Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility 1986-1987 Annual Report

Year Published:  1987
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX3386

Summarizes the activities of the taskforce as of August, 1987. Concerns included government policy as well as corporation policies with relation to Third World debt, military exports to countries violating human rights, relations with Southern Africa, loans to Chile, Lyell Island, nuclear waste disposal, acid rain and ethical investment funds.

Abstract: 
The taskforce which published this report is a national ecumenical coalition of the major Christian churches in Canada. Established in 1975, its purpose is to respond wherever decisions by Canadian corporations appear to have an adverse effect on vulnerable groups of people who have no power to affect these decisions themselves. They urge corporations to correct policies and to cease activities that contribute to social injustice. Issues of social justice in Southern Africa and Latin America are central to their international agenda, while environmental issues, particularly as they affect Native peoples, are their primary focus in Canada.
The report summarizes the activities of the taskforce as of August, 1987. Concerns included government policy as well as corporation policies with relation to Third World debt, military exports to countries violating human rights, relations with Southern Africa, loans to Chile, Lyell Island, nuclear waste disposal, acid rain and ethical investment funds.
The report and a list of taskforce publications are available at no charge. Subscribers to TCCR Mailing (10 issues a year for $25) receive press clippings on recent events related to TCCR's work, all publications issued, briefs presented and reports of hearings or annual meetings of companies and banks.