all of the environmental issues that we face and decide what qualifies as an environmental issue. The BP Oil Spill has been a huge environmental issue; it was the worst oil disaster in US history. The government estimated up to 2.6 million gallons per day with a total of 205.8 million got into the gulf. Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Alabama and Florida all had miles on miles of surface oil problems. BP put nearly 2 million gallons of chemical “dispersants” into the ocean‚ which actually make the oil more
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Jeff Grisan April 7‚ 2011 Case Study #2 British Petroleum “BP is one of the world ’s largest energy companies‚ providing its customers with fuel for transportation‚ energy for heat and light‚ retail services and petrochemicals products for everyday items” (BP‚ 2011). The organization is the fourth largest company in the world‚ operates in over 80 countries and employees more than 80‚000 people. BP produces approximately 3.8 million barrels of oil equivalent per day with more than 18
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The BP Oil Spill “Thank God men cannot fly and lay waste to sky‚ as well as the earth‚” said Henry David Thoreau on environmental damage. The BP‚ or British Petroleum‚ Gulf oil spill has been widely referred to as the biggest environmental disaster that the United States has ever faced‚ with over four million gallons of oil pouring into the waters off the Mexican Gulf Coast. The BP oil spill occurred in April of 2010. It was‚ and still is‚ the biggest oil spill in all of U.S. history. The massive
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1. Originally‚ an Ethics and Compliance team was formed to monitor the formation and operation of the company guidance towards ethical issues in BP’s company. Just like to set up a communication consistent standard for all the employees of BP for different location‚ culture and language. Originally‚ this is a good way to guide the company staff to maintain company standard and reputation. But the code did not effectively address specific high-risk activities for the scope of daily operations. It
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Business Management Ethics Issue at Bp Name: Date: Class: Professor: MANAGEMENT ETHICS AT BP Abstract Beyond Petroleum‚ BP is among the largest Oil and other energy companies in the world. Its targets and confidence in the market has enabled it reduce Carbone dioxide waste and enhance alternative sources of energy like solar power. This upward success has‚ however‚ in the recent past been challenged. BP’s environmental image in the globe has been tarnished
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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
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BP is one in six of the largest oil and gas companies in the world. BP stands for British Petroleum‚ but that was not the first name of the gas and oil company‚ it all started in 1908. Explore George Reynold’s went on a mission to find oil in Persia and he did not fail. The mission was actually for a man by the name of William D’Arcy. This oil that was found became part of BP’s first company name the Anglo-Persian Oil Company‚ but that’s not what everyone thinks or knows about when someone says BP
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crisis of the British concern British Petroleum (BP). At first I would like to provide more information about the crisis and its consequences‚ then I will identify the kind of crisis we have to deal with‚ I will discuss the several communication strategies BP have used‚ I will explain the different reactions of the public on the crisis. At last‚ I will give the oil concern some advice‚ in case a reoccurrence takes place. The BP oil spill The BP oil spill was a big natural disaster in the Gulf
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BP plc[3][4] (LSE: BP‚ NYSE: BP) is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London‚ United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by 2011 revenues and is one of the six oil and gas "supermajors".[5][6] It is vertically integrated and operates in all areas of the oil and gas industry‚ including exploration and production‚refining‚ distribution and marketing‚ petrochemicals‚ power generation and trading. It also has renewable
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BRITISH PETROLEUM MODULE: MANAGING ACTIVITIES ASSIGNMENT TITLE: British petroleum (BP) MAY 2012 BY: STUDENT ID:BMC111213975 LECTURER: SUBMISSION DATE: 15th may 2012 CONTENTS PAGE TASKS | PAGE | Introduction | 4 | PART 1 Task 1- Structure and culture of BP and relationship between the different processes and functions. | 5-7 | Task2-identify British petroleum mission
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