The April 20, 2010 explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig began both an environmental and public relations crisis for BP
that will certainly have long-lasting effects.
Research BP’s response to the oil spill from a public relations perspective. In a detailed essay and based on the examples of
the handling of crisis situations from this week’s lesson, did BP do a good job in conveying information and update on the
spill to the public? Support your arguments with five examples (press releases, news stories, journal articles, etc.) either
relating to the the crisis itself or that discuss crisis management strategies.
