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...influence. Yet to expect established institutions to head the movement for wholesale reform is naïve. Rather, the passionate individuals that compose civil society must lead the charge. Only then will the various “enlightened” or “progressive” institutions follow suit...
Harvard is a not-for-profit educational institution. Surely it understands that people who choose to work at a university should earn less than their counterparts at for-profit corporations. Harvard should follow Yale’s lead. If Dave Swenson earns $1 million each year for the truly superior work he does, Harvard should be truly ashamed of paying any in-house manager eighteen times what Swenson makes...
...divestment decisions, however, hinge on their place in a broader debate. Powerful as it is, Harvard alone cannot bring down the militias, or apartheid, or the tobacco industry. Harvard’s decisions have to fit within a broader movement. On apartheid, Gulf oil, and tobacco, other investors followed suit, and Harvard’s move carried large public weight. So far, Harvard’s divestment from Sudan has been largely neglected externally, and progress on Darfur has been slow. But at least as far as PetroChina is concerned, Harvard has done what it can, and we must...
...work towards,” said SLAM leader Adaner Usmani ’08. “The fact that it’s coming up soon provides a good reason for this particular avenue of activism.” SLAM’s spring initiative will follow in the tracks of activism that led to the decision of at least ten other colleges to drop their contracts with Coke. Michigan and New York University most recently declined to renew their contracts, garnering nationwide media coverage. According to Usmani, SLAM will likely focus on persuading HUDS not to renew...
...students and professors who follow this kind of “outcome betting” say it can be a remarkable gauge of public opinion...