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...trade would not temporarily strenghthen white resistance, prolong the war, or further increase the suffering of the people. There are serious flaws to be worked out, but let us lift our sanctions and enthusiactically encourage the new government. The elections offer a glimmer of something long-lost: hope. Chris Eklund...
From his high, sometimes lonely perch, the The Equitable's Coy Eklund Equitable's chief has a unique means of keeping in touch. He has set up three panels of employees-for women, minorites and middle managers-and he meets with each for a long afternoon six times a year answering questions and listening to proposals...
...meeting a young black advises Eklund that the company should be recruiting more people at black colleges. But, asks Eklund, isn't it enough that the Equitable is hiring blacks at integrated universities? No, responds the young man, "because kids coming out of black colleges don't have as much entrée the corporate structure...
Then a black woman asks what the company's policy is on investment in depressed neighborhoods. Eklund replies that the company invests where its money will be safe, profitable and socially beneficial: "Those are the three tests. That's not enough, the woman insists: "People today are more concerned about the little guy. We should put more of our money into 'turning' neighborhoods, those that are socially declining...
Later expanding on his philosophy, Eklund points to all the millions that his company has invested in the central cities in Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Detroit and Atlanta. Yes, it has made a profit, but not always top profit. It has started the country's largest "minority small-business investment company, and Eklund knows that that will...