Case Study- US anti-corruption body charges BHP Billiton over Beijing Olympics hospitality
Ethics is the field that deals with human conduct in relation to what is morally good and bad, right and wrong. It is the application discussing personal values and decision making. The values of ethics include honesty, fairness, responsibility, respect, and compassion.
The purpose of writing this essay is to talk about the issue of corruption body charges of BHP Billiton over hospitality programs in Beijing Olympics and to talk about the ethical issue in this case study.
The ethical issue in this article is hospitality program that is alleged to be inappropriate. Mr. Mackenzie said there’s no find of bribery or corrupt intent that has been made by US authorities. ‘The US government charged over the BHP Billiton with of foreign corruption practices act and imposed a 25 million USD ($31.8 million) fine over a hospitality program to entertain 176 foreign government officials at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics’’, which is considered to be a foreign bribery. It is illegal to have a hospitality program for government because it is considered to be inappropriate. Government officials should have the conduct where they should not …show more content…
In this case, the issue has been reported as the BHP’s top executive has started to approach the Beijing Olympics organizing committee, which happens after the Sydney Olympics in 2000 resulting the BHP announced the ‘diversified minerals and media sponsors’ for Beijing Olympics in 2008. Sponsorship arrangement has raised questions such as whether the BHP uses its sponsor role to advertise their products to advertise their products to people or to build a close relationship with the executives of China’s state-owned steel making firms, which considered to be important clients to
Ethics is the field that deals with human conduct in relation to what is morally good and bad, right and wrong. It is the application discussing personal values and decision making. The values of ethics include honesty, fairness, responsibility, respect, and compassion.
The purpose of writing this essay is to talk about the issue of corruption body charges of BHP Billiton over hospitality programs in Beijing Olympics and to talk about the ethical issue in this case study.
The ethical issue in this article is hospitality program that is alleged to be inappropriate. Mr. Mackenzie said there’s no find of bribery or corrupt intent that has been made by US authorities. ‘The US government charged over the BHP Billiton with of foreign corruption practices act and imposed a 25 million USD ($31.8 million) fine over a hospitality program to entertain 176 foreign government officials at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics’’, which is considered to be a foreign bribery. It is illegal to have a hospitality program for government because it is considered to be inappropriate. Government officials should have the conduct where they should not …show more content…
In this case, the issue has been reported as the BHP’s top executive has started to approach the Beijing Olympics organizing committee, which happens after the Sydney Olympics in 2000 resulting the BHP announced the ‘diversified minerals and media sponsors’ for Beijing Olympics in 2008. Sponsorship arrangement has raised questions such as whether the BHP uses its sponsor role to advertise their products to advertise their products to people or to build a close relationship with the executives of China’s state-owned steel making firms, which considered to be important clients to