Working in a group of 3-5 students, you will give an oral presentation about a chosen company’s failure of ethical behaviour. This may be in the area of human rights abuses, for example, the use of child labour and worker exploitation by Walmart, or Starbucks; or the loss of life in the Rana Plaza fire in Bangladesh. It may include environmental abuses such as the Exxon Valdez case in Alaska, or societal mal-effects, such as McDonald’s and Coca Cola are being criticised for. Finally, corporate fraud cases such as Toyota’s cover up of car faults in North America, and Volkswagen’s misrepresentation of its car emissions ratings.
Each group will choose a different company, from the above examples, or others you are aware of. Presentations will be delivered in Weeks 5-11. The structure of your presentation will be as follows:
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Introduction
Exxon Valdez- oil tanker
Spilled huge amount of crude oil in Alaska
Second largest oil spill Size of the spill- 40900 to 120000 meter cube
About Exxon Valdez
Owned by Exxon Shipping Company
Length of the tanker- 301 m
Width of the tanker- 51 m
Depth of the tanker- 26 m
Hit Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef
Estimated earnings in 2015- $16.2 billion
Payment for oil spill- $2 billion
Summary of oil spill
Occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska
Date- 24 March 1989
Time 12:04 am
10.8 million US gallons crude oil spillage in few days
Remote location
Difficulty in accessibility
Delayed response to reduce the effect
Loss of habitat for aquatic species
Conclusion
Destruction of sea life
Loss of reputation of Exxon
Delayed response in mitigating the issue
Lack of awareness among the members
References
Rice, S. and Peterson, C., 2018. Foreword: The evolution from species-specific damage assessment to ecosystem centric studies over the multi-decade period following the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Esler, D., Ballachey, B.E., Bowen, L., Miles, A.K., Dickson, R.D. and Henderson, J.D., 2017. Cessation of oil exposure in harlequin ducks after the Exxon Valdez oil spill: Cytochrome P4501A biomarker evidence. Environmental toxicology and chemistry, 36(5), pp.1294-1300.
Esler, D., Ballachey, B.E., Matkin, C., Cushing, D., Kaler, R., Bodkin, J., Monson, D., Esslinger, G. and Kloecker, K., 2017. Timelines and mechanisms of wildlife population recovery following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.
Shelton, A.O., Hunsicker, M.E., Ward, E.J., Feist, B.E., Blake, R., Ward, C.L., Williams, B.C., Duffy-Anderson, J.T., Hollowed, A.B., Haynie, A.C. and Handling editor: Ken Andersen, 2017. Spatio-temporal models reveal subtle changes to demersal communities following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 75(1), pp.287-297.
