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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situations, it is not in many, especially in incidents that involve the toxicity of water. Water becomes toxic, not because of the lack of knowledge, but because of the carelessness, which was evidenced in the Flint, Michigan water crisis and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In Flint, there were dangerous chemicals in the water that severely harmed the citizens; for example, children were starting to suffer from anemia. The oil spill devastated the Gulf of Mexico, changing the whole environment: several
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Case Study-Deepwater Zhuljeta Mujollari Post University What type of control do you think would have been most useful in this situation? Explain your choice. Feedforward control would have been very useful in this situation, especially when BP has a serious of accidents before the worst oil spill in the U.S. history happens. According to Doris Burke (2011) “each time its CEO vowed to avoid a future disaster and it failed”. Back in 2005 a high-profile explosion at Texas City kills 15
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Running head: BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS, PART I Business Research Methods, Part I Patrice Brown, Melissa Farrell, Nichole Holden University of Phoenix Applied Business Research & Statistics Erick Ahrens July 17, 2010 Business Research Methods, Part I Introduction The management-research question hierarchy is a three step process, which begins when a management dilemma triggers the need for a decision (Cooper & Schindler, 2006). To proceed with the research process, the management
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Final Paper Management 5000 – OGF1 2010 Management Statement of the Problem From the perspective of strategic planning and leadership, how could British Petroleum Company (BP) have minimized the risk of the deepwater oil drilling incident of April 20, 2010, and done a better job of crisis management after the fact? This environmental emergency was the result of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion which killed 11 workers, injured 17 others, and resulted in a sea-floor oil gusher leaking
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of BP’s Response to the spill in the Gulf BP’s Response to the Deepwater Horizon Spill On April 20, 2010 an unprecedented oil spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico. BP suffered not only personnel and equipment loss, but public relations loss as well. Many Americans felt outraged at BP for the effects of the spill on the Gulf Coast communities. Although the media immediately discussed the environmental implications of the disaster, many people felt that the impacts on the Gulf Coast communities
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Deepwater Oil Spills Deepwater oil drilling has been an issue that continually bothers a great deal of people. Environmentalists are truly concerned with the effects that oil spills cause to the environment and species that live within the seas. There have been many spills throughout the years, but especially since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the Gulf Coast in 2010 that has gotten many concerned. Not only was the event in the news continually, but it was considered to be one of the worst
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It’s Time for the World To Have an Oil Change Prepared by: Nathan Banasek Submitted to: Betty-Anne Schlender Date: November 15, 2013 COMM 1101 Section 107 Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………...1 Environmental Impact…………………………………………….…….…2 Major Spills Occurring in Water………………………….………………4 Major Spills Occurring on Land………………………………………..…6 Cleaning up a Large Oil Spill…………………………………………...…7 What Can Be Changed…………………………………………………….9 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………10
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Ethics William, Scott Ethics In the case of BP oil the internal factors that “affect” ethics within management started at the very top of BP. In, the beginning its handling of the deepwater horizon spill was a disaster. Bp was involved in a number of projects at the outset of this disaster in an effort to save; money However at the start there was a lack of adequate communication between top level management and the front office. Bp planned to use cement that was much lighter to cap the well
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a process is in control when it is not” (p. 429). To categorize the decisions made on that fateful day would be to say a ‘series of errors occurred’. When reading, Deepwater: Report to the President, one can easily tell that numerous mistakes lead to the events, and that BP was aware of several maintenance issues. “A September 2009 BP safety audit had produced a 30-page list of 390 items requiring 3,545 man-hours of work” (OilSpillCommission, 2011, p.6). It is apparent to this researcher that several
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