SHELL'S OIL SPILL

Leadership - Shell's Niger Delta Oil Spill

Leadership - Shell's Niger Delta Oil Spill

Introduction

This discussion will attempt to present a brief organizational and historical background on Shell as it relates to its operations, the extent of its globalization and its reputation for ethics and corporate social responsibility. This will be followed by a discussion of the ways of constructing an understanding of this event that may be productive for the different stakeholders (Giuliani & Kurson, 2002). In order to do so adequately, the discussion will identify outcomes that would be reinforced or in conflict with this sense-making. The discussion will utilize the context of leadership research and established leadership theories, to elaborate how each of the three stakeholders can have a personal impact on how the situation or problem might be addressed. This will be followed by an identification of a way to create a shared understanding of the challenges caused by Shell's Niger Delta oil spill.

Furthermore, the following paragraphs will discuss how each of the three stakeholders might make sense of how the situation or problem should be addressed. In order to provide an understanding of the essential context, the elaboration will compare and contrast and evaluate the various approaches to leadership discussed throughout the Module, as well as what I have learned about myself as a leader in this particular situation by providing alternative directions for bringing resolution based on several different perspectives.

Discussion

Shell is a Fortune 500 company with operations across. The company operates in oil, gas and a variety of other petroleum-related chemical products. The vertically integrated Shell has been in operations since 1900 and has expanded to the point where it employs around a million employees across the globe. The company has developed a reputation for aggressive exploration, distribution and marketing of products; which explains Shell's ...