485 Search Results for Oil Spill
People are fed up, I believe, with government bail-outs and as taxpayers are reeling from the recent Wall Street Bailout, Obama's poll numbers have declined as people begin to feel that taxpayers will again foot the bill for the BP oil spill cleanup Continue Reading...
Obama energy policy in relation to the economy of the United State of America's 21st century economy. It begins with a general description of the policies and then proceeds and outlines the various elements of the policy. After the analysis the pape Continue Reading...
company British Petroleum, its products and services, the critical success factors for its operations and its salient stakeholders. It also discusses ways in which the primary stakeholders affect an organisation's financial performance. Then it eval Continue Reading...
Water Pollution
The vast majority -- over 70% -- of our earth is covered by water. Unfortunately for our thirst, 97.5% of all the water on the planet is salt water. Only 2.5% of the water on planet earth is fresh drinking water. Given that there is Continue Reading...
.." For example, during the Vietnam War the United States "sprayed 3640 km2 of South Vietnam's cropland with herbicides, using a total estimated amount of 55 million kg. The stated rationale was to deny the enemy sources of food and means of cover. T Continue Reading...
Management Styles
Fool-proofing a service operation.
In the banking industry, a significant service industry in any country, optimized operations are essential to ensure that the public has maximum confidence in the operators of this industry. Bank Continue Reading...
Ethics in Organizational Culture
The National Park Service (NPS) is a government agency that was established in the early 20th century and based upon the ideas and plans of the 19th century frontier and public leaders to conserve the parks and lands Continue Reading...
BP Deepwater Horizon
In April, 2010, Gulf of Mexico oil rig Deepwater Horizon, managed by British Petroleum (BP) suffered an explosion, sank to the bottom of the sea and precipitated an oil leak that would take months to cap (Pagnamenta & Goddar Continue Reading...
In general, crisis management focuses on three major activities: 1) What are the most appropriate methods of response to both real and perceived crises?, 2) What models and scenarios need to be defined that constitute a crisis and should engage a ne Continue Reading...
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This designation has been challenged by the DuPont Company, which discharges wastewater from its chemical plants on each side of the river. The company feels there has not been enough evidence presented to earn the designation, and "warned that bu Continue Reading...
ocean pollution, and how it is affecting marine life. It will also look at what is being done to control pollution in the United States and around the world.
OCEAN POLLUTION AND ITS EFFECTS
There are numerous pollutants contaminating the world's o Continue Reading...
BP is one of the largest names in the oil and gas industry, it has certainly drawn a lot of attention as a result of the environmental damage it caused as a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The company has since employed an even tougher attit Continue Reading...
TransCanada is fighting people that are worried more about aesthetics and ideals rather than benefits to the consumer (TransCanada, 2013).
3.2 The significance of organization to issue and vice versa (330 words)
In the end, the issue that faces Tr Continue Reading...
Nu Star Energy L.P. is a limited partnership that is publicly traded and headquartered in San Antonio. It has 9,063 miles of pipeline, eighty-six terminal facilities, four storage facilities for crude oil and two refineries for asphalt. It is the sec Continue Reading...
BP's Reaction And Strategy Of Change:
The safety history of British oil giant, BP, has been the subject of increased examination by various sectors such as the U.S. Congress in relation to the recent blow up that contributed to the death of 11 peopl Continue Reading...
team is a small collaborated group of people working actively together and combining their complementary skills to achieve common goals. The researcher of this study has participated in a team project, and the study discusses description of the team Continue Reading...
Oliver Wendell Holmes states that justice is subjective and changes according to the viewer's prejudice, viewpoint or social affiliation. But a set of rules is needed to make society function and these rules must be carried out. This philosophy of Continue Reading...
This is highlighting the overall culture of unethical behavior inside BP. ("The Explosion at Texas City," 2006)
As the company, would engage in policy of denying their involvement of: responsibility and attribute the incident to employee error. Thi Continue Reading...
An environmental loudmouth and the media are specifically there to get advice about publicly amplifying our efforts, because utliately this affects everybody and we want everybody to get on board with the effort. BP needs to know that if they don't Continue Reading...
Natural disasters have the potential to dramatically alter life in local communities. The loss of human life reverberates through the generations, as does the loss of local businesses and the generalized economic and psychosocial strain. Yet there ar Continue Reading...
Water Pollution
Water is the most precious environmental asset and natural resource on earth. Approximately seventy percent of the earth's surface is covered by water and it affects every facet of life and ecology. However, despite this obvious and Continue Reading...
Change Management - Change Plan
Feasibility Analysis
Driving Forces
The proposed change at BP appreciates the need for fast tracking the process and ensuring that the existing problems are addressed urgently. One of the driving forces is the exist Continue Reading...
Accounting in British Petroleum
Scope, Aims, and Objectives
The research project proposed herein will examine the role of accounting in the past progression and current situation of British Petroleum, the company that came under intense public scru Continue Reading...
Bibliography:
Eriksson, O, Carlsson Reich, M, Frostell, B, Bjorklund, a, Assefa, G, Sundqvist, JO & Thyselius, L. 2005, Municipal solid waste management from a systems perspective, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 241-252.
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To avoid all these hassles, corporates should take the lead. They should ensure that the environment is not harmed in any way and people are treated with respect and dignity without exploiting the people or the environment in any unfair way. Such i Continue Reading...
Environmental Biology: The Effects of Pollution in the Ocean
The oceans are being contaminated by pollution caused by oil spills, tanker discharges, untreated municipal wastes and agrochemical residues. Pollution is known to have destabilized many c Continue Reading...
This will be accomplished through desk research taking the form of a literature review. The literature review will be largely conducted online as well as through the review of primary legal documents reviewing the case in its aftermath.
This would Continue Reading...
The polar bears' most frequent spot is the area where ice meets the water as it makes it easier for them to hunt seals from the water in Arctic ice. Hence, Polar bears are particularly specialized for the life at the Arctic and he spends most of his Continue Reading...
This entity follows the California Clean Air Act and the Federal Clean Air Act so that it is responsible for air monitoring, permitting, enforcement, long-range air quality planning, regulatory development, and education and public information activ Continue Reading...
As a compliance officer asked to update the Board of Directors on the regulatory environment for doing business in countries where human rights records and protections have been weak, how would you support your recommendations based on the legal case Continue Reading...
Ngos & Human Rights in Africa
Non-governmental organizations have had an unprecedented effect on international human rights in the African system. NGOs have been recognized for their forward thinking ability in improving international human righ Continue Reading...
However, the Port estimates that it indirectly supports up to "316,000 jobs throughout Southern California and 1.4 million jobs throughout the United States. It generates about $16 billion in annual trade-related wages statewide" ("About the port," Continue Reading...
S. has jurisdiction. The dumping specifically of biodegradable plastics into the sea in these navigable waters and in offshore areas less than 25 nautical miles from the nearest land is strictly forbidden. Metals, bottles, crockery and similar garbag Continue Reading...
Economics of Energy and Fossil Fuels
1. A scratch-off card has no actual revenue collection mechanism that I can think of . Using them to tell somebody how much they have to pay also makes little sense. Both company and client would prefer to have ce Continue Reading...
illegal to buy and sell securities, in breach of a fiduciary duty or other relationship of trust or confidence, while in possession of material, nonpublic information about the security (Insider Trading). This includes tipping such information, secu Continue Reading...
Exxon Valdez
In a case such as with the Exxon Valdez, the company essentially saw the two arguments of shareholder value and ethics as mutually exclusive. To resolve the issue, the company chose to focus on shareholder value as a means of making its Continue Reading...
In the absence of proper waste management laws and regulations, as well as poor enforcement of existing waste disposal laws, an increase in the number of manufacturing entities would inevitably increase instances of water pollution. According to Goe Continue Reading...
U.S. Sanctions
Economic sanctions are an important tool of U.S. foreign policy. They are used for a variety of reasons and often have substantial repercussions for countries on the receiving ends. Sanctions are used as a way to stop objectionable a Continue Reading...
Leveraging Green Human Resource Practices to enable Environmental and Organizational Performance: Evidence from the Qatari Oil and Gas IndustryAbstractAlthough the theoretically important role of green human resource management (HRM), relatively litt Continue Reading...
Belfast Study
Reconciling Safety and Succession Planning
iSummary Prospectus
Hermeneutics Worldview
Company background
The Experts, their composition and grounds of expertise.
The epistemology of the experts.
Decision makers.
The epistemology Continue Reading...