Skip to Content
International Corporate Governance, 3rd Edition
book

International Corporate Governance, 3rd Edition

by Thomas Clarke
August 2023
Intermediate to advanced
818 pages
28h 27m
English
Routledge
Content preview from International Corporate Governance, 3rd Edition

CASE STUDY 9BP

DOI: 10.4324/9781003181118-19

There are a number of recent cases of directors of major corporations who have encountered the environmental risks that can evolve into immense unforeseen costs. On

20 April 2010, there was an explosion of gas on the BP Deepwater Oil Rig of massive dimensions. Eleven oil workers were killed, and as the explosion created a huge leak in the drill pipeline millions of gallons of crude oil was spilt into the gulf of Mexico, creating the worst environmental disaster in US history. Ultimately the company pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other criminal charges and paid out tens of billions of dollars in a series of fines, penalties, and settlements (Mattera 2010).

On 5 February 2015, BP agreed to a $20.8 ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Corporate Governance Matters, 3rd Edition

Corporate Governance Matters, 3rd Edition

David Larcker, Brian Tayan
Corporate Governance, Fifth Edition

Corporate Governance, Fifth Edition

Robert A. G. Monks, Nell Minow

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781000923032