are: BP‚ Aral‚ ARCO‚ Castrol‚ AMPM‚ and Wild Bean Café brand‚ different brands but they provide energy. (BP‚ 2012) Sustaining their employees‚ providing opportunities like being an expatriate‚ and following BP’s strategy are some ways they maintain global staffing. Primarily‚ BP approach to sustaining employees is “found in the principles‚ promoting‚ treating employees fairly‚ and providing open feedback‚ ensuring compliance with laws‚ regulations and our code of conduct.” (BP‚ 2012) BP goal
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BP Oil Spill May 1‚ 2012 Abstract This paper is written on a current article that was recently published. The article is criminal justice related and about the BP oil spills that happened two years ago. The paper will be a brief summary of the article and what has happened since the oil spill. On Tuesday‚ April 24‚ 2012 at 7:40 P.M. Federal prosecutors brought the first criminal charges in the Gulf oil spill‚ accusing a former BP engineer of deleting
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BP Disaster at Sea In 2010 the nation was dealt the worst oil spill in the history of the USA‚ the BP oil rig Deep water horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. This major catastrophe destroyed some people‚ millions of aquatic wildlife‚ birds and the reputation of BP all in one fatal event. What caused this mind blowing disaster to happen? We will take a look
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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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Hydrogen Fuel As An Alternative Energy Source To Replace Fossil Fuels Since the beginning of industry humans have been in search of fuel to power machines and generate energy. Fossil fuels‚ such as crude oil and coal‚ discovered beneath the Earth’s surface were found to be an excellent source of fuel. These fossil fuels are burnt in order to generate the energy required to complete various tasks. Many nations count on coal‚ oil and natural gas to supply most of their energy needs‚ but reliance
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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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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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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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