Corporate Social Responsibility Failures in the Oil Industry

Corporate Social Responsibility Failures in the Oil Industry, edited by Charles Woolfson and Matthias Beck, 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.Woolfson, Charles is the author of 'Corporate Social Responsibility Failures in the Oil Industry', published 2005 under ISBN 9780895032935 and ISBN 0895032937.