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HOW NOT TO SALVAGE A REPUTATION, AT BP AND BEYOND

Towards the end of his seven-hour testimony in Washington last week about BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Tony Hayward's face, full of resentment at the politicians who were goring him, evoked Charlie Rich's “Feel Like Going Home”.

“Lord, I feel like going home/I tried and I failed and I'm tired and weary/Everything I done was wrong/And I feel like going home.”

Unfortunately, having gone home, BP's chief executive then went out again to sail his yacht, prompting a fresh fusillade from across the Atlantic. “I think we can all conclude that Tony Hayward is not going to have a second career in PR,” said Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff.

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约翰·加普(John Gapper)是英国《金融时报》副主编、首席产业评论员。他的专栏每周四会出现在英国《金融时报》的评论版。加普从1987年开始就在英国《金融时报》工作,报导劳资关系、银行和媒体。他曾经写过一本书,叫做《闪闪发亮的骗局》(All That Glitters),讲的是巴林银行1995年倒闭的内幕。

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