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The Truth About Business: May 2010
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The Truth About Business. Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance - - - - BY: JOSEPH DUSTIN. The Fall of British Petroleum’s Ethics. The Fall of British Petroleum’s Ethics. British Petroleum (BP), a global energy group based in London, is no stranger to environmental hazards. In 2005, an independent research and rating company named Management and Excellence S.A. (S&E) was founded in Madrid in 2000. S&E released the 2005 results of their ethical study that covered ethics within some of the top oil co...
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The Truth About Business: August 2010
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The Truth About Business. Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance - - - - BY: JOSEPH DUSTIN. Violations of Reg O and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (FDICIA);. The Housing and Community Development Act of 1992;. The Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 (EGRPRA). Section 29 also sets a maximum fine of no more than 1 million dollars, per day, for any of the three tiers. Each of the three tiers can be used...
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The Truth About Business: June 2010
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The Truth About Business. Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance - - - - BY: JOSEPH DUSTIN. Some Things Never Change: BP's Unethical Business Practices. The BP Texas City Refinery Explosion. BP agreed to settle with OSHA, in what was then the highest penalty given, at $21 million (OSHA, 2009). The 2005 Settlement Agreement included:. Agree to pay $21 million in penalties. A comprehensive evaluation of BPTCR’s Process Safety Management program by an independent auditor. With BP’s long history o...
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The Truth About Business: Ethics and BP: Corporate Governance - Part 3
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The Truth About Business. Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance - - - - BY: JOSEPH DUSTIN. Ethics and BP: Corporate Governance - Part 3. I believe this suggest that the model described by Leblanc and Gillies might take us closer into measuring the effectiveness of Corporate Governance, which identifies board process as the key element of good governance; not board structure. Or, do deaths not count in the ethical rating system. I think the rating system has it wrong as ethics can not be measure...
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The Truth About Business: About Me
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The Truth About Business. Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance - - - - BY: JOSEPH DUSTIN. My name is Joseph Dustin. I was in the Oklahoma Army National Guard (Thunderbirds) for six years from 2001 – 2007, from 2003 to 2004 our unit received the call to move operations to Camp Phoenix, Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, I learned first-hand the importance of ethical decision-making and the impact it has on a mission's success or failure. During my enlistment in the military, I managed to find time for co...
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The Truth About Business: April 2010
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The Truth About Business. Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance - - - - BY: JOSEPH DUSTIN. The Cyber Security Act of 2009 Revisited. As the Cyber Security Act of 2009 moves closer to becoming law, I would like to take a closer look into what we can expect in our not so distant future. Rep Lanevin addresses Congress in regards to The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009. It looks like the main topics of focus may be on the President’s ability to shutdown the internet. Links to this post. Can be som...
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The Truth About Business: Ethics and BP: Corporate Governance - Part 1
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The Truth About Business. Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance - - - - BY: JOSEPH DUSTIN. Ethics and BP: Corporate Governance - Part 1. There are three separate items to consider when analyzing “board structure:” (i) leadership, (ii) composition, and (iii) size. With board structure being the basis for many debates concerning board effectiveness, it is important to understand what makes a board effective. Dickins (2010) describes agency theory as “emphasiz[ing] the importance of monitoring m...
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The Truth About Business: Ethics and BP: Corporate Governance - Part 2
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The Truth About Business. Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance - - - - BY: JOSEPH DUSTIN. Ethics and BP: Corporate Governance - Part 2. A) Operating the Corporation - The Board delegates its authority for the executive management of BP to the Group Chief Executive subject to the defined limits and monitoring by the Board and all GCE actions must be carried out and practiced in a professional and ethical manner;. C) Annual Operating Plans and Budgets - The GCE will propose for Board consideration, ...
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The Truth About Business: History and Emergence of Ethics and Compliance
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The Truth About Business. Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance - - - - BY: JOSEPH DUSTIN. History and Emergence of Ethics and Compliance. Who, within the corporation, is developing these codes of ethics and compliance programs and why are they doing it? To answer these questions we must look at the history and emergence of the field of Ethics and Compliance. Three Synergies of Business Ethics. Rise of the Corporate Ethics and Compliance Officer. The rise of the Corporate Ethics and Compliance Offi...
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The Truth About Business: Violations of Reg O & the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
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The Truth About Business. Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance - - - - BY: JOSEPH DUSTIN. Violations of Reg O and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (FDICIA);. The Housing and Community Development Act of 1992;. The Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 (EGRPRA). Section 29 also sets a maximum fine of no more than 1 million dollars, per day, for any of the three tiers. Each of the three tiers can be used...
