Over the last decade BP has grown to one of largest companies in the world gobbling up competitors in a series of mergers that delivered handsome profits for shareholders. But an investigation by Frontline and the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica shows that BPs leadership failed to create a culture of safety in the massive new company. As BP took increasingly big risks to find oil and extract it the company left behind a trail of mounting problems deadly accidents disastrous spills and countless safety violations. Each time BP acknowledged the wider flaws in its culture and promised to do better. The Frontline/ProPublica investigation shows that the rhetoric was empty. From the refineries to the oil fields to the Gulf of Mexico BP workers understood that profits came first.   ... >>