Unocal in Burma Charles L Currier ETH 316 September 8‚ 2014 John Bevell Unocal in Burma What is the moral responsibility of all participants? Burmese Government /Military: The moral responsibility of this Government / Military should be to make sure that their countrymen are compensated for the work that they do. Sense the hard labor is done by the Burmese people then their Government should hold Unocal responsible for paying them a daily wage for the work that they do. Unocal: Moral responsibility
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reading this case‚ “Unocal in Burma”‚ I thought that there were human rights issues but there were also situations that I thought might have been beneficial to the residents. There were improvements in the country due to the companies that decided to invest in the Yadana project. I will analyze four approaches namely‚ utilitarian‚ rights‚ justice and caring and discuss my point of view in relation to the case. Firstly‚ let us take a look at utilitarian approach in connection to Unocal and its Partners
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“Ethics is a kind of investigation- and includes both the activity of investigating as well as the results of that investigation-whereas morality is the subject matter that ethics investigate” (Manual G. Velasquez). Here in this analysis we’ll try to differentiate the right and wrong in Unocal’s actions in engaging in the Yadana project from four different key ethical perspectives which are the Utilitarian‚ Rights‚ Justice and Caring perspective. 1. Utilitarian Perspective: “Utilitarianism is
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Unocal in Burma Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) QUESTION NO. 1 Assess whether from utilitarian‚ rights justice and caring perspective. Unocal did the right thing indicating to invest in the pipeline and then in conducting the projects as it did. In your view‚ and using your utilitarian‚ rights justice and caring assessment‚ did Unocal do the right thing? Assume there was no way to change the outcome of this case and that the outcome was foreseen was Unocal then justified in deciding to
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Unocal in Burma In this day and age it is not uncommon for American businesses to set their sights overseas. In such situations‚ ethics are always needed to ensure decisions are made in a morally responsible way. When corporations negotiate with underdeveloped countries‚ ethical guidelines are too often overlooked or blurred. When these are ignored‚ negative consequences almost always manifest. We can see this clearly in the example of this oil company and their dealings in Burma. Some people
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Summary In this paper‚ I will examine the case study of Unocal using four key different perspectives of ethics. Unocal was an American oil and gas conglomerate that was subject to class action suits for alleged human rights violations in Myanmar. These suits were filed at both the US federal and California state courts. Throughout the paper‚ I will provide clear and concise definitions to key terms in the area of ethics as it pertains to the Unocal case study. These will be based on literature reviews
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Case of Unocal Burma A landmark case The Unocal case is a breakthrough for foreigners trying to sue multinational corporations for their alleged collaboration with repressive regimes in human rights abuses. Work in progress at the Yadana pipeline project ... modern equivalent of slavery? Unocal Corporation‚ the California-based giant gas-and-petroleum corporation‚ will face trial in a United States court on charges of forced labour of Burmese people to build the $1.2 billion Yadana Gas Pipeline
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Case Analysis: Unocal in Burma Union Oil Company of California‚ Unocal‚ progressed into a full-service oil business after being founded more than 100 years ago to develop oil fields in California. Its services included extraction‚ refining‚ distribution‚ marketing and retail. Because of the depletion of oil fields in the United States‚ Unocal turned to foreign investments with a strategy to market its one-stop shopping business to governments. A major international project of interest was the
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Case study: Unocal in Burma Student name: Liyi Wen Student ID: 5061791 Word Count: 1947 words Professor: Calvin Hayes Content I Dilemma and Stakeholders 3 II Questions 4 III Arguments 5 Utilitarianism perspective: 5 Moral right perspective: 6 Justice perspective: 6 Reference List 7 I Dilemma and Stakeholders Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) specialized in developing oil fields around Los Angeles and operating all aspects of the oil business such as extraction‚ refining‚ distribution
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SUMMARY Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) is a company founded in 1890 in USA. It has since expanded into a global energy conglomerate by 1997. John Imle‚ President of Unocal is faced with contending with the challenge of the $1.2 billion Yadana Project that is caught in the crossfire of political unrest both within Burma as well as with the United States. If implemented‚ this project can fetch an estimated 12 billion dollars (400 million x 30 year contract)‚ over the next 30 years‚ to
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