Ciaran Hancock
Published: Jul 09, 2007
CSR: The merits of corporate social responsibility have been debated for decades but the concept is becoming popular in corporate Ireland.
Earlier this month, energy giant Shell said it had spent $273 million (201 million) worldwide on CSR in 2006.
Susan Shannon, who heads Shell’s social investment initiatives in Ireland, says independent research it has commissioned recently suggests that trust is gradually being rebuilt after recent low points in public relations over its plans to build a natural gasline in Co Mayo.
“Others would argue that that isn’t the case but we feel strongly that it is the case and we have independent studies to back it up.”
Shell recently announced a university scholarship programme with four secondary schools in Mayo that will benefit 10 students. The cost is about 500,000 to the company. It also employs a number of community liaison officers.
Shannon admits, however, that it is difficult for companies to quantify the benefit to their business from CSR. “You can’t measure it . . . but this is not really an option for businesses anymore. It’s a must-have in today’s world,” Shannon says.
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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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