Description
Book SynopsisCorporate Social Responsibility Failures in the Oil Industry directly challenges the oil industry''s claims of corporate good citizenship, now widely advanced as part of a global public relations initiative. The volume spans the industry''s reach, from the troubled waters of the UK offshore Continental Shelf, with its horrendous legacy of the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster, to the inhospitable shores of Newfoundland with its own tragic legacy of lost lives; to the new frontier of oil corporate colonialism in the former Soviet Union and the icy plains of Alaska. The central theme of violations of basic labour rights and of health and environmental protection standards will make uncomfortable reading in the boardroom. It is equally essential reading for those who seek to improve the position of workers and industries within the oil industry''s global reach.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter One: Corporate Social Responsibility in the International Oil Industry Charles Woolfson and Matthias Beck
Chapter Two: The Piper Alpha Disaster and Industrial Relations in Britain’s Offshore Oil Industry Charles Woolfson, Matthias Beck, and John Foster
Chapter Three: Safety and Industrial Relations in the Newfoundland Offshore Oil Industry since the Ocean Ranger Disaster in 1982 Susan M. Hart
Chapter Four: BP’s Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline: The New Corporate Colonialism James Marriott and Greg Muttitt
Chapter Five: Northern Exposure Michael Gillard, Melissa Jones, and Andrew Rowell
Chapter Six: Loaded Dice: Multinational Oil, Due Process and the State Matthias Beck and Charles Woolfson
Selected Bibliography
About the Editors
Contributors
Index
