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Employees
We seek employees who have the right skills and who
understand and embody the values and expected behaviours
that guide everything we do.
 Our values and code of conduct set out the expected qualities and
actions of all our people.
 We aim for a workforce that is engaged and representative of the
societies where we operate.
 We have a bias towards building capability and promoting within the
organization. Where necessary, this is complemented by selective
external recruitment.
BP headcount
Number of employees at 31 Decembera 2014 2013 2012
Upstream 24,400 24,700 24,200
Downstream 48,000 48,000 51,800
Other businesses and corporate 12,100 11,200 10,400
Total 84,500 83,900 86,400
a Reported to the nearest 100. For more information see Financial statements – Note 33.
The above table includes:
2014 2013 2012
Retail staff 14,400 14,100 14,700
Agricultural, operational and
seasonal workers in Brazil 5,300 4,300 3,500
At the end of December 2014, we had 84,500 employees. This includes
14,400 service station staff and 5,300 agricultural, operational and
seasonal workers in Brazil, which has increased by 1,000 in 2014 due to
the expansion of one of our sugar cane processing mills which was
completed in 2014. Meanwhile, operational headcount decreased in other
areas. We expect our number of employees to align with BP’s smaller
footprint in 2015 and 2016 as we right-size the organization as part of our
response to a lower oil price.
Our values
Our values of safety, respect, excellence, courage and one team align
explicitly with BP’s code of conduct and translate into the responsible
actions necessary for the work we do every day. Our values represent the
qualities and actions we wish to see in BP, they guide the way we do
business and the decisions we make. We use these values as part of our
recruitment, promotion and individual performance assessment
processes. See bp.com/values for more information.
Our people
We aim to develop the talents of our workforce – with a focus on
maintaining safe and reliable operations, engaging and developing our
employees, and increasing the diversity of our workforce.
The group people committee, chaired by the group chief executive, has
overall responsibility for key policy decisions relating to employees and
governance of BP’s people management processes. In 2014 the
Safety
Respect
Excellence
Courage
One Team
Our values
See bp.com/humanrights for more information about our approach to
human rights.
Business ethics
Bribery and corruption are significant risks in the oil and gas industry.
We have a responsibility to our shareholders and the countries
and communities in which we do business to be ethical and lawful in all
our dealings. Our code of conduct explicitly states that we do not
tolerate bribery and corruption in any of its forms.
Our group-wide anti-bribery and corruption policy applies to all
BP-operated businesses. The policy governs areas such as appropriate
clauses in contracts, risk assessments and training. We target training on
a risk basis and to those employees for whom it is thought to be most
relevant, for example, given specific incidents or the nature or location of
their role.
Financial transparency
We have taken part in consultations in relation to new or proposed
revenue transparency reporting requirements in the US and EU for
companies in the extractive industries. We are preparing to comply with
the transposed EU Accounting Directive in the UK and are participating in
the development of industry guidance. We are awaiting publication of the
final rules of the US Dodd-Frank Act, expected to be issued before the
end of 2015.
As a founding member of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
(EITI), BP works with governments, non-governmental organizations and
international agencies to improve transparency and disclosure of
payments to governments. We support governments’ efforts towards
EITI certification in countries where we operate and have worked with
many countries on implementation of their EITI commitments, including
Australia, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Iraq, Norway, Trinidad & Tobago, the UK
and the US.
Enterprise and community development
We run programmes to help build the skills of businesses and to develop
the local supply chain in a number of locations. For example, in Indonesia,
we provide one-on-one business consultancy and technical assistance to
local businesses during the tender process.
BP’s community investments support development that meets local
needs and are relevant to our business activities. We contributed $85
million in social investment in 2014.
See bp.com/society for more information about our social contribution.
Construction work on the Sunrise energy project, based in the Canadian oil
sands of northern Alberta.
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