Word: shell
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what are some of these "beginning" businesses? Over the past 10 years the state canceled $213 million in industrial property taxes owed by Exxon Corp., a company that traces its origins back 116 years. It eliminated $140 million in taxes owed by Shell Oil Co. affiliates, a business whose roots in the U.S. go back 86 years. It erased $103 million in taxes owed by International Paper Co., which opened its doors 100 years ago. And it voided $96 million in taxes owed by Dow Chemical Co., which was established 101 years...
...notorious history of the military dictatorship of Nigeria connected to the ivy-covered walls of prestigious Harvard? Shell's economic support of that government, combined with its active lobbying for repression of the Ogoni, binds it to the shameful execution of Saro-Wiwa. And a report of the Security and Exchange Commission discloses that the President and Fellows of Harvard College have invested $34 million in Shell...
...charges leveled here are serious. Harvard has invested a large amount of money in a company whose actions are antithetical to the principles of social justice. With the actions of Shell and the reputation of Harvard in mind, I call on the Corporation to sell all shares of Shell stock...
...what role Harvard has in the world. Is this University an educational institution, a part of the struggle for social justice, or a corporation? In most of its operations, the University can act out all of these roles without suffering an identity crisis. But the question of divestment from Shell pits Harvard's interest in social justice against its mission of profit-making and endowment growth. The Harvard community should decide which mission will take priority...
...people, Harvard weakens its educational mission and contributes to social regression. I ask the Corporation to remove this ugly stain from our intellectual community and our legacy, to wash our hands of the deplorable execution of the modern hero Ken Saro-Wiwa and to divest all $34 million from Shell...