Case Study: British Petroleum $($Plc$)$ and John Browne: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum

What questions should each of these individuals ask of John Browne

Group Chief Executive Designate Tony Hayward

BP Board Members

Board Chairman P$.$ D Sutherland

What must be the current priorities of the Board?

Suppose you are BP Board Chair, P$.$ D Sutherland and you are introducing John Brown with $3$rd consecutive $$Most Revered British CEO$$ award, what would you say to the audience?

Given BP reputation and John Browne$$s reputation for management excellence, how has BP gotten into this situation?

As a member of BP board, what responsibility do you have to deal with the culture of risk identified in the two independent reports

Should the BP board have given Browne the $$50$m severance pay, should he not be disciplined?