BP Looking To Shut Down Ombuds Office!
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From Jeff Thompson's Enjoy Mediation Blog July 2010 |
Washington (CNN) -- BP has been trying to shut down an internal safety watchdog agency it set up under congressional pressure four years ago, according to sources close to the office and a leading congressman.
The Ombudsman Program was set up after a 2005 explosion at a BP refinery in Texas that killed 15 workers and a massive oil spill in Alaska the following year. Its chief, former federal judge Stanley Sporkin, would not comment for this story -- but a source inside his office told CNN, "I'm surprised we're still here."
...sources close to the office say BP doesn't like having independent investigators pursuing those complaints. A union representative told CNN that some workers who complained have faced retaliation.
...BP has said it can do a good job investigating complaints through an established internal system -- without the ombudsman's office.
Read the full article [here].
Biography
Jeff Thompson is based in New York City and is a professional mediator certified with Safe Horizon and the International Mediation Institute (IMI). He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Griffith University Law School (Australia) and has a MS in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution from Creighton University. Jeff is employed as a Detective in law enforcement working as a conflict specialist while also engaging in interfaith issues. Jeff’s blog, Enjoy Mediation (http://www.EnjoyMediation.com) is a featured blog at Mediate.com and IMImediation.org. Comments are always welcome- email Jeff at mediator.jeff@gmail.com
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