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What a difference a year makes. Bursts of applause erupted in Courtroom C of Alaska Superior Court in Anchorage last week, as the jury acquitted Hazelwood on the three most serious charges stemming from the accident. After almost eight weeks and a dizzying parade of witnesses, the prosecution managed to win a conviction on only a relatively insignificant misdemeanor charge: negligent discharge of oil. Judge Karl Johnstone, miffed that Hazelwood had never apologized for his role in the spill, sentenced him to 1,000 hours of cleanup labor and $50,000 restitution to the state, but suspended...
What is clear is that oil is still tainting much of the coastline in the sound and the Gulf of Alaska. After a helicopter tour last week, Alaska Governor Steve Cowper announced that the state would take a more aggressive role in the ongoing cleanup effort. That is not welcome news for Exxon. The company has spent $2 billion so far on the cleanup, has been indicted by the Federal Government for allowing an incompetent crew to operate the tanker and has replaced Hazelwood in many hearts and minds as the real culprit in the tragedy...
...refuse to play the game of corporate statesman. Thus your p.r. problem began instantly when you failed to rush to the scene of the Alaska spill. Was that a big mistake...
...Justice Department has indicted Exxon on criminal charges, with the implication that the company willfully caused the Alaska spill. Is that unfair...
...reduced people at the lowest level, and our supervision of them hasn't changed. But somewhere between the top of the house and the bottom there are employees who need more training, as well as managers who have to do a better job of evaluating people. Since the Alaska spill, we have had every affiliate worldwide go back and review their practices, but as they say in the tire business, you've got to look at where the rubber hits the road. What's motivating these people on the docks and ships? Are they upset? Is there too much pressure...