Word: acsr
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...though, those gains are endangered. The Corporation appears ready to junk its commitment not to place its funds in banks doing business with the Botha government, not to, in effect, lend money to fund apartheid. Through the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR), the Corporation gave indications last week that they would consider the nature of any loans to the government. Were they "humanitarian" in nature, they might be allowed...
...general, we continue to urge the divestiture of all Harvard's holdings in South Africa. In particular, we urge the Corporation and the ACSR to reaffirm the doctrine of not directly supporting the South African authorities in any of their policies. If the Corporation goes back on the promise delivered in the spring of 1978, we hope students have conviction enough to once again take their case to the streets, the only place where they have ever had any effect...
...ACSR gives non-binding advice to the Corporation on the social issues that come before the stockholders of the various companies in the University's portfolio...
Meeting last night for the first time this year, the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR) made no major policy decisions but scheduled a January meeting with the Corporation, Candy R. Corvey, secretary to the committee, said last night...
...ACSR members were reluctant last night to discuss in detail their positions on committee-related issues. "This is very new for me. It's hard to draw conclusions now," Paul S. Russell, Homans Professor of Surgery at the Medical School and a new committee member, said...