Chevron caught up in oil agency scandal

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David R. Baker, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, September 11, 2008

San Ramon's Chevron is one of four oil companies found to have given gifts - with Chevron giving just under $2,500 over the course of five years, most of it spent on meals and drinks. One of the government employees who had official business with Chevron also had a romantic relationship with a Chevron employee, as well as with an employee from Shell, according to the report.

In addition, Inspector General Earl Devaney singled out Chevron for criticism, saying the company refused to cooperate fully with the investigation. Chevron employees refused to be interviewed by the inspector general's office, according to the report.

The company insists that it did cooperate, turning over more than 13,000 pages of e-mails and expense records that are cited repeatedly in the report. As for the employees, Chevron respected their legal right not to talk to investigators, said company spokesman Don Campbell ...

Campbell wouldn't say whether the company had disciplined any employees over the report's allegations but said the company is conducting its own investigation ...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/11/BU4H12SGB3.DTL

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1. For corrupt motherfuckers

they sold themselves pretty cheap. But we pay the price.