Social responsibility

I believe that all companies whatever business they do should carry some social responsibility. They should be responsible for the effect that they have on society and the environment. It has been around a year since the disaster in the Gulf Mexico. The oil leaking has caused and is still causing tremendous problems to the residents of the territory, environment and maybe to some extent entire world. Economy, tourism, business and many other things have experienced tremendous damage as a consequence. What should be behavior of BP, the sole culprit in the situation?

To tell the truth I do not believe that they would be financially able to compensate for all the loss that they have done through the accident. They have spent billions of dollars to repair the situation, but it is definitely not enough. I mean, how much is necessary in order for everything to come back to where the territory has been before the tragedy. I believe they should be doing reparations as long as the situation comes back to normal. To tell the truth I also do not think they should be allowed to drill in the territory. 

It’s part of their social responsibility. I know that they are doing business, but if their business is causing more damage to the environment and people, their business, whoever they are is not worth the price. However, after things calmed down a bit they dare to think that they will have a chance to continue drilling in the territory again. If they do not assume social responsibility it should be social responsibility of politicians’ to stop them. I mean, whatever excuses they or other guys may have, if they cannot provide guarantees that their endeavors will not present any dangers to the environment it is not worth allowing them to do business. 

Social responsibility is a deficit nowadays. Money, profit, lobbying, lying has become much bigger values. I hope this can change some day, but the present trend is appalling. I hope we will not self destruct ourselves by allowing these ‘big guys’ (in various sectors) to do what they intend. 

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