horizon occurred on April 20‚ 2010. Both disasters had a deadly effect on environmental life. These two incidents linked individuals taking shortcuts and being overconfident. Catastrophes do not happen by accident; something has to trigger them. Three main reasons why the disaster at Deepwater Horizon occurred:
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What are the issues involved in resolving legal disputes in international transactions? One of the issues that are involved in resolving legal disputes in international transactions would be lack of knowledge of the other countries laws‚ and government interference when it comes to the ruling of the courts. A business would also have to obtain knowledge about a country where they wish to conduct business. What are some practical considerations of taking legal action against a foreign business partner
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Legal Issue: Respecting the privacy of user posted information Likelihood: Moderate Impact: High Ease of fix: Moderate Description Implementing communication methods such as video or instant messaging presents several legal implications and there are various areas to consider when looking at the legalities of communication methods. Some of the main aspects to take in to consideration involve respecting the privacy of user posted information and be aware of not disclosing personal or confidential
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