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Reference no. 9-399-126
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Mihnea C Moldoveanu
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1999
Version: 1 October 2009
Revision date: 14-Mar-2023
Length: 28 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Business and Government relations; Business ethics; Geographic analysis; Emerging markets; Environmental sustainability; International business; Multinational corporations; Human rights; Corporate social responsibility
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Abstract

Working with Shell's country manager for Nigeria, the company's Committee of Managing Directors must decide how to respond to the Nigerian government's decision to impose the death sentence on Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other leaders of a movement for the rights of the Ogoni (one of Nigeria's 240 ethnic groups). As the case opens, Saro-Wiwa and his codefendants have just been found guilty of inciting murder in a trial that international observers have criticized as deeply flawed. Saro-Wiwa, an environmentalist, writer, businessman, television producer, and human rights activist, has been a vocal critic of not only the Nigerian government but also Shell. Provides background on Shell, on its business in Nigeria, and on environmental and human rights issues in the Niger Delta.
Location:
Nigeria
Industries:
Electric power; Public administration and nonprofits; Fossil fuel industry
Size:
USD94 billion revenues, 100,000 employees
Other setting(s):
1995
Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-307-020
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Aldo Sesia Jr
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2009
Version: 5 February 2009
Length: 23 pages
Data source: Field research
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Reference no. 9-300-039
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1999
Version: 4 October 1999
Revision date: 1-Jun-2017
Length: 31 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Shareholder relations; Performance measurement; Environmental protection; Corporate governance; Multinational corporations; Social responsibility
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Compact case
Case
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Reference no. 9-310-038
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Lara Adamsons
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2009
Version: 12 February 2010
Length: 3 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Accountability; Transparency; International business; Business Law; International operations; Litigation
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Reference no. 9-399-129
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Joseph L Bower; Clark G Gilbert
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1999
Version: 30 August 2005
Length: 19 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Entrepreneurial management; Joint ventures; Internet
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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-300-040
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1999
Version: 25 October 1999
Length: 9 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Shareholder relations; Performance measurement; Environmental protection; Corporate governance; Multinational corporations; Social responsibility
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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-399-127
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Mihnea C Moldoveanu
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2009
Version: 1 October 2009
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Country analysis; Emerging markets; Environmental protection; Business ethics; Multinational corporations; Social responsibility; Energy
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Supplementary software
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Reference no. XLS178
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Mihnea C Moldoveanu
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2011
Format: .xls
Data source: Field research
Topics: Business & government relations; Business ethics; Social responsibility; Country analysis; Emerging markets; Global business; Energy; Climate change; Environmental protection; Land use; Multinational corporations
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Abstract

Working with Shell's country manager for Nigeria, the company's Committee of Managing Directors must decide how to respond to the Nigerian government's decision to impose the death sentence on Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other leaders of a movement for the rights of the Ogoni (one of Nigeria's 240 ethnic groups). As the case opens, Saro-Wiwa and his codefendants have just been found guilty of inciting murder in a trial that international observers have criticized as deeply flawed. Saro-Wiwa, an environmentalist, writer, businessman, television producer, and human rights activist, has been a vocal critic of not only the Nigerian government but also Shell. Provides background on Shell, on its business in Nigeria, and on environmental and human rights issues in the Niger Delta.

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Location:
Nigeria
Industries:
Electric power; Public administration and nonprofits; Fossil fuel industry
Size:
USD94 billion revenues, 100,000 employees
Other setting(s):
1995

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Teaching note
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Reference no. 5-307-020
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Aldo Sesia Jr
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2009
Version: 5 February 2009
Length: 23 pages
Data source: Field research
View full details
Case
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Reference no. 9-300-039
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1999
Version: 4 October 1999
Revision date: 1-Jun-2017
Length: 31 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Shareholder relations; Performance measurement; Environmental protection; Corporate governance; Multinational corporations; Social responsibility
View full details
Compact case
Case
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Reference no. 9-310-038
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Lara Adamsons
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2009
Version: 12 February 2010
Length: 3 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Accountability; Transparency; International business; Business Law; International operations; Litigation
View full details
Case
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Reference no. 9-399-129
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Joseph L Bower; Clark G Gilbert
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1999
Version: 30 August 2005
Length: 19 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Entrepreneurial management; Joint ventures; Internet
View full details
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-300-040
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1999
Version: 25 October 1999
Length: 9 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Shareholder relations; Performance measurement; Environmental protection; Corporate governance; Multinational corporations; Social responsibility
View full details
Compact case
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-399-127
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Mihnea C Moldoveanu
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2009
Version: 1 October 2009
Length: 2 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Country analysis; Emerging markets; Environmental protection; Business ethics; Multinational corporations; Social responsibility; Energy
View full details
Supplementary software
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Reference no. XLS178
Subject category: Strategy and General Management
Authors: Lynn Sharp Paine; Mihnea C Moldoveanu
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: 2011
Format: .xls
Data source: Field research
Topics: Business & government relations; Business ethics; Social responsibility; Country analysis; Emerging markets; Global business; Energy; Climate change; Environmental protection; Land use; Multinational corporations
View full details
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