Case Introduction The Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation and the United Steelworkers of America entered into an agreement to reserve 50% of the openings in an in plant craft training program for African Americans (Byars & Rue‚ 2008). Brian F. Weber was a white male who wanted to enter this program but was denied. Weber claimed he was discriminated against due to the fact that African American employees were accepted into a training program over senior white employees. Mr. Weber had seniority
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Dow Chemical Case When Petroquímica Bahia Blanca S.A. (PBB) began the process of becoming privatized by the Argentine government‚ Dow Chemicals saw the acquisition of this company as a golden opportunity to become the leading polyethylene player in Latin America. Dow Chemical’s was already a major player in the chemicals (ethylene)‚ plastics (polyethylene)‚ and agricultural products industries holding position as a low-cost producer. Breaking each segment of their business down into
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Dow Chemical Case Question 1 Polyethylene is the world’s most widely used plastic. Polyethylene plastic’s principal application was in packaging‚ from trash bags to milk jugs. It was widely used in the manufacture of everything from trash bags‚ picnic cutlery and garbage pails‚ to plastic toys. Polyethylene also replaced glass‚ wood‚ and metal in certain applications. There were three types of polyethylene‚ Low-density polyethylene‚ High density polyethylene and Low linear density polyethylene
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In this case I play the role of Edward Cummings‚ a senior credit representative of Joyce Chemical Company. My task in this case is to look into Eliot Manufacturing and to see if we should continue or terminate our relationship with them. If we were to continue‚ the choices would be to either have them in a program to reduce their accounts payable or to tolerate gradual increases in credit. After doing an analysis on Mr. Pound and the Eliot Manufacturing Company‚ I would recommend that Joyce
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Diamond Chemicals PLC (A): The Merseyside Project Late one afternoon in January 2001‚ Frank Greystock told Lucy Morris‚ “No one seems satisfied with the analysis so far‚ but the suggested changes could kill the project. If solid projects like this can’t swim past the corporate piranhas‚ the company will never modernize.” Morris was plant manager of Diamond Chemicals’ Merseyside Works in Liverpool‚ England. Her controller‚ Frank Greystock‚ was discussing a capital project that she wanted to propose
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Question 1 Issues Arising From Case The issues are the future viability of the plant for producing EPC and the long-term effects of not upgrading this production line. The additional upgrade will result in additional production‚ but as mentioned by the sales director if there is no demand for the increase in supply and Rotterdam plants excess will be added to the Mersey side quantities the plant upgrade could ultimately result in a dropping of prices to shift supply. The transport division is also
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Chemical Banks – Allocation of Profits Question 1. How will you resolve the due bill controversy? Due Bill Controversy: Metro Division’s service to sell the Due Bill for the Treasury division is not recognized by the Treasury department. While Metro acted like a cost center‚ Treasury acted as profit center. When Metro Bank division reviewed the profit loss statement for the Due Bills‚ it was found that Metro division was incurring loss of $26.50 for each transaction. Consequences of Due
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Case Study: The Corporation 1. In the mid 1800s the corporation emerged as a "legal person" by way of maneuvering in the legal system. For the next 100 years we saw the rise to dominance of the corporation. The corporation created unprecedented wealth but at what cost? The externalities of corporate operations are responsible for countless cases of illness‚ death‚ poverty‚ pollution‚ exploitation and lies. Voice your opinion on this. Who Is Responsible for regulating these Corporations?‚ The Government
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Capital Investment and Capital Structure Case 5 American Home Products Corporation Assess American Home Products ’ (AHP) business risk. THE BUSINESS RISK OF A COMPANY INCLUDES ΒR WHICH IS RELATED TO ITS REVENUE AND OPERATING LEVERAGE WHICH ARISES FROM FIXED COSTS OF PRODUCTION. IN GENERAL‚ THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY HAS A VERY HIGH BUSINESS RISK DUE TO HIGH RISKS AND COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTS. AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS HAS A LOW BUSINESS RISK IN
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Case 1: Corwin Corporation Table of Contents Summary of Findings…………………………………………………………… 3 Background Information……………………………………………………….. 3 Problem Statement……………………………………………………………… 5 Analysis of Alternatives………………………………………………………… 5 Detailed Recommendations……………………………………………………. 6 Implementation and Evaluation……………………………………………….. 7 References……………………………………………………………………….. 9 Case 1: Corwin Corporation Summary of findings This case is about a reputed rubber component manufacturing
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