Chris Intro to Business 9/22/10 BP and Ethics This case is about the safety problems faced by BP‚ the third-largest oil and gas producer in the world. On March 23‚ 2005‚ an explosion at BP’s Texas City refinery resulted in one of the most serious workplace accidents in the US. An investigation by The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) uncovered many safety lapses at the Texas City refinery. BP was accused of endangering its workers by compromising on process safety due
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of the biochemical produced a cure causing thousands of lives to be saved‚ then this may make him a good person. The result of this biochemical produced happiness for the masses by saving lives and curing disease. Considering the principle of utilitarianism is pleasure of the masses‚ the result of his actions would now be considered moral due to the amount of happiness that was produced. Although this may be a simple explanation of the scenario‚ other factors must be taken into account‚ such as
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BP Crises Law/531 October 1‚ 2012 The Deepwater Horizon disaster attributed to BP‚ a multinational oil and gas company‚ occurred in 2010 dumping massive amounts of oil in the waters on the gulf coast. The BP is headquartered in London with operations in 80 countries with the largest being in the United States. Team B participated in a simulation that presented a similar scenario as the oil spill mentioned. The company in the
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strategy Oil companies were the worst performing brands in the world market. There was no brand in the oil industry that had created positive perception in the public. During the late 1990’s BP has decided to change this perception for their brand. The main idea was to create a symbolic capital for BP. The definition of symbolic capital is given by (Bourdieu‚ 1974/1977 sited in Holt & McNulty‚2008‚p.76) as “ the resources by which authority and credibility are established amongst employees‚ peers
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Board of Directors Presentation Global Management Darleen Busot MGT/230 April 13‚ 2014 Patricia Ford Agenda Organizational Direction Goals and Objectives Strategic Planning Tactical Planning Operational Planning Contingency Plan Ethics and Legal Responsibilities Organizational Direction Safety First‚ striving to be a responsible corporation among the industry is our top priority. Create safety programs that will enable our employees during emergencies. Management will ensure
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cooperating and negotiating with BP on the merger issue. Based on Amoco’s stand-alone valuation‚ it was reasonable to estimate $47 million enterprise value and $41.5 million equity value‚ with a walking-away exchange ratio 0.54. Then adding synergy‚ it reached an opening exchange ratio 0.72. Through further negotiation with BP‚ both parties reached a conclusion on certain level synergy distribution and agreed to close the deal at an exchange ratio of 0.65. The merger of Amoco and BP had strategic significance
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credit with the drawee bank. The gravamen of this special penal law is the issuance of check‚ not the non-payment of the obligation. (Lozano vs. Martinez‚ 146 SCRA 323). Checks form part of the banking system for being substitutes for money. Hence‚ BP Blg. 22 is neither violative of the constitutional provision against imprisonment of non-payment of debt nor the non-impairment clause. In the case of Que vs. People‚ the Supreme Court settled that B.P.22 applies even in cases where the
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to others. A good state of affairs is based off of a matter of opinion. What some consider “good” affairs; others may consider “poor”. The statement‚ there is no single objective sense of a good state of affairs holds truth. Philippa Foot’s Utilitarianism and the Virtues states‚ “ It can never be right to prefer a worse state of affairs to a better” (198). Foot is correct‚ however‚ this statement doesn’t say what specifically would be considered worse or better. If Jenny‚ the green thumbed outdoors
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would agree with the magistrate’s decision on framing the innocent man. The reason behind this agreement is that since the one man being killed is saving lives and saving chaos it makes it ethical‚ from a utilitarian standpoint. According to utilitarianism one must consider the consequences of a certain action. So in this case the magistrate must weigh the pros and cons of the decision to execute this man. The magistrate must be a utilitarian because he decided to kill the innocent man in an attempt
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| BP Case Analysis | | 1. Based on the history of the company‚ why did BP get involved in so much questionable conduct? BP’s history extends back to 1901 when William D’Arcy’s Anglo-Persian Oil Company first drilled for oil in Persia and after seven years of drilling and darcy’s nearly spent his net worth finally oil spewed out and became rich. Unfortunately later at 1914 BP was on the verge of bankruptcy due to the very low demand of oil in global market. Accordingly ‚BP’s Board
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