Essays on Footprints

ConocoPhillips Australia is the world’s largest independent production company of liquids and natural gas. The company explores and develops crude oil and natural gas internationally. As a result, ConocoPhillips is committed to safety, operating excellence and environmental awareness. Currently, ConocoPhilips operates in over 30 countries, 17,500 employees as of 2013, and an annual return capital of $55 billion. Out of the 30 countries that ConocoPhilips have had activities in, the company has set out six major operation segments between Latin America, Canada, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Other International sectors. This report will be focusing on ...

According to Berger (1977), editorials are articles written to reflect the opinions of the newspaper and the majority stakeholders of the newspaper. Rocco & Hatcher (2011), therefore, provided the guidelines for this essay.

Editorial for The Voice of Enterprise: What the Critics Won’t Tell You

We at The Voice of enterprise support the government’s pipeline project that will not only go a long way in meeting the country’s petroleum needs but also generate additional revenue through export of the surplus oil and natural gasses. The government is proposing to construct a 2000 km crude oil pipeline that will traverse from the mines in the remote frontier through the largely uninhabited ...

Ecological footprint refers to the impact of a person’s lifestyle or that of a community on the environment, which is expressed in terms of the amount of land necessary to sustain their natural resources use (Rosenberg, 1997). My results were 6.71, which means I need to reduce my ecological footprint even further with the right lifestyle choices. I realized that our lifestyles harm our environment more than we realize. The basic actions in our daily lives such as driving to school or eating meat have an adverse effect on the environment. If everyone had a similar lifestyle as ...

The police, courts, and the correction facilities did an outstanding job in finding out the details of the case. However, there were a few questions raised as to how the case was handled. The Lindbergh baby had been kidnapped. After the child's nurse had notified the parents of the child missing, they reported the issue to the local authorities (Shoenfeld, 1936). The police were informed and had a difficult job determining whether or not this was an inside job or not since the kidnapping occurred at home and nobody noticed anything out of the ordinary. The baby had been ...

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Introduction The scene of the crime is the best location to look for evidence and clues which can lead to the arrest of the perpetrator. However, processing a scene of criminal activity is not easy. The task is exhaustive. The common problems while processing a crime scene is contamination. Whenever a 911 call alerts the police of a crime, it is immediately conceivable that contamination is in progress. The person who finds the crime scene initially is the first contributor to the contamination. Next, the police officer who arrives first on the scene. Although it is the duty of ...

Bipedality is an adaptation that enables human beings to walk using two legs, therefore, differentiating humans from the other animals (Wu et al. 2). However, other animals do it sometimes like birds when on the ground, kangaroos, and apes. Humans are a perfect example of bipedalism because they use two legs always unlike other animals that do it partially. Certain body structures are necessary for bipedality. These body parts include; The pelvis of humans has blades that are not twisted and hold the internal organs when the humans are upright. Humans have more muscles in the pelvic region that ...

Describe which general fossil primate groups appear and radiate during the following geological epochs: Eocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene. For each of the geological epochs, identify the general primate group that first appears and radiates during that epoch. In addition, give the time range in millions of years for each epoch and provide at least one example of a specific primate genus and/ or species that is representative of each general primate group. 2. List and briefly describe at least five elements of the post-cranial anatomy found in humans, but not in apes, that facilitate efficient bipedal locomotion. Provide specific ...

1.0 The Company and Its Products Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Shell) is a public limited company, founded in 1907 as the Royal Dutch/Shell Group and registered in England and Wales with headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands (Shell, 2014a, p. 9). After it was renamed in 2005, Shell became the single parent company of two publicly-traded subsidiaries: the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company (RDPC) and The “Shell” Transport and Trading Company (TSTTC) (later renamed as The Shell Transport and Trading Company Limited). RDPC handles upstream and downstream production activities, while TSTTC handles transportation and trading. In the upstream segment, the ...

At the turn of the 21st century, electronic communication and technology has been rapidly developing to a point that human beings and its environment is not at par. The world has been talking about the new models of smart phones and the new software that bridged people together despite distance and borders. The advancement of technology has created virtual communities. People are talking about the successes of these communication and other technologies but never did people talk about the environmental and health consequences of these rapid developments. Clara Piccirillo in an article entitled “Environmental Impact of Information and Communication ...

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Introduction Every so often, it is increasingly becoming important to reset and re-envision what a sustainable, prosperous future might look. This article seeks not only to highlight the importance of sustainability but also point to the various efforts taken by regions in the recent past to become more sustainable. Throughout the world, studies show that the ecological footprints of urban areas are one of the heavy contributors to the un-sustainability of the Earth (Greinetz, 2014). Despite this, cities continue to become, the primary human living space. Over half (50%) of the world’s population lives in urban areas. This ...

Essentially, our ecological footprints represent the amount of land that supports our day-to-day activities as well as how we use natural resources. After taking the quiz, the results surprised me because I am always mindful of how I use the natural resources around me. I recycle most some of the items and I do not buy items that I do not need or the ones that are in fashion, simply for the sake of it. If everyone lived my lifestyle, we would need about 3.3 earths to sustain human activities. According to the results, my highest footprint is food. ...

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The Ritz-Carlton utilizes the organizational cultures and ethical values that guide the employees and managers' behaviors. The organization also has a team-oriented culture that ensures service values nurture a collaborative atmosphere. This study also found out that Ritz-Carlton hotel has a strong culture, which is reflected by shared organizational culture that is required for a running organization. As a subsidiary of the Marriott International Inc., the company sticks to the uncompromising legal and high ethical standards that guide the company towards the right channel of conducting business. The study concludes by identifying culture and laws as the main sources ...

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Electronic waste is a growing global problem and as the demand and supply of electronic products grow, so does the–e- waste. Consumerism is on a steady rise, and people want new mobiles and computers every few months. That means more and more landfills and incinerators to take care of discarded and obsoleted electronics and potentially seeping of toxic substances like lead and mercury into groundwater. This can lead to serious health hazards and create toxic footprints. The essay looks at new developing technologies for the recycling of computers and creates a report on the basis of the quadruple ...