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In 2010 the largest environmental disaster to date occurred in the Gulf of Mexico, with the explosion of the BP Deepwater oil rig. The paper discusses a number of issues concerning the disaster, including the ethical issues, assessment of responsibility and blame, identification of various stakeholders and the outcome of the disaster. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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fore guidance there are two different approaches; Kant tells us "An action done from duty has its moral worth, not from the results it attains or seeks to attain, but
from a moral principle or maxim- the principle of doing ones duty whatever that duty may be"(Kant, 1964;20). Therefore by applying the though of Kant whatever our motivations are
they can be seen as irrelevant when determining which is the moral/ethical action to be taken, as it is the action of the decision maker in line with their moral
guides out of duty and obligation that matter and not the actual results. By comparison Mills looks not only at duty but allows for consideration of the outcome, it is
a more flexible approach. However, in both cases the issue becomes what was the duty of BP, Transocean and Halliburton and any other stakeholders involved, who did they have a
duty to protect and look after, in what ways did any action deviate from their responsibly in the events that led up to the disaster and in the actions s
taken following the disaster. 2. Stakeholders are individuals that have an interest in the firms or the outcomes; those who will be impacted by it either directly or indirectly. These
include the employees who rely on BP for the provision of jobs, and provide a safe workplace, the shareholders were the owners of the company and invest for a profit,
suppliers to the company contracts, customers who needs the end product as well as government who are both regulator and beneficiary from taxes, in addition to this any individual who
can be impacted by the environmental effects of operation, including local residents, and in the case of large environmental impacts such as oil spills, where pollution may enter the chain,
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