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...large source of revenue for local stations. Each station obviously wants to have the most people watching its show, and develops different lures including informative reporting, exciting film segments, and yes, attractive hosts. Attractive does not necessarily mean good looks, but also warmth, believability and delivery. None of these criteria are inherently offensive since a television news broadcaster's job is in large part visibility. Even the beauty standard is not at all repugnant. If a newscaster's appearance makes viewers uncomfortable enough to turn the channel, that really is not very good business for the station. But the station...
...always, was extremely civil. The ACSR, through Professor Salmon, expressed its dissatisfaction with the Corporation's current policy. Hugh Calkins '45, the chairman of the CCSR, reiterated the Corporation's stance, and indicated that the Corporation's stance, and indicated that the Corporation wanted to avoid using ethical criteria in making investment decisions. Only after the Corporation had purchased shares in a company would it begin to take ethical issues into account...
...principles--as the standard to rate corporate behavior. It acknowledged that indefinitely long dialogue with companies was "not a satisfactory course of action," yet it avoided establishing any definite deadlines on such dialogue. In response to the ACSR's most minimal recommendation--for the use of ethical criteria in investment decisions--the CCSR indicated that it would discuss the issue at its summer meeting and get back to the ACSR in the fall...
...companies' continued adherence to the Sullivan Principles can be explained in large part by their desire to defuse pressures for U.S. corporations' withdrawal from South Africa. Nevertheless, the agreement itself has some affect. Since their introduction in 1977, the principles have been amplified three times and rating criteria have also been made tougher. Many of the companies pledged to the effort have opposed both these moves, but only one company has elected to remove its name from the list of firms included in the agreement...
...Asian. According to the country's elaborate apartheid code, Lize should have been classified on the basis of her "appearance," along with "habits, education and speech in general." But while Lize's complexion was darkish, because she was an infant it was impossible to apply the standard criteria...