Beyond Finger Pointing – Safety Culture and the Deepwater Horizon Incident
Nov 1, 2016
Categorized under: Safety Culture
Deepwater Horizon began showing in United States theaters on September 30. As with most historical films, the post-release flurry of critique and dialogue about the film’s accuracy has ensued, and BP’s blunders have become a conversation topic around most dinner tables. While we all love a great villain, and the portrayal of BP fits so well into our definition of evil, the basic formula of a good movie, by design, does not leave much room for the complexities of reality. At most, it serves as an opportunity to have a deeper conversation about the multitude of factors that orchestrate such...