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    Ethical Issues surrounding the BP Oil Spill By: Angela Higgins December 16‚ 2010 The BP Oil Spill which happened on April 20‚ 2010‚ was the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history releasing approximately 185 million gallons of crude oil into the gulf. This event was the result of a wellhead on the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform blowing out in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 40 miles southeast offs the Louisiana coastline. Eleven men working on the oil rig platform were killed

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    BP Oil Spill By: Kerrie Neff MGT 480 Due Diligence: Facts: I am focusing on Tony Hayward‚ former CEO of BP and I am here to address the issue regarding the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded and ultimately caused one of the nation’s worst environmental disasters in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. To begin‚ there are many facts that led up to the incident‚ and then for many years after. BP and Hayward had already been questioned on their ethical conduct. The questions include fraud‚ environmental

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    The BP Oil Spill “Thank God men cannot fly and lay waste to sky‚ as well as the earth‚” said Henry David Thoreau on environmental damage. The BP‚ or British Petroleum‚ Gulf oil spill has been widely referred to as the biggest environmental disaster that the United States has ever faced‚ with over four million gallons of oil pouring into the waters off the Mexican Gulf Coast. The BP oil spill occurred in April of 2010. It was‚ and still is‚ the biggest oil spill in all of U.S. history. The massive

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    Thomas Preston BA 2196 Section 14/Emil Steiner 10-31-2012 British Petroleum’s public image was damaged immensely by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its poor public relations management during the weeks that followed. BP created the “Gulf of Mexico Restoration” website to inform the public about its efforts in cleaning up the spill and to help restore public trust in the company again. BP’s “Gulf of Mexico Restoration” website uses these three strategies to try to repair its reputation:

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    BP COMMUNICATION FAILure DURING GULF OIL SPILL CRISIS An important component of crisis management is response. Response can include several actions such as communication with stakeholders‚ the public and the government. Appropriate and effective communication can minimize the distribution of incomplete and inaccurate information‚ reduce speculation and prevent or quell rumors. In fact‚ studies suggest that the message itself can affect the public’s evaluation of the company and perhaps

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    5/21/13 Environmental Issue Essay Pollution is the mix of contaminants and the natural environment that create damage. It can be chemical substances‚ noise‚ heat or light. Pollutants can be either foreign substances that humans created or even contaminants in nature. Environmental issues are damaging parts of human activity on the environment. Environmentalism addresses all of the environmental issues that we face and decide what qualifies as an environmental issue. The BP Oil Spill has been a huge environmental

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    The BP oil spill‚ more famously referred to as the Deepwater Horizon Spill‚ occurred in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico and flowed unmitigated for as long as 3 months. The BP oil spill has fared as the largest marine oil spill ever confronted in the history of the petroleum industry. The oil spill on the 20th of April 2010 was primarily the result of a gas release followed by an explosion in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig‚ in the Gulf of Mexico‚ established on the Mocando exploration well designed for

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    of the oceans from a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico‚ perhaps the largest in history‚ spread expeditiously. Due to cameras‚ leaks in the pipe buried on the ocean floor had been discovered. By the time the pipe leaks had been revealed‚ barrels of oil had secreted into the Gulf ruining reefs‚ destroying habitats‚ and killing animals in its path that dispersed throughout the Gulf by the wind and waves. The BP Oil Spill‚ also known as the Deepwater Horizon Spill‚ has cost billions of dollars

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    The 2010 BP oil spill that took place on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect claimed 11 lives‚ and is considered to be the largest marine oil spill in the petroleum industry’s history. The spill flowed continuously for 87 days until it was declared to have been contained on 15th July 2010 and finally sealed on 19th September of the same year (BP‚ 2013). However‚ unconfirmed reports indicate that some of the well sites continue to leak (Pulham‚ Hilaire & Fenn‚ 2010). The spill took a physical and psychological

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    BP OIL SPILL IN 2010 April 20th was a tragic day for BP and the crew of the Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon. “Floating fifty-two miles off the coast of Louisiana in 5‚000 feet of water was an oil rig drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.” (Hoffman‚ 2010) What unfolded next will go down in history as the worst accidental oil spill in the world. “The oil well a mile below the surface of the Gulf blew up from high-pressure methane gas expanding into the drill. As a result of the explosion‚ it ended

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