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Samantha Abdelslame Professor Gerald Carrino INBS 347-01 14 February 2018 1st Set of Cases BP Summary: British Petroleum (BP), an international leader in oil and gas industry was rated number o... ne by Account Ability in CSR communication, (Ruffing, 2007). BP had a convincing vision of going past petroleum. What it needed was institutional will and managerial acumen to make an interpretation of its responsibilities into capable tasks, as exhibited by a terminate in a Texas refinery, spillage in an Alaskan pipeline, and, most as of late and shockingly, an explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico killing 11 workers and resulting oil spillage that despoiled the southern U.S. coastline. BP Sustainability report around then situated itself as a champion of maintainability through its Beyond Petroleum campaign. In any case, since that occurrence BP had confronted a negative notoriety because of poor hazard analysis and safety procedure prompting oil spills, refinery impacts and perhaps falsifying information and price settling. 1. How can BP now go about attempting to create a real ‘safety first’ attitude in the company’s managers and employees? What are the problems and how could they be solved? - 2. How fair to those claiming is the approach being used by the claims administrator? Is there any other solution that would be fair to both those filing claims and BP? 3. Should the US government try to prohibit any more deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico? Why, why not? What factors should be considered in coming to a decision? 4. Should other governments consider restricting deepwater drilling in their territories? Why, why not? What factors should be considered in coming to a decision? Avon Products, Inc. (A) Summary: 1. In what way does Avon follow a global strategy? Does this experience indicate that it should pursue a different strategy? 2. What options did Avon have in responding to China’s ban on direct selling? 3. What effects will the use of traditional retailing in China have on Avon’s overall marketing strategy? 4. What cultural dimension of the Chinese people would affect the future success of Avon in China? - 5. What actions & organizational changes are required by Avon’s new marketing strategy in China? 6. What are some other tactics and strategies that Avon could pursue in China? 7-11 Japan Summary: 1. What factors accounted for Seven-Elevens initial success in Japan? - 2. What factors accounted for Seven-Eleven’s continuing success in Japan? - 3. Is 7-Eleven Japan wise extending its delivery and payment services to Taiwan? 4. If its extension of service to Taiwan is a success, should it extend such services to the United States, Thailand or other countries? What factors should be taking into account in making such a decision? 5. Is the offering of more services in Japan, including banking, provision of in- store terminals for use by customers, etc. likely to cause problems for part-time workers in the franchises? - . 6. Does China offer good potential for further expansion for Seven-Eleven? 7. Was Seven-Eleven’s entry strategy appropriate for the country? Explain why or why not. Ford Motor Company Latin America Summary: . 1. Evaluate Ford's use of different methodologies in its Global Quality Research Program prior to 2000. - 2. Evaluate Ford’s decision to change to what is essentially a single global methodology for data collection, a CATI system. 3. What method should Ford and the RDA Group use in markets having low telephone penetration? Explain. [Show More]

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