Word: investors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...except those "where there is no longer room for argument among people who accept our basic socio-economic political system." One such unarguable issue, the committee stated was racism. Harvard adopted an official position of "hostility (whether in the University's role as center of learning, contractor, employer, or investor) to anything smacking of racism...
...Austin committee also reached some specific conclusions on Harvard's role as an investor. While urging the University to make investments to achieve "maximum return," the committee noted some exceptions to that general rule. It said Harvard should avoid investments in South African corporations but added. "When it comes to investing in American corporations that do business in foreign countries, a policy line would be even more difficult to draw." (The University had no investments in South African corporations at the time of the Austin committee report and now has a policy of not investing in such companies...
...responsible investor Harvard should sometimes, according to the Austin committee report, "attempt to influence management in directions that are considered to be socially desirable...
Much of the information which the ACSR and Corporation use comes from the Investor Responsibility Research Center, a non-profit organization based in Washington that was created by universities and foundations in 1972 to investigate corporate practices and supply its sponsors with relevant information...
...like Treasury bills. When interest rates peak and start declining, he plans to shift into three-to-five year Treasury notes and perhaps municipal bonds to lock in the higher rates. Less than one-quarter of his assets are in stocks. Says Weidenbaum: "I have been the typical small investor who gets burned repeatedly. I have had a diversified portfolio of lemons...