DEEPWATER HORIZON ASSIGMENT
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DeepwaterHorizonHomework.doc.docxDEEPWATER HORIZON GROUP HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
Ethics and the Industry Engineer
EGS 2030
J. Greenfield
After viewing the film please answer the following questions. Please conduct research if it is required and please cite your references correctly as discussed in class.
1. Describe how BP failed to learn from other safety incidents.
2. Describe how BP’s safety training and procedures fell short.
3. Describe how BP’s contractors just followed BP’s orders.
4. Describe how regulators (who were responsible for oversight) failed to do their job thoroughly.
5. Describe the lessons learned from this incident. Please state your opinion on the lessons learned. How will they prevent a similar disaster?
6. Describe what happened to rig engineers Donald Vitrine and Robert Kaluza and engineer Kurt Mix as a result of their actions.
7. Do you think part of the problem is that these industry engineers are not professional engineers and that there is an industrial exemption so that engineers can work without obtaining a PE? Would things have been different if any of these engineers were PE’s and if so how?
