Exxon-Valdez is a large corporation with a large amount of responsibility to the environment, the public, and to whomever the company affects. In 1989, Exxon-Valdez proved itself to be a socially irresponsible company. Exxon-Valdez allowed a known alcoholic to operate a supertanker, by appealing the five billion dollar award to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lowering the amount, and for not compensating the initial oil-spill cleaners for acquiring diseases and sicknesses for handling carcinogenic …showed first 75 words of 787 total…

…showed last 75 words of 787 total…dollar award assessed which would not of been enough money to repair all the damage done had the award not been appealed. Exxon-Valdez is a company and all companies should be held responsible for their actions and Exxon-Valdez should have to continue to pay for the damages to the environment and the public until everyone has be reinbrused for their losses and stresses and until everything in the environment has returned to its original state.