Discussion: Oil Spills
On April 20, 2010, there was an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Review a history of those events from the following sources:
• Deepwater Horizon Accident and Response- https://www.bp.com/en_us/bp-us/commitment-to-the-gulf-of-mexico/deepwater-horizon-accident.html
• Gulf Oil Spill (the captioned version of this video) https://ocean.si.edu/gulf-oil-spill and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqwShE6KjKU
• 100 Days of the BP Spill: A Timeline- https://content.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,2006455,00.html
In your initial post, respond to the following questions:
• Did BP respond in a manner that was appropriate to stockholders or did they take a stakeholder view? In making your determination, what were the primary factors that you considered? Provide specific examples, where applicable.
• If you were the CEO of BP at that time, what would you have done in the hours, days, and weeks after the explosion?