Bp Pipeline Case Regarding Ethical Behavior And Decision...

BP Pipeline Case regarding Ethical Behaviors and Decision-Makin British Petroleum (BP) has been operating in the United States for decades. They have required most of their refineries through acquisitions in the med the 1900’s, which helped them to become one of the leading oil producers in the world. The acquisition of the Prudhoe Bay, Alaska refineries produces more than five percent of America’s oil. Therefore, it guaranteed BP’s economic goals by continuing producing oil in the United States. However as soon as 2001 through investigations, BP started having severe safety issues, in addition to this, by 2005 started a chain of unethical operational and maintenance safety hazards that lead to deaths, injuries, environment and ecosystem disaster in Texas, Alaska, and in the Gulf of Mexico. In early 2006 over 265,000 gallons of oil leak was one of the most dangerous pipeline leaks in history. This paper will discuss the case of BP’s unethical sadistic negligent and environmental behaviors that lead to billions of dol lars in fines for failure to act and operate in accordance to the safety laws. Discuss in detail the ethical, negligence, and environmental issues you see in this case. In this case BP PLC is another multi-national name brand corporation that operates under three different segments: â€Å"Exploration and Production; Refining and Marketing; and Gas, Power, and Renewables† (Jennings, 2012, 411), They used â€Å"green† and â€Å"socially responsible† in its marketing