Human Rights - Develop & Adopt Policies 2010 – Chevron Corp.WHEREAS: Corporations face serious risks to reputation and shareholder value when they are seen as responsible for, or complicit in, human rights violations while operating in countries with weak rule of law, endemic corruption, civil conflict, poor labor and environmental standards. This is particularly true for the extractive sector which has the greatest number and most grievous human rights abuses (John Ruggie, UN Special Representative, Business and Human Rights www.umn.edu/humanrts /business/RuggieReport2006.html). Chevron operates in over 180 countries, many with critically high rates of human rights allegations including Burma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Angola and Bangladesh (www.foreignpolicy.com/failedstates). Promising future energy reserves are increasingly found in weak governance zones, which often requires joint ventures with state-controlled national oil companies representing governments with marginal concern for or capacity to protect human rights.
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- Loyola University Chicago, Elaine Lehman
- Society of Jesus -- Wisconsin Province, John Sealey
- Rockhurst University, Guy Swanson
- Marquette University High School, Warren Sazama, S.J.
- Society of Jesus - Upper Canada Province, Rev. James Webb, S.J.
- Society of Jesus - China Province, Sun Jou-yuan, S.J.
- Society of Jesus -- New Orleans Province, Mary Baudouin
- Society of Jesus -- New England Province, Fr. Michael Linden, S.J.
- Society of Jesus -- Missouri Province, Sean Agniel
- University of Scranton, John McNamara
- Society of Jesus -- New York Province, Mark Hallinan, SJ
- Society of Jesus -- Maryland Province, Mark Hallinan, SJ
- Creighton University, Leroy "Lee" A. Galles
- Society of Jesus -- California Province, Mark Potter
- Society of Jesus -- Detroit Province, Carrie Nantais
- Society of Jesus -- Chicago Province, Carrie Nantais
- University of Detroit Mercy
- University of San Francisco, Stacy Lewis
- Regis University, Lawrence Heller
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