The Deepwater Horizon Incident: The Most Horrific Environmental Disaster

The Deepwater Horizon incident is, to date, the most horrific environmental disaster that has ever taken place. The incident could have been prevented or even reduced had appropriate actions taken place when the warning signals were given but not heeded. The folks that were in charge during the warning phase should have taken a more proactive approach to investigate the warning signals. From all accounts, there were folks in positions to have made those important decisions but didn’t. I would consider this as the garbage can model (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2013).
Making sloppy and haphazard decisions caused this incident to occur. According to a policy review from 2013, the U.S. Coast Guard conducted an investigation prior to the occurrence