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Well, when I was working with Americans in Costa Rica last year there was one girl who always tried to pronounce my name (Hannah) the way I said it rather than the American way. I told her to just pronounce it how she would. It was difficult for her, it came out more like "HAR-nuh".
I think there is some degree of flexibility necessary. For example, I don't think it is reasonable to insist that an English-speaking person pronounce the Russian name Alexei in the native style because it's just not easy for us. However, I don't think that means you should pronounce a French Genevieve's name "JEN-uh-veev".