Assignment (Doc) | International Business Management in Bhp Billiton

Running head: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT IN BHP BILLITON
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT IN BHP BILLITON
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT IN BHP BILLITON1
The following paper highlights the issues that have been faced by the mining company
that is based within the Australian territories. The paper highlights the political as well as legal
issues that are being faced by the company within the course of action that are undertaken by the
company. The paper further discusses the ways in which the company might deal with the issues
that are being faced by BHP Billiton.
The company in discussion, BHP Billiton is one of the mining companies that have been
present within the Australian territories. The company is known to have expanded their services
to the African territories in order to harness the raw materials that are available at the mines
within the territorial boundaries of Australia. The company has been facing huge law suits that
are filed by the families of the Brazilian people who were involved in the mining disaster within
the territories of Brazil. The incident that had led to the lawsuits refer to the failure of the dam
that was present within the area. This incident resulted in a destructive flood which in turn led to
the death of the villagers. The flood had led to the complete destruction of the village named
Bento Rodrigues which led to the death of over 19 people (Lynch 2015). The failure of the
concerned dam is often highlighted to be the worst disaster in the Brazilian history till date. The
incident resulted from the rupture that resulted in the release of a great volume of industrial
waste within the river that had been flowing through the area (Bbc.com 2019). The concerned
incident had resulted in the death of the fish and the disruption of the marine ecosystems within
the area. The report by the United Nations stated that the disaster had been responsible for the
death of almost over 11 million fish communities that had been residing in the given area
(Roche, Thygesen and Baker 2017). The disaster had also resulted in a huge mudflow. This in
turn was responsible for the destruction of over 1469 hectares of the riparian forests that were
present within the area (Watts, J. 2018). Thus, it is observed that the disaster had led to the