Word: tutu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pacing that of a one-time "washing of the hands." Each time Harvard divests of a company which shows no signs of changing, the issue will be discussed anew, something that will never happen after complete divestment. And working for the implementation of such guidelines, primarily the Sullivan and Tutu principles, is not inconsistent with the University's primary mandate. In fact, pressing firms to adopt basic standards--of workplace decency and equality is entirely consistent with the University's role as an educator and is far different from an inflexible and indeterminate attack against all these firms, which would...
...best, Harvard's current policy will encourage firms to adhere to the Sullivan and Tutu Principles, which require companies doing business in South Africa to provide an integrated workplace and advancement opportunies for a small percentage of Blacks--although Harvard's past laxity in enforcing these provisions and the willingness of companies such as Baker to ignore Harvard's appeals do not bode well for this best-case scenario. But whatever progressive influence American corporations might exert through measures such as integrated washrooms or the promotion of a handful of Blacks to management positions, is vastly outweighed by the support...
...change might recall the catalyzing effect of the academic and student community's opposition to the Vietnam war. And those who would blithely defer to the fade at government for leadership in the fight against apartheid may ask themselves why international figures like Nobel Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu and the Rev. Jesse L., Jackson came to Harvard to condemn investment in South Africa. Dante wrote that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in a time of moral crisis. In South Africa, an already intolerable situation is getting worse, not better Should Harvard remain...
...divest of all its holdings in portfolio companies in South Africa. The "intensive dialogue" is real, not a whitewash. Harvard is clearly acting in good faith to its commitment to promote reform in the Aparthied state by recently divesting of a company failing to follow the Sullivan and Tutu Principles, Harvard has had a positive influence by keeping its hand in the situation by not turning is back...
...There is no hope in this country until the government talks to the real leaders," Bishop Tutu told the cheering throng after Zindzi's reading. "You have just heard one of those leaders...