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Article

1 Sep 2007

Author:
Former Shell Executive, Paddy Briggs

Former Shell executive decries ‘The myth of Corporations’ commitments to Human Rights’

My experience in Shell, and I have little doubt that most oil multinationals are just the same, is that commitments to human rights are not worth anything at all. I could choose many examples to illustrate this assertion...and which suggest that when push comes to shove the choice will nearly always be Profit rather than Principles...