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| |[June 13‚ 2011] | Table of Contents Crisis Management 2 Planning in a Crisis 2 Company Overview: Exxon Mobil 3 Crisis: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 4 Company ’s Actions & Reactions 4 Fines and Consequences 6 Lessons to learn 6 Last Word 7 Cited Works…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….9 Crisis Management "Failure to have a workable crisis
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Communities and Shareholders: The impact of how ExxonMobil manage their interaction Exxon-Mobil is the world’s largest privately owned multi-national oil and gas company (Skjaerseth 2003). For companies as large as ExxonMobil‚ which possess considerable capital resources and are able to exert considerable power and influence‚ society is increasingly demanding that they behave in a socially responsible manner (Diara‚ Alilo‚ and McGuire 2004). There is a growing expectation that companies will adopt
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long term exposure. Water pollution is one of the biggest problems that faces modern society and is harmful to the health of humans and animals because it affects every living organism in this earth. This essay will talk about industrial pollution‚ Oil pollution‚ litter and sewage pollution. One of the main sources of pollution are industrial wastes‚ these wastes come from factories located by the sea. Throughout the years these locations have been used for industrial activities due to the strategic
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Slide 1 57 spills with volumes estimated at ³ 11‚000 MTs since mid-1960s Exxon Valdez is smallest of this group‚ but is most well know for coastal impacts 2 largest ‘spills’ are multiple events during recent armed conflicts Persian Gulf War in 1991 Chechnyan insurrection in 2000 72% are from tankers 7% each from wells and storage tanks 3% pipelines and cargo vessels 1 lone refinery Although Valdez is #57 on this list‚ it probably top 5-10 in environmental damage and #1 political
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major causes of sea pollution are oil spills‚ toxic waste‚ and dumping of other harmful materials into the ocean. This pollution will directly affect the living organisms in the ocean and indirectly affect human’s health and resources. We‚ as humans‚ should learn more about these in order to have the knowledge on how to solve this problem effectively. Oil spill is perhaps the most publicly acknowledged cause of sea pollution. Large tanker accident like the Exxon Valdez had been rapidly known worldwide
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The crude oil industry has become prominent since mid 19th century. Ever since the Industrial Revolution‚ the development of drilling methods has brought oil into a drastically larger extent of mass production. Petroleum is one of the important extracted compositions of crude oil in the U.S. Until today‚ it is globally used mainly as fuels in transportation. Other uses include heating homes‚ powering industry‚ and providing raw material for plastic manufacturing. The great importance of oil to the country
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America’s dependency on foreign oil. Safety is always an important factor when considering new methods for obtaining raw energy sources such as coal‚ oil‚ and natural and shale gas. The process of fracking can be considered relatively safe when compared to oil drilling and mining. For example‚ in 2010 an offshore drilling station suffered a malfunction in a blow back valve that caused a massive explosion killing 11 people and spilling an estimated 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico (Center
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There have been many global catastrophes that have led to the invention of using microbes to rid contamination or prevent massive disasters. Some events that benefitted from bioremediation have been the chemical spill in the Love Canal‚ the nuclear explosion in Chernobyl‚ and the Exxon oil spill. The use of fungi and bacteria were instrumental in reducing the effects of these disasters. In order to understand their ability of detoxification‚ it is important to understand how they work in these situations
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Names: ___________________________ Base Group: ___________ Assignment #2: exploring oceans & ENERGY issues exercise template Based on readings and video clips assigned for Short Exercise #2– Exploring Oceans & Energy Issues‚ answer the questions below. Remember to answer all portions of the question asked and abide by the length requirements specified below! Also‚ please don’t forget to name your dropbox submission appropriately! Important Reminder: When you find additional
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