Shell Ethic Reflective Essay

Reflective Essay Through my research, the article that I had found was roughly about the Nigerian farmers decided to sue Shell company in Dutch court claiming the oil spills ruined their livelihood. There was serious damage in Niger Delta due to Shell leaking pipelines. Their fish pond, farmland and forests in three villages (Goi, Aruma, Ikot Ada Udo) were all being destroyed. Their villagers want Shell to pay the compensation for their loss and cleanup the damages they made. But Shell rejected the liability claim. Moreover, they still blame on the sabotage. Shell lawyer told the court that sabotage and oil theft is widespread in the region. That is the main reasons that caused the pipelines leaked. It is not their fault at all. They push away all their responsibilities and blame on the sabotage.
Through responsible commerce, corporate responsibilities are very important. Corporation is not a moral agent. There are two views of corporate responsibilities. They are narrow view and broad view. In narrow view, the main goal of the company is as long as they can earn profit it’s enough. The business for business is to do business. They just care about their self-interest. They will not care about public or social needs. They will use any methods or tactics just to maximize their profit. All the benefits will go to their company and shareholders. On the other hand, in broad view, they want to maximize profit too but they will more concern about social needs. Whatever they do, they will put social needs in the first place. All the benefits will goes to public and society first.
In my opinion, Shell is belongs to narrow view of group. They just care about what they get but all the consequences go to the Nigerian. They can just harm and polluted the environment just to earn the profit. They not even try to clean up the oil spills around the areas or repair the pipelines leaking. They knew that the amount to fix the problems could be huge, so they are unwilling to