...COMMUNICATIONS IN BUSINESS 100 Name: Anonymous 2 Student Number: 12345678 Email: anonym2@mail.au Company: Chevron Corporation Title: Corporate Social Responsibility: An Analysis of Chevron Other Details: Semester 1 2014, Bentley Campus (Word Count: 1568) Introduction Multinational Energy Companies, like Chevron Corporation, have a broad and significant social, economic and environmental impact on the globe and as such are in a position to influence the lives of many people. Chevron is involved in many different facets of the energy business, including exploration, refining, production and transportation. The company employs approximately 60 000 people in the oil and natural gas industry, with interest in 180 countries (Chevron Corporation SWAT, 2009). With the rise in global communication associated with the information age, companies like Chevron have to establish symbiotic relationships, focused on sustainable development, with society in order to satisfy increasingly environmentally conscious stakeholders. In this context a symbiotic relationship refers to one that is cooperative and mutually beneficial (Langella et al. 2012, 51). At the foundation of such a relationship is respect for health...
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...Chevron’s Global Business Challenges Anthony J. Smith Strayer University Dr. Johnnie Woodard BUS 475 March 2, 2014 Chevron’s Global Business Challenges While embracing an effective and productive global business environment, there are often ongoing matters such as unethical business challenges, failure to embrace technology advancement, and stiff competition among businesses (Chevron, 2012). It is the responsibility of each individual global company to ensure that proper strategies and policies are utilized to address these challenges. This paper will analyze the Code of Conduct of Chevron Corporation, as it relates to other companies in the industry, while simultaneously determining the key issues impacting the company and how technological advancements may face challenges in the global society. Chevron is a company that has an extensive strong history, which began when a group of explorers and merchants established the Pacific Coast Oil Company on September 10, 1879, in San Francisco. The company has changed its name more than once, but claims to have always retained their founders’ spirit of grit, innovation, and perseverance (Chevron 2013). They have transformed into what is now Chevron Corporation, recently ranked 9th among the world’s top oil companies by Petroleum Intelligence Weekly in 2013, second among US oil companies behind ExxonMobil (Chevron 2013). Chevron has partnered with other companies, each with their own unique history, strengths, and...
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...Report Two: Global Business Issues Abstract As a group we were posed with the task of addressing six different issues using ten different articles from Business week and five sources of peer reviewed articles. The first issue that we addressed was Global Self-Awareness which is “the continuum through which students develop a mature, integrated identity with a systemic understanding of the interrelationships among the self, local and global communities, and the natural and physical world.” The next issue addressed was Perspective which is “Taking the continuum through which students develop a mature, integrated identity with a systemic understanding of the interrelationships among the self, local and global communities, and the natural and physical world. Another issue we addressed was Cultural Diversity which is “the ability to recognize the origins and influences of one’s own cultural heritage along with its limitations in providing all that one needs to know in the world.” The next issue talked about was Personal and Social Responsibility which is “the ability to recognize one’s responsibilities to society-locally, nationally, and globally- and to develop a perspective on ethical and power relations both across the globe and within individual societies.” The next topic discussed was Understanding Global Systems which is “the complex and overlapping worldwide systems, including natural systems and human systems, which operate in observable patterns and often are affected...
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...BUSINESS DETAILS This business proposal is confidential and I request that it be treated as such. I must solicit your confidentiality and assure you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit. I am Richard Gerrald, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to a client of mine, who died along with his family in a plane crash on the 14th of August 2005. My late client a formal Sub-Comptroller working with Chevron Texaco Oil here in the United Kingdom and had Left behind a deposit of Sixteen Million British Pounds Sterling only (£16,000,000.00) with a bank. After the death of my client, the finance company contacted me, as his attorney to provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune this according to them is their policy in sure circumstances. Since the death of my client, I have written several letters to the embassy with intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail. I had to inform the finance company about my fruitless effort in locating my late client's close relative or his next of kin. The board of directors of the finance company now adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money or forfeit the money as an abandoned fund. The company had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to confiscate the funds after the expiration...
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...JAMES SCOTT ESQ 52 MOUNT STREET, NOTTINGHAM NG1 6HH, UNITED KINGDOM BUSINESS PROPOSAL This business proposal is confidential and I request that it be treated as such. I must solicit your confidentiality and assure you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit. I am James Scott, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to a client of mine, who died along with his family in a plane crash on the 5th of August 2005. My late client a formal Sub-Comptroller working with Chevron Texaco Oil here in the United Kingdom and had Left behind a deposit of Sixteen Million British Pounds Sterling only (£16,000,000.00) with a bank. After the death of my client, the finance company contacted me, as his attorney to provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune this according to them is their policy in sure circumstances. Since the death of my client, I have written several letters to the embassy with intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail. I had to inform the finance company about my fruitless effort in locating my late client's close relative or his next of kin. The board of directors of the finance company now adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money or forfeit the money as an abandoned fund. The company had planned to invoke the abandoned property...
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...Background and Issues Is Chevron guilty? This memo outlines the issues Chevron is facing through the Amazon lawsuit in Ecuador and identifies how the management can handle this squint situation. The Amazon lawsuit is a very big threat to the company’s profit, since the penalty payments will cover over 50% of the company’s current profit. To understand the situation of Chevron today we need to take a closer look at the background story. The Story goes back to the 1960’ies when Texaco, an acquisition of Chevron, was involved in the oil drilling in Ecuador. Back then Texaco had a Joint venture with Petro Ecuador which was mainly owned by the Ecuadorian government and had a share of 62.5 percent. This Joint venture named Texpet drilled 1.7 billion barrel oil from government properties until the end of contract in 1984. After finishing the work Texpet was suit by the Ecuadorian government, because of violation of environmental laws. These violations included the direct release of toxic wastewater into rivers instead of filtering and dumping in isolated areas and unclosed pipelines that additionally caused the pollution of soil, groundwater and plants. Back then Texpet paid a 40 million Dollar penalty and from 1995 to 1998 Texaco undertook a remediation of 161 out of 430 pits to clean their share of agreements according to the governments criteria. The Story of Texaco in Ecuador seemed to be terminated, but the appearances were deceptive. A cancer study by the Harvard medical...
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...State of Confusion Paper BUS/415 There are several stages to a civil lawsuit. The first stage is Pleadings. This starts off with the original court documents and involves one party that files the complaint. These documents state the initial plaintiff’s argument or case against the other party, also known as the defendant. This allows the defendant to have knowledge of the plaintiff’s facts amid legal grounds of their claims. At times when suing another party they may arise to suing you back, if in that case such a situation occurs, you will then fight back in court while also trying to defend yourself. Then a counterclaim can be filed by the defendant if they have an independent claim against the plaintiff. The second stage is Discovery. This includes depositions which entails the parties of deposing or interviewing under oath before the start of the trial. There are a few types discovery. One is written discovery which has its own two forms; Interrogatories and Requests for admission. Interrogatories are the questions that in your own version of the claims. Requests of admission mainly ask the party to deny or admit to the facts stated in the claim. Penalties can come about if not answered, or answered if false manner. Discovery can also include subpoenas from the court ordering individuals or organizations to produce certain documentation, interview under oath, or answer any written questions which would be the second form of discovery. The third is depositions. This...
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...MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO DISMISS OR STAY OF A PERMANENT INJUNCTION I. INTRODUCTION This Memorandum of Points and Authority is submitted by Floyd Industries, LLC, and Sandra Floyd (herein collectively referred to as “Petitioners”) in opposition to Orin Rettick (“Rettick”)’s motion to dismiss, or in the alternative, for a stay of a permanent injunction filed by Petitioners in this Court. Petitioners request this Court to grant Petitioners’ request for a permanent injunction of Rettick’s claim in the Tribal Court of the Taraconic Tribe. The Tribal Court of the Taraconic Tribe does not have adjudicatory jurisdiction over Rettick’s tort claim a gainst P etitioners because neither Floyd Industries, LLC, nor Sandra Floyd are members of the Taraconic Tribe, because the fact that the clai m arose on tribal land is non-dispositive for jurisdiction, and because Rettick’s claim did not meet any of the ex ceptions for the general rule of limited exercise of inherent tribal power. Rettick’s claim did not meet the exceptions because his claim presents a simple torts claim that neither threatens the self -government of the tribe nor suggests the claim is contractual in nature. Because it is clear that the tribal court lacks jurisdiction over the claim, Petitioners request this Court to exercise jurisdiction over this case without waiting for exhaustion of claims in the tribal court. Accordingly, Petitioners request this Court...
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...Scenario 1 Quarterback vs Opposing Player The tort actions caused by the opposing player during the football game were intentional. The reason is because the opposing player did try to tackle the quarterback. The plaintiff in this case would be the quarterback. The opposing player would be the defendant because he is the person who intentionally tried to hit or tackle the quarterback. The quarterback has the right to sue the opposing player because the hit was an intentional battery. This claim will be difficult for the plaintiff to win in court because football is a dangerous sport that consists of many risks. Malik vs Quarterback Malik is the fan who got injured by ball that was thrown by the quarterback. Malik is considered to be the plaintiff while the defendant is the quarterback. The quarterback is the defendant because he unintentionally assaulted Malik. Malik will sue the quarterback because he was injured by the football. The quarterback in this case owed a duty of care to the plaintiff by carefully throwing or aiming the ball away from the stands. Malik vs Daniel Daniel got really upset at Malik because he spilled cold beer on his 8 year old son Ruben. Taking matters into his own hands, Daniel shoved Malik causing him to fall and hit the aisle steps, knocking out two front teeth. Malik will sue Daniel. In this case, Malik would be the plaintiff and Daniel would be the defendant because he intentionally used assault and battery through actual...
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...matters that involve private parties and organizations. An action by an individual against the attorney general is a civil matter, but if the state is represented by the attorney general or other agent from the state and takes action against an individual, this is no longer civil law but instead this is now public law. The objective of civil law differs from other law. Civil law attempts to right a wrong, settle a dispute, or honor an agreement. The victim is being compensated by the at-fault party, which is a legal alternative to, or civilized form of, revenge. There is often a pie of division and is allocated by the process of civil law, probably by invoking the doctrines of equity, in cases of an equity matter. Criminal lawsuits differ from civil lawsuits in that the criminal prosecutions are intended to convict and...
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...hitches was not made to create safer roadways. This was created to make each truck driver to stop upon entering the state, purchase the new hitch, and then continue onwards. Therefore this statute can be considered unconstitutional on the means of it being solely created to produce extra income for the state. The Commerce clause determines whether or not a federal statute in constitutional, as well as allowing Congress to regulate the clause based on the channels of interstate commerce, persons or things in interstate commerce, or activities that relate to the latter. Because the statute involves the highway commerce, the court must determine whether or not this law set up by Confusion has any validity. Tanya will most certainly win this lawsuit against the State of Confusion. Requiring a B-type hitch when...
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...write about anything they want, and it could be easy for them to change the minds of individuals on a certain situation or case. Everyone already knows that the internet articles and newspaper are the voice of the people, so when someone can be innocent can easily be viewed as a criminal. They usually value money more than public effect. “For example, if the press put up a story that is undermining the efficiency of the government, all the people will change their attitudes toward the government and they may feel totally exploited. This will cause a great drift in the economy of the country since many people will refuse to pay taxes.” “the press doesn’t have blanket immunity for its mistakes. But they get especially strong protection from lawsuits for libel and slander when they cover Public Figures.” There have also been many of cases were the press has lied and been sued but used the first amendment to get away with being charged with anything. “Florida Appeals Court Orders Akre-Wilson Must Pay Trial Costs for $24.3 Billion Fox Television; Couple Warns Journalists of Danger to Free Speech, Whistle Blower Protection” “Akre and Wilson sued the Fox station and on August 18, 2000, a Florida jury unanimously decided that Akre was wrongfully fired by Fox Television when she refused to broadcast (in the jury’s words) “a false, distorted or slanted story” about the widespread use of BGH in dairy cows. They further maintained that she deserved protection under Florida’s whistle blower law...
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...plaintiff, Stella Liebeck in much publicized lawsuit, “hot coffee case”. It is the social responsibility of the company to look into the agony faced by the consumers in relation to its product, and this is where McDonalds fall short. The incident: The accident took place on 27th February, 1992, in Albuquerque, when Stella Lei beck along with her grandson ordered a McBreakfast at McDonald’s drive-thru on the way home. She was in the passenger’s seat, during her attempt to add cream and sugar in the coffee, inside stationary car, the scalding coffee spilled onto her lap. McDonald’s coffee was exceedingly hot, around 170 degree against the industry standard of 120-130 degree, within three seconds it caused third-degree burns on Stella’s groin area. She suffered numerous torments both physical and mental in the course of recuperation which took almost two years. After two years Stella sent a letter explaining the incident to McDonalds, her intent was not to claim for compensatory damage or filing a lawsuit for it, but to admonish them against the repercussions of their dangerously hot coffee posed. Her polite request to lower the coffee temperature was in the public interest. Past Action: The accident was not first of its kind for the McDonalds and the management was well aware of the fact that the incident is in the capacity to produce a potential lawsuit. They’ve faced 700 instances of burns between 1982-1991 and many lawsuits which were settled out of court. They’ve even...
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...com/2011/03/22/nyregion/22appraisal.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=breach%20of%20contract&st=cse | | | |(APA Style) | |COMMENTS – fully address all questions on the instruction sheet; add additional page if needed. | | | |1. Summarize the facts that occurred that led to a lawsuit. |...
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...through the state of Confusion they need to be equipped with a specific trailer hitch, which is made only in the state of Confusion. Tanya Trucker is frustrated because of the fact the Federal government has not been involved so far in regard to the state of Confusion obligating truckers to buy the required hitch or go around in which may cost more money than purchasing the required hitch. Why should the truck drivers buy a specific trailer hitch that the state of Confusion sells and requires no one knows if it is more secure than those already on the trucks. Tanya Trucker is weary of this outrage and wants for something to be done. Tanya Trucker has decided to file lawsuit against the state of Confusion to end this hitch dilemma and overturn the statute once and for all. In Tanya’s preparations to pursue this lawsuit she needs to first find what court will have the jurisdiction over the case. If Tanya Trucker case is strong enough she may file at the civil division of the state trial courts. The general jurisdiction trial courts would first hear testimony and seek any evidence presented that can determine the strength. If Tanya Trucker’s case would get thrown out she can seek her appeal in the Appellate Court System in which no further evidence can be brought in play and have the case reviewed thoroughly. This situation arises a question is the state of Confusion statute constitutional? I believe this Confusion statute is not constitutional because there is no federal...
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