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Eight new members this year join the ranks of the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR), the 12-member group that advises the Corporation on ethical questions arising out of the University's stock holdings...
Harvard has its own 12-member Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR) which serves basically the same role as Radcliffe's advisory committee. Although South Africa-related questions make up-only a small portion of the issues addressed by the ACSR, they have attracted the most attention...
Last spring, for the first time ever, a plurality of the ACSR--which is made up of four students, four faculty and four alumni voted to call on Harvard to divest its stock in companies which to business in South Africa. However President Bok and the four members of the governing Corporation's Committee on Sharcholder Responsibility prepared reports this fall attacking divestiture and defending Harvard's position of "constructive engagement." According to that theory, the best way to fight against the racist apartheid system is through pushing American companies--through proxies and "intensive dialogue"--to improve opportunities for Blacks...
...Faculty standing committees on Libraries. Advising and counseling. Advisory committees on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR) and Athletics have been established by the Faculty Council to provide a forum for faculty student exchange. The Faculty gave the Undergraduate council authority to select representatives to the committees, feeling that the selection process should be charged to those who represents undergraduates...
Cohen says the ACSR's first duty this year should be to respond to Bok's letter. Then, he says, the ACSR should continue to work on pressuring the Corporation to divest...