The Oil & Gas Industry and the Environment
Module 6: Engaging Stakeholders
Stakeholder Concerns & Rights > Corporate Accountability & Transparency
 
Stakeholder concerns and rights
Which issues do you think are important?  Answer each of the questions below and then click on the submit button to reveal more information about each of these issues.

 

  "Key areas of stakeholder concern have been reflected in high-profile campaigns, such as those focused on human rights, distribution of the social costs and benefits of companies’ operations, bribery and corruption, indigenous rights, security arrangements and labour conditions" (SustainAbility - UNEP, 1999).
 
 
Which of the following events had the greatest impact on public perception of the oil and gas industry? Exxon Valdez, Brent Spar, Cameroon Pipeline, Gulf War, oil production in Nigeria.

The Global Compact includes two principles on human rights and four on labour rights. How many of these principles are relevant to oil and gas operations in developing countries?

What impact have environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs) had on the industry?

How serious in your mind is the problem of minority groups that might be displaced or otherwise affected by oil and gas operations?