Word: acsr
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Last year the two committees differed on a number of issues. The ACSR shareholder resolution that would have forced Mobil Oil's South African affiliate to institute an affirmative action program for granting equal treatment to its black and white employees; the subcommittee, which makes the final decision on how Harvard votes, abstained, saying the resolution might force Mobil to act illegally under South African...
...ACSR supported disclosure of political contributions by three companies, Eastman Kodak, ITT, and Standard Oil, while the subcommittee voted Harvard's stock for disclosure by only Standard Oil, whose gifts, it said, were of proven significance. To ask other companies to disclose their gifts would be unfair, it said, since labor unions and other large institutions sometimes make secret contributions. There were other differences...
Because no conflicting blocs or clear clashes of individual opinion developed in last year's ACSR, Farber said, it's hard to predict the effects that new members will have on the committee's decisions...
...thing that surprised me last year was the area of agreement on the committee," Farber said, "though it's my experience that often when you have a group compelled to think something out clearly and directly that it moves closer together." Several ACSR members said last year that they were surprised by the extent of the committee's agreement on issues it considered...
Farber said the ACSR plans to meet October 28 with the four-man Corporation subcommittee that decides how to vote Harvard's stock. It will be the first formal meeting between the two groups...