Ethical Concerns in Investments Committee and On-Campus Advisory Committee on Ethical Investment Concerns

Collection

Identifier: RG 10-10.12

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Records of both the Ethical Concerns in Investments Committee and the On-Campus Advisory Committee on Ethical Investment Concerns. Records include correspondence, resolutions, meeting minutes and notices, and other materials documenting the work of these two committees during the 1980s. This collection also contains materials and correspondence recieved by Presidents Weatherford and Stephenson regarding divestiture, especially from South Africa.

Dates

created: 1978-1998

Creator

Berea College (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on the collection other than federal copyright regulations. Please cite all information.

Extent

1.00 ms_boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Ethical Concerns in Investments Committee was charged with creating policy and procedural recommendations relating to ethical investment concerns. The committee was created after 1981 in response to campus concerns and questions of college investments particularly as they relate to apartheid South Africa. The committee was made up of the Board's Investment Committee plus ad hoc members. In October of 1983 the Board of Trustees adopted a policy relating to ethical investment concerns. In April 1985, the Berea College Board of Trustees provided for the establishment of a On-Campus Advisory Committee on Ethical Investment Concerns consisting of thirteen members of faculty, students and alumni.The committee was charged with serving in an advisory capacity by preparing recommendations with supporting evidence to the Board's Investment Committee. At the same time, a resource library was established in the Labor and Student Life Office with materials for committee members