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Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility 1988-89 Annual Report
Year Published: 1989Pages: 85pp ISBN: ISBN 0711-7000 Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Cx Number: CX4121 Concerns include government policy as well as corporation policies with relation to Canadian forest land management, Third World debt, military exports to countries violating human rights, relations with Southern Africa, the impact of hydro-electric and mining projects on the peoples and ecology of Brazil, and responsible investment. 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, 1988. Concerns included government policy as well as corporation policies with relation to Canadian forest land management, Third World debt, military exports to countries violating human rights, relations with Southern Africa, the impact of hydro-electric and mining projects on the peoples and ecology of Brazil, and responsible investment. The report and a list of taskforce publications are available at no charge. Subscribers to TCCR Mailing (6 issues a year plus the annual 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. |