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You need to see Cousteau’s dive into the Gulf oil spill

By Lauren | May 27, 2010

Sorry, folks, change in plans … we’ll talk about the ethics of “gotcha” journalism tomorrow. Right now, I’m urging anyone who cares about business ethics to check out Carl Franzen’s post today on PoliticsDaily.com. Franzen covers a new video of a deep sea dive by Phillipe Cousteau, Jr., grandson of the great Jacques Cousteau, into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico not far from the source of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. ABC Good Morning America reporter Sam Champion accompanied Cousteau, filming the dive and bringing back nightmarish footage of the mess beneath the surface.

So, why is this a business ethics issue? Because if this situation plays out the way past corporate mistakes have, we’re probably heading into Heaven only knows how many years of carefully-phrased denials, fingerpointing at the government, maneuvers in court and soothing reassurances to the American public from British Petroleum, Transocean and Haliburton that the spill wasn’t really their fault and, anyway, is about to be beautifully cleaned up. Just a minute or two of watching Cousteau’s dive will eliminate any fond illusion you may have that the dispersant BP is spraying into the oil is “cleaning up” anything at all. It’s an appalling bit of film … and one you can’t afford not to see.

Watch the video - then wait to see which corporate executives tell the truth about the situation in the Gulf of Mexico. Those who do get a gold star. Those who don’t deserve to be called out if they lie.

To watch the clip of Cousteau’s dive, click here.

Topics: Business Ethics, Lauren Recommends, Social Ethics, business communications, corporate responsibility, ethics |

One Response to “You need to see Cousteau’s dive into the Gulf oil spill”

1. Jennifer DiGiovanni Says:
   May 27th, 2010 at 10:33 pm

   My God, that shot of the well pumping oil into the water at gallons a minute made me have to close my eyes and wince. This is the most incredible environmental disaster perhaps in history, not to mention the tremendous waste.

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