Case Analysis: Unocal in Burma Union Oil Company of California, Unocal, progressed into a full-service oil business after being founded more than 100 years ago to develop oil fields in California. Its services included extraction, refining, distribution, marketing and retail. Because of the depletion of oil fields in the United States, Unocal turned to foreign investments with a strategy to market its one-stop shopping business to governments.
A major international project of interest was the "Yadana Field" off the shore of Burma, which contained approximately 5 trillion cubic feet of natural gasenough to produce gas continuously for about 30 years. Burma's government created the company Mynamar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) to find
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Unocal paid $8.6 million to buy a 28.26% share in the project. Total was responsible for coordinating the overall project, developing the wells and extracting gas, while Unocal would construct a 256-mile gas pipeline from Yadana Field to Thailand. The final 40 miles of the pipe would cross through the southern region of Burma which was inhabited by the hostile Karens. From 1993 to 1996, preparations for construction of the pipeline took place and the pipeline was built from 1996 to 1998. Throughout this entire period, the Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International issued several reports about the forced labor practices and "security" provided by the Burmese military. The Karens were brutalized and forced into slave labor as construction took place. Unocal was aware of all of this. Several human rights groups met with a Unocal project monitor and reported that Unocal had "no apologies to make." In 1995, another investigative consultant was hired by Unocal for the Yadana project. This consultant reported that "egregious human rights violations have occurred and are occurring in southern Burma" including forced relocation without compensation, forced labor on pipeline projects, and the army imprisoning and/or executing anyone who opposed these actions. Yet, Unocal did not take any action to stop the
The United Oil Company of California (Unocal) made the decision in the 1990’s to invest in energy projects outside of the United States and chose to invest in the “Yadana field” pipeline. There are many stakeholders involved in the international “Yadana Field” natural gas project. Unocal, Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production Public Co., Total S.A., and the Burmese government (Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise) along with the employees of these companies are all major stakeholders in the project. These were the main participants that would directly benefit as a result of the project. The people who were living in the area that the pipeline was to be
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The origination of this case study begins on one brisk morning back on the 19th of September in 2008 when TransCanada first submitted their application to the U.S. State Department to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The Canadian based energy infrastructure company proposed a 1,179-mile, 36-inch diameter pipeline that would transport crude oil from Canada, through Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. Along with transporting oil from producers in Texas, Oklahoma, Montana and North Dakota (Figure 1).
The Ontario Dairy Herd Improvement Corporation, run by general manager John Meek, aims to improve the efficiency and profitability of dairy farming through an accurate, rapid, and cost effective milk testing service. Milk testing is an essential herd management component for all dairy processors as it measures the amount, quality and contents of the dairy products. Supply management agencies limit milk production; thus, profit is maximized through acquiring premiums from quality dairy with high levels of protein and butter fat as opposed to mass production and distribution. The dairy herd is the largest source of revenue for farmers, data from milk testing helps maximize milk production as farmers
As a member of management Clive Jenkins is responsible for boosting employee morale to ensure that company goals are met
When a law enforcement officer or other public employee is accused of potentially criminal conduct, they may face three different kinds of interviews or interrogations. If an officer is interviewed as a criminal suspect, they have the absolute right to decline to answer any questions, or to insist that they have a lawyer of their choosing to attend the interview. The first is type is during a criminal investigation; the second is during a disciplinary investigation and finally during the course of civil litigation where there has been damages. During a criminal interview, there is no professional, ethical or moral duty to participate especially without the assistance of an attorney to represent the officer under investigation. It has come to a surprise that many experienced officers will waive their right to silence and give the investigators an audio recorded statement. Some of the inexperienced criminals do not make incriminating statements. The motive for cooperation is to avoid unfavorable publicity.
The Ontario Dairy Herd Improvement Corporation is a non- profit organization, which provides milk-testing services for Ontario dairy producers. Physical facilities include a head office and computer system located in Guelph, as well as milk testing labs in Kemptville and Woodstock. Ontario DHI’s mission is to maintain an organization that will deliver an accurate, timely and cost-effective milk testing service and promote improvements in the efficiency and profitability of dairy production in the province of Ontario.
Mr. Hugh Tudor (55 yrs) is a well-known person in Milville, where he has been living for 30 years. He is involved in lot of social activities and has a reasonable pension and savings. He is becoming restless in his retirement and shows interest in investing in The Leeds Livery, local British pub in Milville, which could provide him with more challenges. While discussing this matter with his friend, he found out that the pub has great potential to perform well as it once exceeded the profit percentage of the industry. Mr. Tudor is in the process of exploring this opportunity but still has several questions rising in his mind.
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The applicants are morally correct as long as their action promotes their long term interest. If their action produces or will produce for them a greater outcome of good, versus evil in the long hall than any other alternative, than that action is the right one to act on, and the individual should take that to be a moral act. An Assessment of Morality by Ethicsinbusiness.net
The 17 banks are from all around the world, from countries such as France, America, and even Italy. The sponsors are all major banks, for example, Citibank, which is one of the most famous banks in the United States of America. Having fundings from around the world and famous banks make this project even more valuable for the construction workers to build. There are 4 Japanese banks included in the 17 banks that are cooperating with building the pipeline. The 4 banks are The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho Bank, SMBC Nikkon Securities and Sumitomo Mitsui Bank. People in Japan have limited knowledge on this topic because the Japanese Media such as NHK ignored this, except for Line News. These 17 sponsors make the media avoid talking about the Dakota Access Pipeline because one of the 17 banks may be a member of the media’s sponsors. If the sponsored news organization decided to talk about the pipeline’s protests and that the protesters are being abused even though they are unarmed, the banks will not sponsor the news company anymore. Therefore, media corporations cannot mention the Dakota Access Pipeline for the purpose to protect their
The construction of this pipeline has raised a lot of controversy regarding its necessity, but also in the potential impact on the environment. On the list of controversies, it is facing the established route for the pipeline because it runs half-mile near of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, crossing beneath the Missouri River. The concern is the huge impact this would cause if the pipeline breaks near to the river spilling the crude oil into the river contaminating the drinking water. The other concern is that as this pipe passes very close to the Indian reservation, it also disturbs sacred land. In addition to all this, there is the controversy of the use of eminent domain by the government, to get the land for the construction of the pipeline.
As previously mentioned the project is expected to cost more than $3.7 billion and will be funded by the World Bank and the International Financial Corporation. The total costs have two major sections i.e. the Field System of more than $1.5 billion and the Export System at approximately $2.2 billion. The Field System is geared towards the development of Chad's Doba oil fields that includes the construction of related infrastructure and facilities and drilling of around 300 wells. The Export System incorporates the construction of a 670-mile, 30-inch pipeline from Chad's Doba oil fields to Kribi's Atlantic coast in
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Ever since Burma’s government turned into a military power, the devastation that the people have had to endure has led to intense oppression. This has become a problematic issue for Burma including its neighboring countries such as Thailand. The government has acted inhumanely towards its people. The oppressive acts include forced unpaid labor among its people, including its children and the elderly. Specifically, children have been forced to labor in the fields of beans, bricks, chilies, corn, pineapple, rice, rubber, sugarcane, and teak. Also, the government has also forced nearly half a million of its people to move from their homes so that various projects of construction and resource extraction can be conducted. An example of such a project is