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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that moral decisions will cost money that could otherwise have been spent for academic purposes. But President Bok cannot honestly expect moral choices always to be completely painless. The health of this institution depends on much more than its liquidity. Bok rhetorically asks at the conclusion of his last letter "whether much will truly be lost by the reluctance of academic institutions to exert collective pressure." He, of course, does not believe the price of some amorality would be too high. After all, Harvard only contributes a small amount to the profits of these corporations. And what is that compared...
...addition to the request for a governance review, the assembly has also asked the University to re-examine the procedures of the Administrative Board, which the Student Rights Committee of the assembly said denies students the constitutional right to "due process." The committee wrote a letter to President Bok requesting an open meeting to discuss the Ad Board. Bok referred the request to Dean Fox, chairman of the Ad Board, who, after discussion with the board, decided to ask each senior tutor to hold meetings with students in each House...
Meanwhile, President Bok released the first of his series of letters discussing "moral and ethical considerations" of the University's investments. In this letter, Bok said that when a university takes a stand on a moral or political issue, it endangers its intellectual freedom. Critics of the letters charged Bok with evading moral responsibilities...
...University's investments in corporations operating in South Africa. Ninety-three Faculty members signed a petition calling on the University to divest of its South Africa-related investments, and many spoke out against University policy at a Faculty meeting. Kenneth J. Arrow, departing Conant University Professor, said in a letter to the Faculty Council that the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR) last year overestimated the cost of divestiture of stock in companies doing business in South Africa. The ACSR said the costs of divestiture would range from $4.7 million to $16.7 million, while Arrow said "the low estimate...
...President Bok's recent open letter to the community on boycotts has left most people confused about the status of the report. In that letter, Bok wrote that the University should not try to dictate the policy of a corporation because such action could threaten the appearance of neutrality that a university has an obligation to maintain. It might scare off professors who feel the University is trying to advocate a certain view--a view that may be contradictory to their own beliefs, Bok said. He also warned that Harvard should not officially exercise its consumer leverage to control corporate...