Word: exxon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unending flow of disclosures of corporate bribes and illegal political contributions to officials in the U.S. and abroad has spread a darkening stain over the global reputation of American business. Throughout the revelations of the past 18 months, however, there was one minor consolation: reports of rampant payoffs by Exxon, Gulf, Mobil, Northrop, United Brands and other corporate giants had not directly implicated any major world leaders. Most under-the-table payments abroad had apparently gone to shadowy intermediaries, lower-or middle-level government officials, or chiefs of small developing countries that had never been known for political purity...
...chairman of Exxon explains his company's policy in the Middle East for 45 minutes to network television, only to see it compressed to a meaningless 30 seconds...
...very clear idea of what he would never do: Richard Kimball would never work for a large corporation, he would never work in New York City and he would never live in the suburbs. Today, Kimball is the assistant corporate secretary for the Exxon Corporation and commutes to his downtown Manhattan office every day from his home in Chappaqua...
Although he was skeptical about his decision to join Exxon in 1957, Kimball writes now that he is sure the decision was the right...
...fabricated "organizational" man has never reared its ugly head. But what is noticeably lacking from the often lengthy autobiographical sketches in recent 25th reunion books is a sense of obligation to anything higher than thyself and thine organization. The same people who describe their successful efforts in helping Exxon sell ever more gasoline and accrue ever-increasing profits, and who detail their travels abroad and the cultural events they witness in their leisure, have little or nothing to say about their contributions toward making our society a better place in which to live. Nor do they express concern...