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Ethical Dilemma Article Review
Select a relatively current event that deals with one or more ethical dilemma. Compose and essay that addresses the ethical factors from an organizational perspective. National examples may include Department of Defense contracting events, Hurricane Katrina (or similar catastrophic events), election campaign funding, BP oil spill, or lobbyist operations. Local or state events may include nonprofit or public organizations. You may also use international events. Be sure to address the following requirements in your essay:
- Identify the key stakeholders, and introduce the organization.
- Summarize the context of the ethical dilemma with specific facts (who, what, where, when, why).
- Using Svara’s (2007) problem-solving model as a point of reference, identify the selected ethical decisions and obligations. Be specific if the actions resulted in best consequences or a full, open and honest process projected to the public.
- Identify implications that resulted in successful or unsuccessful future operations.
- Summarize what you have learned from an analysis of this event.
Your response should be at least 500 words in length (not including the references page) in APA style. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Explanation & Answer
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Running head: THE BP OIL SPILL
The BP Oil Spill
Institution Affiliation
Date
THE BP OIL SPILL
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The BP oil spill happened on the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon in the
Gulf of Mexico on the 20th of April 2010. This was one of the largest recorded spills
of oil. The drill was located in the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico (Benoit,
2011). The stakeholders in relation to the spill were wildlife, the environment, oil
industry, fishermen and the businesses that solely based their products and services on
the gulf like tourism forms. Transocean was the firm that owned the Deepwater
Horizon with its staff working on the site while BP was the firm that provided some
supervisors.
The BP developed The Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) after the spill to
deal with any incidents recorded. However, an independent court...