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Still, it is unclear whether ethical consumerism is an effective means of reform. For it to be successful, it must take the form of collective action—while individual protest may do little to affect a corporation??s practices, an organized, widespread boycott can have a major impact, as shown by the public campaign that triggered Starbucks’ shift to “fair trade” coffee...
There is, however, an upper limit on the degree of reform this course of action can bring about. Pulling our money from an individual corporation may have serious repercussions for that corporation. Such actions, however, generally benefit that corporation??s competitors, whose actions are frequently just as exploitative. Take, for example, the “effective” boycott of Shell in the late 1990s, which probably benefited Chevron more than anyone else...
...beyond issuing press releases.“What I’m actually looking for is Mr. Houghton to actually attend a Faculty meeting and make it clear what the rules are going forward,” Glaeser said, referring to James R. Houghton ’58, the Corporation??s senior fellow.“Because, clearly, the University is not entirely well,” Glaeser continued. “It clearly needs a degree of institutional support that, I think, Summers on his own doesn’t have.”And Pinker, while...
While past Faculty motions have expressed professors’ displeasure with the president, the new resolution reflects rising frustration with the Corporation??s inaction in response to the Summers storm...
...Harvard Corporation, the only body with the power to fire University President Lawrence H. Summers, to intervene in the escalating battle between professors and the central administration. While past Faculty motions have expressed professors’ displeasure with the president, the new resolution reflects rising frustration with the Corporation??s continued silence on the Summers storm. The motion, which was put on the docket by Professor of Physics and Applied Physics Daniel S. Fisher and obtained by The Crimson tonight, does not refer to Summers by name, nor does it mention the word “resign...