Subject: P4: Examine the ethical concerns of the communities in which BP operates and M3: Explain the ethical concerns of the communities in which a selected business operates and suggest measures that could be taken to improve corporate responsibility.
Introduction:
Within this report I will be explaining the ethical concerns for my chosen business BP and I will also be explaining what measurements BP carried out due to their ethical concerns.
Some of BP’s ethical concerns: 1) The BP Oil Spill released over 200 million gallons of crude oil in which was pumped into the Gulf of Mexico for around 87 days, making it the biggest oil spill in history. 2) The oil spill caused 16,000 total miles of coastline to be affected, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida coasts. 3) The gushing oil was stopped in July 2010; but oil is still washing up on shores, which will cause long-term damages to people and animals living in the area. 4) Over 8,000 animals were reported dead as quick as 6 months after the spill. 5) The oil explosion killed in total 11 people and injured 17 others.
Environment concerns
200 million gallons of crude oiled flowed into the Gulf of Mexico in which caused an explosion of the deep-water horizon oil rig.
Oil and gas manufacture projects can have major implications on air, water and the wildlife. BP states that they try to diminish the environmental impact from the earliest stages of planning to the dismantling stage.
Four years after the BP oil spill, environmental impacts of the worst offshore spill in history persevere along the Gulf Coast. A boat ride along where the oil spillage occurred revealed clumps of oil churned up in waves and vegetation corroding along the shore.
"The U.S. Coast Guard has declared 'removal actions deemed complete' for all but six of the 4,379 shoreline miles that were