exxon valdez disaster

Ten Years after Exxon Valdez disaster CHENEGA BAY, Alaska The scientific debate continues over the environmental consequences of what happened just after midnight on Good Friday, March 24, 1989, when the grounded vessel leaked nearly 11 million gallons of North Slope crude. But the disaster's effects on people are clear -- and dramatically mixed. Some communities and individuals have flourished. Others still suffer. Some may wither away. (…) Alaska Native settlements, such as this tiny fishing village tucked in …

…and the company is the indirect cause. However, when we know that such accidents are easy to prevent with a minimum of responsibility, we can’t doubt that the company is directly responsible of the accident because a company is responsible of its employees. The captain is then the direct consequence of a lack of responsibility and objectivity of the company, and the accident a indirect consequence of the same reasons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** usa today.