PRINCIPLES OF RESPONSIBLE COMMERCE (COMM 101) TUTORIAL PREPARATION WEEK 3 NAME: Chang Yee How UOW NUMBER: 4387296 Case Study: Ford Pinto 1. What moral issues does the Pinto case raise? The Pinto case brought up issue of abusing human rights and behaved unethically in business. Ford had the design to reduce the possibility of Ford Pinto from exploding. However, the company refused to implement it, although it can prevent 180 deaths from happening at a cost of $11 per car according to the cost-benefit analysis.
These things are much needed in our country and it will limit the cost of foreign oil. We should limit our dependence on foreign goods and services and put our people back in the work field. But don’t take my advice; you make your decision, to drill or not to drill? References The Pioneer; (February 26, 2009). Oil drilling in Alaska will help save economy: By Fong, Bryant; Retrieved May 12, 2010 from http://whitmanpioneer.com/opinion/2009/02/26/oil-drilling-in-alaska-will-help-save-economy/ Environment 360; (November 17, 2008).
When asked why he didn’t include these facts in the film he claimed they were “not relevant” and compared adding those facts to the film would be like adding Denver car accident deaths from 1986. (McAleer, 2011) Furthermore, John H. Williams, a groundwater specialist with the U.S Geological Survey presented his research regarding fracking affecting the water wells to the New York Water Science Center in Troy, NY. In
Going Green at an Oil Company Robert Wells Liberty University Online Abstract The case “Going Green at an Oil Company” presented by Spector (2009) consist of Petrobras, a Brazilian oil company, attempting to establish environmental sustainability in the wake of several environmental disasters. Although the environmental disaster occurred as much as 5 years prior to Gabrilli taken the helm at Petrobras, the newly appointed CEO believe environmental mismanagement as well the lack of environmental transparency and sustainability to be bad business. This case study will examine the factors leading up to Gabrielli being appointed CEO and evaluate the success of steps taken by Petrobras in regards to its sustainabilit. Finally this study will assess the success of green policies implemented by Gabrielli. Keywords: Petrobras, Gabrielli, oil, environment, green, greening, sustainability, mismanagement Going Green at an Oil Company The company at the center of this case study is Petrobras, a Brazil based multinational company with its main product being the production of oil from off shoring drilling (Gabrielli, 2009).
"Think about that. If another country threatened to wipe out an American town, we'd do everything in our power to protect ourselves," Obama said in the address. "Climate change poses the same threat, right now. "Even though environmentalists welcome the President's focus, some conservationists have accused Obama of climate hypocrisy, citing the recent approval for Royal Dutch Shell to begin oil and gas drilling in the Chukchi Sea off of Alaska's northwest coast.
Course: Decision Making in Complex Environment Course Number: BQOM 2521 The future of the Keystone XL Pipeline Zlatana Dobrilova Nenova Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Abstract The decision regarding the Keystone XL pipeline has been a topic of major political debate. While some argue that the project will prove very beneficial for the US economy, others are concerned with the environmental impact it will have on the states the pipeline will run through. The BOCR model below analyzes the two options in front of the US President: approve or reject the project. The model concludes that the better alternative in the short and long run is rejecting the TransCanada application for building the Keystone XL pipeline. Page 1
James Doher Informative Speech Outline Proposition: To persuade the audience to oppose offshore oil drilling. Intro: Oil and gas are a necessity to everyday life; however, there are safer ways to extrude these chemicals than what has been done in the past. Stop offshore oil drilling or make it safer for the environment. There are many other ways to obtain oil without harming the environment. Where were you April 22, 2010-Earth Day, just 2 days after the BP oil spill, and how did you help sustain the Earth?
Executive orders along with legislation are a response to the event. BP dismissed their Chief Executive Officer after suffering from a media communications nightmare. World outcry to boycott BP service stations is only one out of several backlashes that face BP. BP is being made an example of and other companies are taking note and improving the way they conduct business. It is necessary for the reader to understand what went wrong in order to get a good understanding on the event that will be referred to often in the many years to come.
The second part of Lee’s strategy was heavily focuses on exploration and expenditures to discover new oil reserves. Under Lee’s leadership, the number one priority of Gulf Oil Corp. was to replace domestic reserves of hydrocarbons through discoveries and acquisitions. Eventually, falling oil prices led to increased debt due to a large focus on exploration that wasn’t necessarily resulting in increased profits for the company. In 1984, the CEO of Mesa Petroleum Company, Boone Pickens, began trying to gain a majority stake in Gulf Corp. Gulf was against this because they saw it as Pickens attempting to gain control of the company, only to benefit from the current revenues and reserves without preserving the company outlook. Boone Pickens was not concerned with the future of Gulf, but rather the major reserves of oil that they already possessed.
English 112 9/25/2011 Why would depleting our world of all its natural resources be a good thing? In this review written by Tyler Hamilton, he looks into a new oil (Oil Sands) found on the U.S. and Canada border. It is apparent that he feels this is a positive find but I’m not so convinced. This could be bad because of cost, Demand increase, and the lack to look for better alternative solutions. This is not the oil they are pumping out of Texas or the Middle East; it is dirty oil that has to be extracted and cleaned.