Business Assignment One & Two

Table of Contents

Assignment One1

Task 11

Task 23

Task 34

Organisation's Legal and Social Responsibilities4

Employees5

Customers & Suppliers6

Environment7

Task 49

Task 512

Task 614

Assignment Two16

Task 116

Task 217

Task 318

The National Dimension of Culture22

Task 423

Task 625

References27

Business Assignment One & Two

Assignment One

Task 1

Type of organization

Examples - Name of organisation and why it exist

What sector does this organisation operate within

Public Limited Company

British Petroleum is an international organization. There are sixteen refineries, which are partially or wholly owned by British Petroleum Company (bp.com).

British Petroleum is operating in the oil and energy sector.

Private Limited Company

Milo and Saint is a company that caters women with its luxury women's accessories products. The company creates stylish, leather bags for today's fashionable women. The company was formed in 2007 by Lucy Holland-Smith (miloandsaint.com).

The company is operating in the sector of clothing that belongs to the fashion world.

Voluntary

Amnesty International, commonly known as Amnesty or AI is a nongovernmental organization (NGO) organization working for human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948 and other international treaties as the International Covenants on Human Rights are recognized and respected (amnesty.org).

Amnesty works in the industry to draw attention of society on human rights abuses and campaigns for compliance with international law.

Co- operative

Calverts is a communications design and printing company, based in Bethnal Green (calverts.coop).

Calverts specialises in branding, publications and sustainable print. Therefore, it operates within the service industry.

Table 1: Types of Organizations

Task 2

BP is one of the largest vertically integrated oil and gas companies in the world. The company's operations primarily include the exploration and production of gas and crude oil, as well as the marketing and trading of natural gas, power, and natural gas liquids. BP is headquartered in London, the UK and employs about 79,700 people (bp.com).

BP is one of the world's largest oil and gas companies. It has presence in more than 80 countries. The company has well established operations in Europe, the US, Canada, Russia, South America, Australasia, Asia, and parts of Africa.

BP operates through three reportable business segments: exploration and production; refining and marketing; and other businesses and corporate. The exploration and production segment is engaged in the following activities: oil and natural gas exploration, field development, and production; midstream transportation, storage, and processing; and the marketing and trading of natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), together with power and natural gas liquids (NGLs) (bp.com).

The stakeholder map of the company is as follows:



Figure 1: Stakeholders' Map of British Petroleum

The company meets the objectives of its stakeholders with constantly reviewing their rights and responsibilities. For employees, BP has proper appraisal system with which it identifies that its employees are satisfied. In addition, vendors and suppliers are managed with respect to their work that the supplied raw material is in accordance with the terms and conditions agreed with them before the delivery of materials. Other stakeholders include its partners, local communities, shareholders, and customers of BP. The company is responsible for all of them (Bamberg 2000).

Task 3

Organisation's Legal and Social Responsibilities

Corporate social responsibility, or simply CSR is ...