Word: acsr
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three-fold increase in annual proxy resolutions--shareholder initiatives designed to force companies to revise their policies--has thus far prevented the ACSR from discussing broader issues. This spring, issues including Harvard's investments in companies involved in space weapons and nuclear waste could be discussed, said Professor of Business Administration John J. Gabarro, the head of the student-faculty-alumni committee...
...member ACSR regularly advises the seven-man governing Corporation on how to vote on proxy resolutions. But in the past the group has spent the largest portion of its time suggesting changes in Harvard's investment policy for its $3.2 billion endowment, especially the $416 million invested in South Africa-related companies...
...number of ACSR proxy resolutions increased from 31 to roughly 90 in the last year due to a change in Securities and Exchange Commission laws making proxies easier, Gabarro said...
...Monday meeting, the ACSR "dealt with repeats, with resolutions which had strong precedent, and with resolutions we thought we could treat in groups," Gabarro said...
...South Africa issue among others demonstrates that Harvard student government is a waste of time for at least three reasons. First, some members of the Undergraduate Council question the validity of divestiture just like President Bok. Others on the council who support divestiture adopt an ACSR-like approach. It takes little to see that Bok could not be happier with the council's pace of action. Even if the council and the ACSR manage to correctly dot the "i"s of pro-divestiture resolutions year after year, this has little effect on political realities. The council's lack of effective...