BP's Oil Spill

Hello Everyone,

I was looking into some of the most recent global issues that are happening in the world today. The oil spill with BP is one of them. It has caused a lot of damage for animals and local fishers.
One of the points of tension of the British Petroleum organizations and individual’s values is the impact it had on society when BP harmful oil leak divested a lot of businesses and killed wild life and had damages among different coasts. One incident occurred in 1989; Exxon had an oil spill in Alaska. In current events today, BP is responsible for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The accident also caused tension in environmental impacts of emissions during refining and consumption of fuel because of its effects on global warming, in the case that were covered by the media, BP is under great turmoil. In other controversies, accusations were brought to the head of BP because Amnesty International accused BP of helping Colombian security in a 35 year civil war of disappearances, torture and execution of civilians. Amnesty thought that BP was an alliance in funding private armies in Colombia and providing lethal training for security forces. In the end, the company denied the issues to protect their name from being tarnished. BP had made some drastic changes over the years to keep communities and their suppliers happy in order for them to keep their good name and to remain a well known player in the oil industry. I agree with the way BP handled the criticism. Because they were a big producer in the oil industry, they would be targeted more on their practices. They decided to change the way they worked with host nations, and other communities for better causes, which is justifiable. BP wanted to continue to build a good reputation and create value for their shareholders in the long run.

So my question to you is do you think BP is still a good company? And do you think they are doing all they can do?

Ericka B.