Kids as commodities: the folly of for-profit schools

Article Abstract:

The trend in for-profit education provides a recipe for discrimination in education since it envisions a grouping of different schools serving students with different needs and one group would target students' whose families ascribe great importance to education. For-profit education dovetails with the Bush Administration's voucher program and is exemplified by Whittle Communications' Edison Project. Moreover, the corporation directing a school system would assume undue power when all educational choices were made by them.

Analysis, Educational innovations, Educational vouchers

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Companies That Hide Behind the Sullivan Principles

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The Sullivan Principles consist of six guidelines for companies with subsidiaries or affiliates operating in the Republic of South Africa. Companies operating in South Africa who have not signed the Sullivan Principles, are listed in a table. Many social investors have refused to invest in these companies, and the article studies this criterion, concluding that there are legitimate reasons that companies do not sign.

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Social Investment Funds: Fortune or Folly?

Article Abstract:

Social investing is the process of buying and selling securities according to social responsibility criteria. The problem is to determine which investment will not antagonize an interest group. Several examples of social investments are evaluated.

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