Shell shock
Subtitle: the failure of corporate ethics
By: BBC Learning. ; Terry Messenger, producer/director
Contributors: Messenger, Terry; British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service; Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences; BBC
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: Corporations; Corrupt practices; Business ethics; Success in business; Moral and ethical aspects; Shell Oil Company
Description: When oil conglomerate Shell stunned investors by announcing a 20 percent reduction in its proven reserves, pensions and portfolios suffered around the world.  This program reveals a pattern of exaggeration and cover-up at the company's top level -- specifically involving the former chairman and head of production.  An unflinching analysis of a failure in business ethics, Shell Shock raised complex and timely questions: At what point did protection of the company's image usurp shareholder interests?  How did financial industry safeguards let such a crisis develop?  And how can similar fiascoes be prevented in the future?
Notes: Case studies from the multinational marketplace

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Originally produced for the BBC television series The money programme in 2004.

Rajan Datar, reporter.

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