So, Shell has settled out of court with the plaintiffs in the Saro-Wiwa case. As a retired employee of Shell, I have the uncomfortable feeling that too much dirty linen would have been aired in court, which saddens, but doesn’t really surprise, me. At least the Saro-Wiwa family and the other plaintiffs feel some sense of closure, which is a good thing, but I am not proud of Shell.
And now Malcolm Brinded, the executive director of Royal Dutch Shell, has an opinion piece in today’s Guardian claiming that Shell wanted an opportunity to prove its innocence, and that settling out of court, far from suggesting that Shell was guilty, was the right thing to do. The piece strikes me as a study in breathtaking effrontery. No, I’m not proud of Shell at the moment.
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