PRINTER'S NO. 4201
No. 634 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY CARN, ROEBUCK AND JOSEPHS, NOVEMBER 16, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, NOVEMBER 16, 2000
A RESOLUTION
1 Endorsing the Global Sullivan Principles of Corporate Social
2 Responsibility and encouraging companies, large and small,
3 domestic and international, to adopt these principles.
4 WHEREAS, The Reverend Leon H. Sullivan, founder and chairman
5 of the Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America,
6 initiated the Sullivan Principles in 1977; and
7 WHEREAS, The Sullivan Principles have been recognized as one
8 of the most effective efforts to end discrimination in the
9 workforce of South Africa; and
10 WHEREAS, On November 2, 1999, at the United Nations, under
11 the auspices of Secretary General Kofi Annan, Reverend Sullivan
12 introduced the Global Sullivan Principles of Corporate Social
13 Responsibility; and
14 WHEREAS, The Global Sullivan Principles of Corporate Social
15 Responsibility encourages companies, large and small, domestic
16 and international, to respect the law and apply the principles
17 with integrity consistent with the legitimate role of business;
18 and
1 WHEREAS, Reverend Sullivan is commended for his contribution
2 to protecting and strenghtening human rights and dignity in the
3 United States and around the world through the Global Sullivan
4 Principles of Corporate Social Responsibility and particularly:
5 (1) Recognition of universal human rights and the rights
6 of employees, communities and businesses.
7 (2) Promoting equal opportunity for employees at all
8 levels with respect to issues such as color, age, race,
9 gender, ethnicity or religious beliefs and prohibiting
10 unacceptable worker treatment such as exploitation of
11 children, physical punishment, female abuse, involuntary
12 servitude or other forms of abuse.
13 (3) Respecting voluntary freedom of association.
14 (4) Enabling employees to meet basic needs and improve
15 skills and capabilities.
16 (5) Providing a safe and healthy workplace which
17 protects human rights, health and the environment and
18 promotes sustainable development.
19 (6) Promoting fair competition, including respect for
20 intellectual and other property rights, and refusing to
21 offer, pay or accept bribes.
22 (7) Working with governments and communities to improve
23 the quality of life for workers from disadvantaged
24 backgrounds.
25 (8) Promoting the application of these principles by
26 others with whom we do business;
27 and
28 WHEREAS, The application of the Sullivan Principles leads to
29 greater tolerance and understanding and advances the culture of
30 peace; therefore be it
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1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives endorse the
2 Global Sullivan Principles of Corporate Social Responsibility
3 and encourage companies, large and small, domestic and
4 international, to adopt these principles.
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