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Shell Blocks Employee Access to Activist Website

yeslab.org by Mary | Oct. 2, 2012 (Opinion)
Murder is Bad, Even in Nigeria

(Blog Post) Early Monday morning, 71,010 Shell employees received an email from the company's "Grassroots Employee Empowerment Division" providing information on Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, a pivotal human rights case being argued in the U.S. Supreme Court. The email contained links to news stories, as well as a tool to help employees tweet their feelings about the case at key US news anchors (and Oprah Winfrey).

The only thing is, Shell has no ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Business, Sci/Tech, Media, Community
Topics: Freedom of Speech, Corporate Governance, Internet, Oil and Gas, Citizen Journalism, Corruption, Crime
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Oct 2, 2012 - 11:58 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Randy Morrow (review), Patrick McGuire (review)
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Edited by: Pamela Hogle - Oct 4, 2012 - 11:01 AM PDT

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 by Randy Morrow - Oct. 3, 2012

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 2, 2012

I could add my inside story of having been inside a SurvivaBall, but the theater of the Yes Men activities helps give stark images of what the internet and media should be when dealing with criminal top predators.

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Patrick McGuire
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 by Patrick McGuire - Oct. 3, 2012

This a most interesting case. It puts a spin on the United decision of 2010 that I am sure the Justices had not considered. Shell is now in a very difficult position. It is morally wrong and ethically untenable that Shell could have it both ways. My opinion is Shell is a murderer just like the Mafia and United should be overturned.

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