This book directly challenges the oil industry's claims of corporate good citizenship, now widely advanced as part of a global public relations offensive. The volume spans the industry's reach, from the troubled waters of the U.K. 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 labor 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 communities within the oil industry's global reach.
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It is essential reading for those who wish to peer behind their public relations facade." -- Jake Molloy, General Secretary, Offshore Industry Liaison Committee (UK offshore oil workers' trade union)
It should be required reading for all advocates of corporate responsibility. -- Rory Sullivan, Director, Investor Responsibility, Insight Investment, Editor, Business and Human Rights: Dilemmas and Solutions
It should be required reading for all advocates of corporate responsibility. -- Rory Sullivan, Director, Investor Responsibility, Insight Investment, Editor, Business and Human Rights: Dilemmas and Solutions
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Intended Audience: Students, practitioners (corporate leaders, trade unions and NGOs), policy actors (governmental authorities and international agencies), and stakeholders in the field of International Business Management, Industrial Relations, Trade Unionism, the Oil and Gas Industry, Environmental Studies, Legal and Regulatory Studies, and the field of Human Rights and Labor Standards.
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The year 2003 marked the fifteenth anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, the world's worst offshore oil disaster. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
offshore health, offshore workforce, temporary safe refuge, standby vessels, offshore oil workers, offshore safety, offshore contractors, offshore workers, petroleum board, offshore oil industry, offshore operators association, workforce involvement, safety regime, consultant paper, safety delegates, oil multinationals, undersea pipeline, evacuation systems, international oil industry, trade union recognition, established trade unions, oil operators, offshore industry, offshore installations, export pipeline Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Piper Alpha, Ocean Ranger, North Sea, United States, United Kingdom, Lord Cullen, Safety Case, Wood Group, Terra Nova, Employment Relations Act, Department of Energy, Exxon Valdez, Evening Telegram, Soviet Union, Supreme Court, Financial Times, Bull Arm, John Browne, New Labour, Brent Field, Labour Relations Board, Middle East, New York, Federation of Labour, International Fact-Finding Mission New!
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The year 2003 marked the fifteenth anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, the world's worst offshore oil disaster. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
offshore health, offshore workforce, temporary safe refuge, standby vessels, offshore oil workers, offshore safety, offshore contractors, offshore workers, petroleum board, offshore oil industry, offshore operators association, workforce involvement, safety regime, consultant paper, safety delegates, oil multinationals, undersea pipeline, evacuation systems, international oil industry, trade union recognition, established trade unions, oil operators, offshore industry, offshore installations, export pipeline Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Piper Alpha, Ocean Ranger, North Sea, United States, United Kingdom, Lord Cullen, Safety Case, Wood Group, Terra Nova, Employment Relations Act, Department of Energy, Exxon Valdez, Evening Telegram, Soviet Union, Supreme Court, Financial Times, Bull Arm, John Browne, New Labour, Brent Field, Labour Relations Board, Middle East, New York, Federation of Labour, International Fact-Finding Mission New!
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- The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster (Two Volume Set) by Lord Cullen on 4 pages
- Industrial Relations (School Curriculum Industry Project) by Schools Council Industry Project on page 113, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis by Aaron Wildavsky on page 60, and Back Matter
- Speaking Truth to Power by Aaron Wildavsky on page 60, and Back Matter
- Second Abstract of British Historical Statistics (Department of Applied Economics Monographs) by B. R. Mitchell on page 59, and Back Matter
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