Matt Eng Gasland Josh Fox‚ International WOW Company‚ ‚ 2010 Gasland is a documentary written‚ produced and directed by founder and artistic director of international WOW Company‚ Josh Fox. The film won six awards including Special Jury Prize in 2010 Sundace Film Festival and was also nominated for an Academy Awards for best documentary in 2011. The film shows effects of natural gas drilling on water sources and the environment. It also shows the influence of big businesses on legislatures
Premium United States Petroleum Native Americans in the United States
ETHICS WITHOUT STAKEHOLDERS Joseph Heath Abstract: One of the most influential ideas in the field of business ethics has been the suggestion that ethical conduct in a business context should be analyzed in terms of a set of fiduciary obligations toward various "stakeholder" groups. Moral problems‚ according to this view‚ involve reconciling such obligations in cases where stakeholder groups have conflicting interests. The question posed in this paper is whether the stakeholder paradigm represents
Premium Business ethics Ethics Stakeholder theory
Assignment # 1 Stakeholder analysis on the British Petroleum oil spill disaster Stakeholder: UK and USA Government The British Petroleum (BP) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico flowed unabated for three months in 2010. It is the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. This event affected individuals and groups‚ know as stakeholders‚ in different ways according to the impact that the catastrophe meant to their situation. The stakeholders treated in this case are
Premium Petroleum Canada Federal government of the United States
Gentrification is the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste Although others may think gentrification is negative in certain given area’s‚ gentrification is positive ‚ because it attracts newcomers‚ and it improves neighborhoods. According to various sources gentrification is positive when it comes to certain areas/neighborhoods. Gentrification causes increase in population‚ attracts new businesses‚ and makes neighborhoods safer. Chicago
Premium Sociology Gentrification City
1. Kodak Stakeholder Impact Analysis Shareholders The shareholders of Kodak want a good return on their investment. Kodak has been exhausting resources through acquisitions and joint ventures with other companies‚ which leads to decreased shareholder profits. Kodak lost over $1.7 billion in already manufactured cameras and a patent suit where Polaroid sued them for violations on seven of their patents which also led to decreased shareholder profits. Competition was increasing in all areas and
Premium Stock market Marketing Shareholder
“sustainability”‚ I found the definition to be much different from mines. The actual meaning of the word sustainability in the dictionary is; the ability to be sustained‚ supported‚ upheld‚ or confirmed‚ which would relate to the topic of Hydraulic Fracturing. What is Hydraulic Fracturing you may say? According to Propublica.org‚ Hydraulic Fracturing is the process used in 9 out of 10 natural gas wells in the United States‚ Where millions of water‚ sand and chemicals are pumped underground to break apart the
Premium Hydraulic fracturing Barnett Shale
for high school in the early to mid-1960s‚ the clean‚ neatly shorn and well-pressed conformity of the student body‚ with its tucked-in shirts and shined shoes‚ was expected”(Spivack). Today the school dress code positively impacts teenagers. Our dress code today allows us to wear what we want‚ so we can express ourselves through our style. In addition‚ it allows us to feel more comfortable in schools. Therefore‚ the school dress code implemented at Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School (MASH) is
Premium Education Trousers Dress code
P2- Describe the different stakeholders who influence the purpose of two contrasting businesses In this task I will be describing eight different stakeholders which are; customers‚ employees‚ suppliers‚ owners‚ trade unions‚ employer associations‚ local and national communities and the government. I will be stating what they are‚ who they are‚ why they useful‚ how they influence stake holders on organisation and why they are useful to business I have chosen which is Tesco and The British Heart Foundation
Premium Management Strategic management Marketing
Based on the articles provided‚ I believe that the Daubert standard is the best for Florida simply because judges are more involved in the case itself. I feel that the Daubert standard requires expert testimony to be more specific about the language that is used and the explanation provided by the expert. The Daubert standard analyzes the science and application of the expert’s testimony. Since the Daubert standard is highly based on the expert testimony being reliable‚ vigorous cross-examination
Premium Scientific method Science Theory
The steamship also known as a steamer is vessel that basically replaced the sails on the ship that used the wind to push the ship forward in the water. The steamer was made for trips to America but a problem was found out that the coal that the ship would carry would have to be massive for the ship to travel for the same amount of distance as a sail ship. The steamship was one of the spoils of the Industrial revolution. The first steamboat was built in America 1807 by Robert Fulton. steamers engines
Premium Fossil fuel Coal Renewable energy