Business & Professional Ethics for Directors, Executives & Accountants, 8e

Leonard J. Brooks and Paul Dunn

South-Western, Cengage Learning, Boston, MA, 2018

Chapter 7 - Managing Ethics Risks & Opportunities

BP's Corporate Culture - Page 576

1. Analyze whether BP's corporate culture was ethical?

2. Why has BP's culture developed as it has?

3. How would you suggest changing its culture?

4.What roles should the CEO and the Board of Directors play in making this change?

5.How could this change in culture be measured?

Exxon Valdez - Page 583

1. Who was responsible for the accident?

2. What were the responsibilities of the company, the government authorities, and the employees of the company, which were not properly discharged?3. Should Exxon abide by the Valdez Principles?

4. Could a better code of conduct have prevented this accident?

5. If Exxon had known, before the accident, about the captain's alcohol problem, which actions should have been taken, if any