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...proxy vote for Plum Creek Timber shareholders on whether to adopt a code of environmental conduct called the Ceres Principles—a set of voluntary, environmentally-friendly guidelines, stressing accurate reporting as well as environmental protection—the CCSR did not follow the Advisory Committee’s recommendation and abstained. The Ceres Principles are a worthy code of conduct for corporations. Companies that follow the Principles must report annually on their environmental performance, information that is essential for policy makers to better maintain our global climate. Voting for one company to adopt the Ceres Principles is admittedly...
Opponents of the Ceres Principles may cite the additional cost of providing the information dictated by the code of conduct, which could potentially lead to smaller shareholder profits. Certainly there are benefits to maximizing the return on Harvard’s endowment, but there need not be a stark choice between profitability and environmental consciousness. The KLD Domini 400, an index of socially responsible companies, has outperformed the S&P 500 for 1-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year returns. Concern for the environment does not invite imminent financial collapse...
...faster than it had ever fought before, rewriting the battlefield playbook for perhaps a decade or more. Energized by hard work and spurred by his stubborn refusal to bend, he has extended the Pentagon's clout on all kinds of nonmilitary matters, from civil liberties at home to the conduct of diplomacy abroad. His power has at times verged on the absolute, and even some White House officials wonder whether anyone can rein him in. Yet for all his apparent certainty, he found a way, in his exquisite fashion, to make clear that he was under no illusions about...
...efforts must be more extensive, including a thorough appraisal of all the safety resources available on campus. Harvard must investigate and confirm each services actual time of operation and level of use and then make this updated information accessible to students. In addition, the University must conduct a quality review of its resources, shutting down or revamping services functioning poorly and creating new ones when necessary...
...Mangxi, Ho's priority is to sign up subjects, not an easy task when many of the prospective candidates are IV drug users and live in remote, largely inaccessible villages without telephones or newspapers; in fact, few of them can even read. Local health officials conduct their prevention efforts the old-fashioned way--going family to family, teaching couples how to use condoms and warning the young about the dangers of sharing needles...