Financial Times: Cultural matters: “And as Antony Burgmans, chairman of Unilever, points out: “The leader sets the tone”
By Martin Dickson
Published: August 12 2004 05:00 | Last updated: August 12 2004 05:00
It is good news Royal Dutch/Shell has in principle agreed to unify its two boards. That is the least that its review of corporate governance should do. There had been fears of footdragging, but the company is evidently going beyond investor expectations in examining more radical restructurings, including a full merger of the Dutch and British holding companies. That may or may not be practical, but amid all the structural changes we should not lose sight of the fact that the group’s problems are partly cultural. And as Antony Burgmans, chairman of Unilever, points out: “The leader sets the tone.”
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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