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Author Lustgarten, Abrahm.

Title Run to failure : BP and the making of the Deepwater Horizon disaster / Abrahm Lustgarten.

Imprint New York : W. W. Norton, c2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  363.1196223 L976r 2012    ---  Available
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  363.11 Lus    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xvi, 384 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Discusses how the CEO of British Petroleum, John Browne, helmed one of the greatest corporate comebacks in history only to have it fall apart due to deadly accidents and environmental crimes, culminating in the Deepwater Horizon disaster-- Source other than Library of Congress .
Contents Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE A New Dawn -- 1.The Rise of the Sun King -- 2.The Whistle-Blower -- 3.The First Offense -- 4.A Slippery Slope -- 5.Saving the World -- 6.A Wake-Up Call -- pt. TWO Crisis Years -- 7.Danger at the Plant -- 8.A Tragedy -- 9.Code Black -- 10.The Fix-It Man -- 11.A Torrid Affair -- pt. THREE The Reformation -- 12.A Changing Culture -- 13.Off the Hook -- 14.Run to Failure -- 15.A Delicate Balance -- 16.SOS.
Subject British Petroleum Company.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Oil spills -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
ISBN 9780393081626 (hardcover)
0393081621 (hardcover)
Standard No. 7041650

 
    
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