In your opinion, what are the moral and ethical responsibilities of ONGC Videsh in Sudan?
When buying its Sudanese assets, ONGC Videsh inherited its moral debts. It has become widely accepted among the international business community that companies are responsible, not just for their actions, but also for their impact and their positive and negative implications for regional and global development. All human beings would agree that it is immoral to profit from crime and human suffering. Unless ONGC Videsh wishes to dissociate from universal human values, the company will have to ensure that its operations are supportive of the principles that underlie the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As long as there is no peace in Sudan, oil exploitation will be a source of war. That is why the European Coalition on Oil in Sudan calls upon the oil companies to suspend their operations until there is a just and sustainable peace. ONGC Videsh seems to believe that Sudan’s wars are none of its business. In fact, the company is in business because of the war. Unless the company adop
