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Sarnoff retired as RCA chairman in 1970 and died a year later. RCA became a conglomerate, diversifying broadly--and unsuccessfully--before being taken over in 1986 by GE, the outfit that started RCA and was forced to divest...
However, Sachs' article is not the first time Harvard students have protested Shell's involvement with human rights and environmental abuses in Nigeria. For example, in 1995 the Undergraduate Council unanimously passed a resolution calling for Harvard to fully divest from Shell...
...political repression of the Ogoni people, Harvard weakens its educational mission and contributes to social regression. I ask the Corporation to remove this ugly stain from our intellectual community and our legacy, to wash our hands of the deplorable execution of the modern hero Ken Saro-Wiwa and to divest all $34 million from Shell...
...first panel and the curator of the Smithsonian's exhibit on the history of sweatshops, spoke about the importance of student activism in pushing for the protection of human rights through the power of the university. Mr. Liebhold specifically referred to student-activists at Harvard who pressured Harvard to divest from South Africa. In addition, Congressman George Miller (D-Calif.) praised students for their passion and expertise on the issue of sweatshops, while warning universities to heed students...
During the late 1970s, and early 1980s, when South African apartheid gained global recognition, Harvard chose not to fully divest from companies doing business in South Africa. To the University's credit, a full review was undertaken and a conditional investment policy was announced by then-President Bok. Harvard fell far short, however, of the complete divesture called for by leaders of the anti-apartheid movement...