Environmental crisis managment strategy - the example of British Petroleum

Ekološki incident koji se dogodio 20. travnja 2010. godine na Deepwater Horizon platformi u Meksičkom zaljevu imao je sve karakteristike ekološke krize, prvenstveno zbog postavljanja i provedbe strategije upravljanja British Petroleuma koja je uz sistemske greške dovele do toga da se radilo o najgoroj krizi u američkoj povijesti. Upravljanje rizikom je suštinski dio dobroga menadžmenta koji mora biti ugrađen u poslovne procese te svaka uspješna organizacija mora raditi na identificiranju potencijalnih rizika kako bi mogla upravljati njima. Nespremnost British Petroleuma i povezanih kompanija na rješavanje krize (Transocean, Halliburton) i nesnalaženje Sjedinjenih Američkih Država (predsjednika Barracka Obame i Kongresa) skrenuli su pozornost na brojne manjkavosti u području istraživanja i eksploatacije ugljikovodika, i to po pitanju sigurnosti i provedbe regulative u zaštiti okoliša.The ecological incident that occurred on April 20, 2010 at the Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico had all the characteristics of an ecological crisis, primarily because of the establishment and implementation of British Petroleum's management strategy, which, together with system errors, led to the worst crisis in the US history. Risk management is an essential part of good management that needs to be embedded in business processes, and every successful organization must work to identify potential risks in order to be able to manage them. The failure of British Petroleum and related companies (Transocean, Halliburton) to deal with the crisis and the disregard of the United States (president Barrack Obama and Congress) have drawn attention to numerous deficiencies in the field of hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation in the area of safety and enforcement of environmental protection regulations