In 1996, Unocal Corporation has joined forces with the French company Total to build an ambitious gas pipeline from the Andaman Sea on the southern tip of Burma and Thailand. At an estimated cost of $ 1.2 billion, the pipeline has been designed to bring badly needed energy supplies in Thailand and Burma, as well as the core for the Asian expansion strategy of the company Unocal. Shortly after the transaction has started, but officials of Unocal are entangled with far broader political forces and pressure groups that span national borders. Due to their involvement in the military leadership SLORC, Burma, Unocal was accused of complicity in a number of human rights violations, including slavery and possible genocide. Chairman John Imle have to decide how to respond to the charges, and whether Unocal needs to rethink and restructure its operations in the face of growing international pressure. "Hide
by Lane La Mure, Debora L. Spar Source: Harvard Business School 24 pages. Publication Date: February 25, 1998. Prod. #: 798078-PDF-ENG
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