Unocal in Burma Charles L Currier ETH 316 September 8‚ 2014 John Bevell Unocal in Burma What is the moral responsibility of all participants? Burmese Government /Military: The moral responsibility of this Government / Military should be to make sure that their countrymen are compensated for the work that they do. Sense the hard labor is done by the Burmese people then their Government should hold Unocal responsible for paying them a daily wage for the work that they do. Unocal: Moral responsibility
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Pepsi in Burma Question 1 Identify the moral issues that are raised by Pepsi’s presence in Burma. A moral issue can be defined as any issue concerning how one ought to behave‚ how others ought to behave‚ or whether a situation is proper or improper. Morality is judged based on what is right or wrong. Pepsi’s presence in Burma raised several ethical and moral concerns due government operations under the military regime. In the 1990’s Burma was undergoing social‚ economic and political crisis
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While reading this case‚ “Unocal in Burma”‚ I thought that there were human rights issues but there were also situations that I thought might have been beneficial to the residents. There were improvements in the country due to the companies that decided to invest in the Yadana project. I will analyze four approaches namely‚ utilitarian‚ rights‚ justice and caring and discuss my point of view in relation to the case. Firstly‚ let us take a look at utilitarian approach in connection to Unocal and
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Unocal in Burma Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) QUESTION NO. 1 Assess whether from utilitarian‚ rights justice and caring perspective. Unocal did the right thing indicating to invest in the pipeline and then in conducting the projects as it did. In your view‚ and using your utilitarian‚ rights justice and caring assessment‚ did Unocal do the right thing? Assume there was no way to change the outcome of this case and that the outcome was foreseen was Unocal then justified in deciding to
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Unocal in Burma In this day and age it is not uncommon for American businesses to set their sights overseas. In such situations‚ ethics are always needed to ensure decisions are made in a morally responsible way. When corporations negotiate with underdeveloped countries‚ ethical guidelines are too often overlooked or blurred. When these are ignored‚ negative consequences almost always manifest. We can see this clearly in the example of this oil company and their dealings in Burma. Some people
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History of Burma Prehistory 11‚000–200 BCE Pyu city-states 200 BCE–1050 CE Mon kingdoms 825?–1057 Arakanese kingdoms 788?–1406 Pagan Dynasty 849–1297 Warring states period Upper Burma 1297–1555 Myinsaing and Pinya 1297–1364 Sagaing 1315–1364 Ava 1364–1555 Prome 1482–1542 Ramanya 1287–1539‚ 1550–1552 Shan states 1215–1563 Arakan 1429–1785 Taungoo Dynasty 1510–1752 Toungoo Empire 1530–1599 Nyaungyan period 1599–1752 Restored Hanthawaddy 1740–1757 Konbaung Dynasty 1752–1885
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BURMA /MYANMAR ESSAY First let me say that this is a really important topic that everybody should know about. It’s unbelievable to think that a country can sit there and treat people like this. Making a small child work for nothing‚ not allow the child to go to school because there is work to be done. It’s outrageous to think that a government does not want their people to have contact with the outside world‚ not allow their people to use other currencies. The documentary (Inside Burma: Land of
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“Ethics is a kind of investigation- and includes both the activity of investigating as well as the results of that investigation-whereas morality is the subject matter that ethics investigate” (Manual G. Velasquez). Here in this analysis we’ll try to differentiate the right and wrong in Unocal’s actions in engaging in the Yadana project from four different key ethical perspectives which are the Utilitarian‚ Rights‚ Justice and Caring perspective. 1. Utilitarian Perspective: “Utilitarianism is
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Bank Policy in Burma By Name Course Professor University City/State Date Introduction Commercial banking in Burma started in Burma before it gained its independence in the early nineteenth century. The banks supported chettiar lending. There were more foreign banks than indigenous banks from the Burma citizens. An example of the Burma commercial bank was the Dawson’s bank which began in the early nineteenth century. Most of the banks primary goal was to focus
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small third world country called Burma/Myanmar and during the 1900s‚ Burma was facing civil unrest and students were facing off against the military. Burma was spiraling down and didn’t seem like it was going to improve and seeing this‚ my parents strived for a better life for my brother and I. Due to this‚ my dad went off to sea and I didn’t have much contact with my dad‚ since he would only come back for a month or so‚ meanwhile my mom finished school in Burma and took up various jobs. Eventually
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