Religious activists take on US boardrooms

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Armed with the power of faith and billions of dollars, the US' mighty religious establishment is trying to reform the country's boardrooms on issues from human rights to television violence.

This soft-spoken 62-year-old servant of Christ has been battling big business for 20 years and her office, tucked away in a convent on the banks of the Mississippi, is a key command post in a wider campaign with US$110 billion under management.

"As Christians we talk about gospel responsibility ... living more simply and not buying into consumerism, making the concerns of the poor your own, reverencing the environment and creation. All of those ... have implications when you think about issues and companies," she said.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2005/05/03/2003253003

I wonder how many of these Christians have been to the Philippines?

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1. Some more on these groups:

Midwest Coalition for Responsible Investment:
http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/s71403/midwest080203.htm
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12195

Challenging Genetic Modified Food:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/Monsanto/challenge012105.cfm


Interfaith Center of Corporate Responsibility (ICCR).
http://www.iccr.org/
http://www.opkentucky.org/SOCIALJUSTICEISSUES/interfaith_center_on_corporate_r.htm

Here is the ICCR's Shareowner Action Center:
http://www.socialfunds.com/sa/index.cgi

The Shareholder's Action Network:
http://www.shareholderaction.org/about.cfm