...The BP oil rig explosion was the second worst disaster in the U.S history, it resulted in the death of 11 employees and seriously injured 16 others, this resulted in one of the largest oil spills in the history of the world, this resulted in the Gulf of Mexico waters being covered in oil which killed thousands of animal life in the area and had a huge affect on the animal life and the eco system in the area. BP lost billions and the ongoing fight to repair the damage done to the environment is still going on. This is a great example of how operations ethically and unethically can affect a business and the environment around them, this disaster should be learnt from and should never be allowed to happen, BP suffered hugely due to this as their public image was destroyed and their relations with the communities living in the area where the explosion happened were extremely bad. D1:2 Impacts on BP BP has paid out due to this disaster up to $5billion to the people who have lost money and have been effected by the oil rig explosion this is not including the money they have lost form the tones of oil that they have lost and also the cleanup operation that they are heading. A disaster like this will have a very long and negative impact on BP as their reputation has been completely destroyed by this disaster and a large amount of the public both investors, customers and just other people in the communities have now pulled away from BP and look at them in an unethical manner due...
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...Explain implications of the Asda and stakeholders of Asda operating ethically Stakeholder | Brief | Ethical trading that affect asda | Owners/ CEO | The director of the whole business. He or she is the one that employs workers to work for him/her so he/she can make profit. | The owner of Asda has partnered up with ethical trading initiative therefore the owner must make sure all his suppliers follow the Asda ethical policy. His workers must be working in a safe and hygienic environment so therefore his workers must receive health and safety training. This affects Asda because they have to spend money in training in health and safety procedures.http://www.ethicaltrade.org/eti-base-code | Employees | who work for asda and help sell goods for the customers | Ethical trading policy affects employees because the policy states that workers/employees must be treated equally with no discrimination also they must be paid equally e.g. national minimum wage. The policy also states that employee must go through health and safety training. This will affect Asda because it will have to pay more money so that the working conditions. http://www.ethicaltrade.org/eti-base-code | Suppliers | They provide resources for Asda and products for a lower price. | Trading policy affects Asda because suppliers must follow Asda’s ethical policy where its suppliers must follow the rules of the ethical trading policy such no child labour, no excessive working times, they must have health and safety...
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...There are many things Tesco’s can do to improve their operations ethically. Tesco’s can differ the way they operate, by becoming greener. They should show more keen interest and be environmentally conscious by having green policies, less packaging, recyclable bins for the public to use and charge for bags; encourage people to reuse their bags. Moreover all their stores should have sustainable environmental technology such as solar panels, to reduce the amount of electricity used (saving energy), which will reduce their carbon footprint too. Likewise they can join originations like “Friends of the Earth, Environmentalism and Green Peace” etc. Create more jobs Tax increase to 20% “the government hopes the rise in VAT will raise £13bn a year, but it is predicted to hit retail sales”. Due to this consumers are worried about job losses and how they will be able live their lives with all these cuts. But on the other hand “SUPERMARKETS led the way in announcing tens of thousands of new jobs at a growth summit hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street”. Furthermore “Tesco expects to hire another 9,000 staff, the Co-op 1,000 and Asda 15,000 retail apprenticeships”, which is very ethical. Moreover to be ethical, Tesco’s must deliver and create jobs for “9,000” people as stated. This will help people who are jobless, as well as who have lost their jobs and hopefully “lead to an increase in employment in the next five years”. Paying more to suppliers Tesco’s...
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...Mr. Farhan Daudo Ethical Trading Department Whitehall London SW1A 0AA Ref: ETD/00021 25th January 2014 Mr. Richard Forte 11-59 High Road East Finchley London N2 8AW Dear Mr Forte My name is Farhan Daudo and I’ve been recently appointed as the new cabinet minister for the government and ethical trading department. Within this department I will be dealing ethical concerns with the businesses and we will put enquiries with any businesses if they are aware of these issues. This time, the department has asked your company McDonalds if they are aware with ethical concerns, in the UK there are many severe issues that are started to build up. There are many severe issues to be discussed for instance health concerns, • Obesity • Diabetes • Heart problem • High blood pressure Firstly with obesity, it is increasing gradually by every year and it has the highest rate so far in this year going above 30% which is not good. McDonald has approximately up to 1200 restaurants in the UK and people consume junk food for instance Big Mac burger which contains over 500 calories or either meal including fries and drink which can build up to 4000 calories which is a half a kilo. The major risk within obesity can have a rapid increase in weight. In this consequence, we have issues with the health department NHS which we spent lot on health services up to £5.1 billion a year on treatment and equipment which is more than your monthly turnover. The major concern...
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...CSR - how companies manage the business processes to produce an overall positive impact on society. (http://www.mallenbaker.net/csr/definition.php) Stakeholders | Interests | Power | Examples | Shareholders | Want a good return on their investment | Massive, biggest one. Decide everything about the company. | | Employees | Fair pay and working conditions | Pretty big still as they work there, but they still have to do as they are told. | | Managers | Fair pay and working conditions | Higher than employees as need happy managers to have happy employees. | | Customers | Fair price and a safe product | Very important as need they to be able to make money on product, so keeping customers happy is a priority. Word of mouth high power. | | Suppliers | Regular business and prompt payment | Need to keep them happy to get good deals on all supplies. Can stop supplying or put prices up. | | Banks and other financial organisations | Loan repayments on time and consistent. | Need to keep them happy as they could ask for their loan back in full at any time. | | Government | Employment for local community. | Pretty big as they control all legislation, keep them happy, the law stays in your favour. | | Trade Unions | Fair pay to employees and good working conditions. Everyone gets treated the same no matter on background. | Need to keep these happy otherwise they will cause a strike against your company. | | Pressure Groups | Less pollution, jobs and minimum disruption...
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...Unit 37; P1 Explain the issues a business needs to consider in its operational activities. What is business ethics? Business ethics are moral principles that guide the way a business behaves. The same principles that determine an individual’s actions, it also applies to business. Read more: http://businesscasestudies.co.uk/anglo-american/business-ethics-and-corporate-social-responsibility/what-are-business-ethics.html#ixzz3XSqGf1O6 Outline some ethical issues facing a business of your choice. The business I’ve chosen is Tesco. Tesco faces a protest from the trade union Unite over the treatment of migrant workers in its meat and poultry supply chain at its annual meeting in Glasgow today. Another issue Tesco faced is the horse meat scandal. Tesco said the horsemeat scandal had a "small but discernible impact" on frozen and chilled convenience food sales. Some Tesco Everyday Value Spaghetti Bolognese contains 60% horsemeat, DNA tests by the retailer have found. The meal, withdrawn from sale on Tuesday, came from the French factory producing Findus beef lasagne, also at the centre of a row over horsemeat. Meanwhile, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has told MPs of plans to test all processed beef in the UK. Tesco Group technical director Tim Smith said: "The frozen Everyday Value Spaghetti Bolognese should contain only Irish beef from our approved suppliers. The source of the horsemeat is still under investigation by the relevant authorities. He also stated that "The...
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...UNIT 37: THE TRAVEL AND TOURISM SECTOR Get assignment help for this unit at assignmenthelpuk@yahoo.com LO1 Understand the history and structure of the travel and tourism sector History: pilgrimages, the grand tours, post industrial revolution, post war, current; factors facilitating growth eg technology, time, money, freedom of movement, infrastructure, social conditions; possible future developments eg sustainability Travel and tourism sector: travel services; tourism services; conferences and events; visitor attractions; accommodation services; passenger transport; relationships and links, levels of integration; Liepers tourist system, chain of distribution; private, public and voluntary sectors https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5649485182751853952#editor/target=post;postID=3967859198127394100 LO2 Understand the influence of local and national governments and international agencies on the travel and tourism sector Influence: direct, indirect; economic policy, political change, planning to minimise negative effects of tourism Government: levels eg local, regional, national, European Union; Government sponsored bodies, regional tourist boards; functions, interrelationships International agencies: agencies eg United Nations, World Tourism Organisation, World Travel and Tourism Council, International Civil Aviation Organisation, International Air Transport Association; functions, interrelationships with governments LO3 Understand the effects of supply and demand...
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...net/scoit/dataintegrity/dataintegritymm/Lists/Asset%20Add/AllItems.aspx 2. Click on Request Status 4- Accounting 3. 4. Select an asset business unit 5. Write down the Purchase Order 6. Open people soft 7. Go to main menu-purchasing-purchase orders- review PO info-Purchase Orders 8. Business Unit is PUR01 and the PO ID. Click Search 9. Open new tab in Peoplesoft 10. Main Menu-Asset Management-Send/Receive Information-Preview AP/PO Information. Enter Purchase Order Number. Click Search 11. Click on Pre-Am Physical Tab 12. Input Description, Serial ID, Manufacturer and Model and save it. Get this info from the Data Integrity website. Save 13. Then go to Main Menu-Asset Management-Send/Receive Information- Retrieve info from AP/PO. 14. Change Process Option to either Process Purchase Order or Process Voucher 15. Input for Purchase Order PUR01 for PO Unit and the PO Number 16. Input for a Voucher AP001 for AP Unit and the Voucher ID. 17. Push run and then select process monitor and wait for the Run status and Distribution Status to say Success and Posted 18. Then Click Details-Message Log- and write down the interface ID. 19. Then go to Main Menu-Asset Management-Send/Receive Information-Approve Financial Information-Review. 20. Input the Interface ID and the Business Unit 21. Input the UNIT, Category, Department, Check the Auto Approve Status and enter in the correct TRANS DATE and ACCTG DATE. Save. VERY VERY IMPORTANT TO...
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...conference center • Meal stipend of 65 dollars per day to be reimbursed with receipts • Transportation from the airport to the hotel and conference center Training Facility • Training facility name and address o JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE o 900 West Olympic Boulevard • Los Angeles, California 90015 USA o 1-213-765-8600 o Courtyard Orlando International Drive Convention Center o 8600 Austrian Court Orlando, FL 32819 o 1-407-351-2244 • Training dates o March 4-5 2013 o Time- 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Budget The train sessions prearranged budget has been set for 100,000.00. To meet the budget, the total cost has been broken down into quarterly expenditures. 1st Quarter Training Budget Line Item Description/Justification Qty. Unit Cost/Rate Total 1 Courseware development $0 2 Courseware purchase 0 3 Certification 0 4 Train-the-trainer 0 5 Hardware purchase 234 PC's, mice, keyboards purchased 200 $ 357.00 71400 6 Facility rental 0 7 Instructional materials 0 8 Technical equipment Tech tool kits 15 $ 75.00 1,125 9 Consulting fees Consultation 4 $ 99.00 396 10 Instructor fees Instructor 2 $ 150.00 300 11 Content acquisition 0 12 Travel 0 13 Per diem 0 14 0 15 0 Grand Total $73221 The first quarter shows the preliminary...
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...real life process: Benihana Case study: 3 Quiz question 1 A. B. B C. D. Turn your clicker to channel 25 Switching from a push to a pull system will generally Increase the process capacity Increase the flow rate of the process Decrease the average flow time of the flow units Increase the utilization of some of the resources 4 2 Batch process A batch process is a process which produces multiple types of flow units in successive groups, or batches This applies mostly to manufacturing make to stock processes manufacturing, make-to-stock The equipment is usually highly flexible but often requires setups when switching production from type of flow unit to another E.g. Shirts of different sizes and/or colors A (production) batch is a set of production units that are (p ) p processed before the resource needs to go through another setup 5 Definitions Definition 1: Setups are down times, i.e. times during which no flow units can be worked on by the resource because the machine is being set up Definition 2 (more general) : Setups are activities for which the duration is independent of the number of flow units 6 3 Back to Kristen’s Cookies Co. Were there any setups involved in the process (using definition 2)? What was the equivalent of batch size there? 7 Setup time & Batch size One machine does two tasks. A setup is required before switching tasks. g Task 1 (Machine...
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...| | | | 1. Who authorizes your unit?s basic loads? The unit supply office The appointing/approving authority MACOM HQ The individual 2. You are required to verify that ________________are used whenever property book or durable equipment is issued. Change documents Lateral transfers MTOEs Hand receipts 3. As part of your CSDP inspection, what task should you make sure has been accomplished by the battalion or brigade budget staff officer? All of the above Provided Budget Account Codes (BACs) for tracking all elements of the operating budget. Briefed your unit commander on budget policies, ULLS-S4 budget structure, and ULLS-S4 standing operating procedures for budget processes. None of the above 4. Your CSDP Evaluation report is due. What situation will cause a delay in meeting reporting requirements, and should be reported to higher headquarters? The end of the month falls on a weekend The unit is undergoing a change of command Your unit ULLS-S4 system has just been repaired All of the above 5. When reviewing ULLS-S4 system password security for your unit's CSDP Inspection, you should verify that passwords: Consist of 5 digits Consist of all numeric characters Are randomly selected Are changed every 90 days 6. What documentation must accompany a DA Form 1687, Notice of Delegation of Authority - Receipt for Supplies when it is submitted to support activities by the PBO? Appointment Orders Assumption of Command Orders ...
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...GCE Specification Edexcel Advanced Subsidiary GCE in Applied Information and Communication Technology (ICT) (Single Award: 8751)/(Double Award: 8752) Edexcel Advanced GCE in Applied Information and Communication Technology (ICT) (Single Award: 9751)/(Double Award: 9752) Edexcel Advanced GCE with Advanced Subsidiary (Additional) in Applied Information and Communication Technology (ICT) (9753) Issue 4 September 2010 Edexcel, a Pearson company, is the UK’s largest awarding body, offering academic and vocational qualifications and testing to more than 25,000 schools, colleges, employers and other places of learning in the UK and in over 100 countries worldwide. Qualifications include GCSE, AS and A Level, NVQ and our BTEC suite of vocational qualifications from entry level to BTEC Higher National Diplomas, recognised by employers and higher education institutions worldwide. We deliver 9.4 million exam scripts each year, with more than 90% of exam papers marked onscreen annually. As part of Pearson, Edexcel continues to invest in cutting-edge technology that has revolutionised the examinations and assessment system. This includes the ability to provide detailed performance data to teachers and students which helps to raise attainment. This specification is Issue 4. Key changes are sidelined. We will inform centres of any changes to this issue. The latest issue can be found on the Edexcel website: www.edexcel.com Acknowledgements This specification...
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...today decisions that we take in the company. Profit sharing: The employees determine the profit share that they should get and also decide how to split it. It creates the feeling of ownership, says semler. Employees enjoy 25 % of company’s total profit. It directly affects their efficiency. The way of working is different by the employees when they have a sense of ownership. Profit sharing give them a reason to do things better. They work more sincerely and with more effort. In this way employees themselves can decide that what they will get at the end of the year. Free flow of information: Each piece of information is available to everybody. Nothing is kept as secret. Every employee is trained how to read a balance sheet, how different units in the organization works. Information tells people what’s working in the organization and what’s not. Everybody in company have access to the company’s books. Only one set of books wa there which was open for inspection and audit. The executives don’t want employees to think that they were holding back any sort of information. Organizational culture inception: In...
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...New Health Medical Systems Shari Gifford HRM/548 Jennifer Familant March 10, 2014 New Health Medical Systems TO: New Health Medical Systems, Board of Directors FROM: Shari Gifford, HR Consultant CC: Jennifer Familant DATE: March 10, 2014 SUBJECT: Staffing Strategy It is my understanding that you, the Board of Directors of New Health Medical Systems, recently announced a new strategic direction to become a regional center for critically ill patients. As a part of that strategy, New Health Medical Systems (NHMS) has opened a new cardiovascular unit where patients can receive care for heart attacks, strokes, and other types of cardiovascular diseases. NHMS was quickly able to recruit a quality physician to head the unit as well as additional professional staff, however finding qualified technicians have become much more difficult than originally anticipated. The problem does not seem to be so much in terms of the position being attractive to candidates, but rather a lack of skilled technicians in the immediate region. Most of the skilled technicians are already employed, and are not actively seeking jobs with other organizations. In order to fill the 35 technician positions, the director of staffing has created a new staffing strategy that includes the following: 1. Place advertisement in the local newspapers 2. Contact staffing agencies that specializes in placing technicians into health care facilities 3. Organize a job fair and invite local...
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...What is effective management? This will be one dimension that you will have to reflect on throughout the unit – some questions that might arise is there such a thing as ‘one best way’ of being effective? Does being effective require a set of skills, or is it more about being adaptable and flexible? Is it more effective to think of management as the sole locus of the manager, or as a group or ever organizational dynamic? Gender Equality/Balance – were more women just not choosing promotions? More complex than that – See Acker article on Moodle to help start thinking through these ideas! Administrative Management The influence on the workplace of the KIPPER phenomenon The KIPPER phenomenon is just one example of a social dynamic that can have an influence on the workplace (e.g. people having to stay in work longer and retire later in order to financial support adult children). At a more general level it highlights how different social or cultural trends always have an influence or organizational life. Definitions are always difficult I agree – and there are lots of definitions! A good place to start is think about the academic definition given to a term in a text book or, better still, an academic paper, and then think how this might translate into an organizational setting. The framework for the unit Broadly speaking, the unit starts off at an individual level and them moves towards ideas which are more group-based, then more organizational based. However, this...
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