· Read only the content under the following headings: Varieties of Environmentalist Positions, the Regulatory Response, Free Market Response to Environmentalism, and Social and Private Costs.

Articles

· Barrett, P. (2015, April 16). The BP oil spill cleanup isn’t a disaster: Five years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, recovery is progressing better than expected . Bloomberg Business. Retrieved from http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-16/the-bp-oil-spill-cleanup-isn-t-a-disaster

· This report explains why the initial worries with regard to the consequences of the oil spill were not realized. Accessibility Statement does not exist. Privacy Policy

· Cherry, M. A., & Sneirson, J. F. (2010). Beyond profit: Rethinking corporate social responsibility and greenwashing after the BP oil spill . Tulane Law Review, 85(4), 983. Retrieved from http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=1670149

· This is a law review article on the BP Deepwater oil spill.

· Friedman, M. (1970, September 13). The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits . New York Times Magazine. Retrieved from http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0073524697/910345/Appendices.pdf

· Friedman presents a two-part clarification of what we may understand as social responsibility. The first part states that the responsibility of business is to its shareholders by using its resources to increase profits. Most stop here and assume that Friedman is advocating an ethics of egoism. But the important second part is that Friedman argues that business must be bound by the law and rules of honesty and decency toward others.

· Hill, T. E. (1983). Ideals of human excellence and preserving natural environments . Environmental Ethics, 5(3), 211-224. Retrieved from http://www.shodor.org/ncssm/elc/content/attachments/EnvironmentalEthics-Hill.pdf

· The question under examination in this essay is what kind of person would destroy natural environments, or see their value solely in terms of cost/benefit analysis.

· Sandler, R. L. (2013). Environmental virtue ethics . The International Encyclopedia of Ethics. Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781444367072.wbiee090/pdf

· This article defines and explains environmental virtue ethics. Accessibility Statement does not exist. Privacy Policy

· Smith, L. C., Smith, L. M., & Ashcroft, P. A. (2011). Analysis of environmental and economic damages from British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill . Albany Law Review, 74(1), 563-585. Retrieved from http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Murphy_Smith/publication/228264531_Analysis_of_Environmental_and_Economic_Damages_from_British_Petroleums_Deepwater_Horiz

· This is an in-depth report of the environmental and economic damages of thee BP Deepwater oil spill.

· Thompson, A. (2015, April 20). Five years after the BP oils spill, questions linger in the Gulf . Retrieved from http://www.cnbc.com/2015/04/20/five-years-after-bp-spill-questions-linger-in-the-gulf.html

· Five years after the BP spill, restoration projects are underway and ecosystems are coming back. Although the results to the environment and business do not reflect the disaster previously expected, there is a noticeable change in the direction of business. Accessibility Statement does not exist. Privacy Policy