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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Corporate reform event in Los
Angeles, Tuesday 11/25/03. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please forward.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><U><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>11/25/03 Tuesday Night Forum
at the Onion</STRONG></FONT></U></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>6:30 pm</STRONG> <STRONG>Pizza and brown bag
dinner meeting</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>Corporate reform lobbying tips for California Senate Bill 917,
the Code for Corporate Responsibility, with call-in speaker John Karvel, a
leading Minnesota corporate reform activist, whose nationally
prominent lobbying group has successfully obtained state legislators'
support for the Minnesota version of the Model Uniform Code for
Corporate Responsibility.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>7:30 pm "The Next Step In Corporate
Evolution"</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>Call-in speaker and Model Uniform Code for Corporate Responsibility
author Robert Hinkley will talk about the Code for Corporate
Responsibility (SB 917) and "The Next Step In Corporate Evolution."</DIV>
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<DIV>Schedule permitting, Maria Armoudian, legislative aide
to California Senate Majority Whip Richard Alarcon, will give an
update on the status of SB 917 and how activists can help lobby the bill. </DIV>
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<DIV>Nichole Su, of CalCORE (see below), will give a
brief update.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Location:</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">"The Onion" Sepulveda
Unitarian Universalist Society</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><FONT lang=0 color=#000000
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">9550 Haskell Ave., </FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">North Hills</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.webcom.com/onion">www.webcom.com/onion</A></DIV>
<DIV>(818) 624-9095</DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></FONT><FONT lang=0
color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">
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face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR><STRONG>Directions from LA:</STRONG> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">The Onion is located just
west of the 405 Fwy, </FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">between Lassen and Plummer </FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">in the San Fernando Valley. <BR></FONT></FONT><FONT lang=0
color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Take 101 fwy north (west) to the 405 fwy
north, </FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">take Nordhoff
exit west (left), </FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">go
2 blocks, </FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">turn north
(right) on Haskell. </FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">The Onion is just north
of Plummer on the right side at 9550 Haskell Ave. Park in the lot or on the
street.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#000066 size=5>California Corporate Reform Working
Group (CalCORE)<BR></FONT></STRONG>CalCORE is an ad hoc group which works with
state and national activists to enact corporate reform legislation, including
the Code for Corporate Responsibility (California Senate Bill 917). CalCORE
seeks additional endorsers for the Code. We also seek activists to help with
outreach, and to form lobbying groups to visit state legislators at home offices
or in Sacramento. Please email <A
href="mailto:calcorewg@earthlink.net">calcorewg@earthlink.net</A> for more
information. Below is an article by CalCORE Coordinator Nichole Su, as
published in the October 2003 issue of Change-Links [with minor revisions]
<A
href="http://www.change-links.org/Code.htm">http://www.change-links.org/Code.htm</A> .</DIV>
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face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=4>THE CODE FOR CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
(California SB 917):<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><STRONG>An Idea Whose Time Has
Come</STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>By Nichole
Su<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><STRONG>A Litmus Test For All Political
Candidates</STRONG>?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Since when do Rabbi Michael Lerner and the National
Lawyers Guild of Los Angeles agree? How about author Thom Hartmann and Loyola
Law Professor Robert Benson, on the pro and con sides respectively, of
abolishing corporate personhood as a corporate reform strategy? Throw into this
mix Marjorie Kelley, editor of Business Ethics magazine, and commentator Jim
Hightower, as well as the National Alliance for Democracy, <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State> NOW, Santa
Cruz Green Party and Southern California Americans for Democratic Action. All of
these individuals and groups are amongst those who agree that the Code for
Corporate Responsibility, introduced in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State> as Senate Bill 917 by California
Senate Majority Whip Richard Alarcon, is an idea whose time has come.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The Code requires corporate directors to ensure that
profits do not come at the expense of five elements of the public interest: (i)
the environment, (ii) human rights, (iii) public health and safety, (iv) the
welfare of communities and (v) employee dignity. Corporate attorney Robert
Hinkley wrote a Model Uniform Code so that the Code for Corporate Responsibility
can be adopted into the existing corporate codes of all 50 states. The Code
consists primarily of 28 words whose insertion into existing law changes the
purpose of corporations from simply "making money" to "making money, <STRONG>but
not at the expense of the environment, human rights, the public health or
safety, the communities in which the corporation operates or the dignity of its
employees</STRONG>." <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The Code is proactive. Unlike most corporate reform
measures, it goes beyond withholding, threatening or punitive actions that take
place belatedly after corporate malfeasance has already injured the public
interest. It provides corporations with a positive direction to go. At the same
time, the Code imposes strict liability on corporations and their directors if
they violate the Code. It provides exemptions for small business, and a
transition period for compliance. The Code presents no constitutional issues; to
become law, it only requires passage by the state legislature and the signature
of the governor. Endorsement of the Code (California SB 917) should become
a litmus test for all 2004 election candidates.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">On October 28th, the Onion Tuesday Night Forum will
feature Maria Armoudian, Senator Alarcon's legislative aide, who will speak on
the Code (SB 917). On November 25th, the Onion will feature call-in speaker and
Model Uniform Code for Corporate Responsibility author Robert Hinkley, who will
speak on "The Next Step In Corporate Evolution." <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The new ad hoc California Corporate Reform Working Group
(CalCORE) works with state and national activists to enact corporate reform
legislation, including the Code for Corporate Responsibility (SB 917). CalCORE
seeks additional endorsers and activists to lobby state legislators at their
district offices during the current legislative recess. For info, please
email <A href="mailto:calcorewg@earthlink.net">calcorewg@earthlink.net</A>.
See <A href="http://www.c4cr.org">www.c4cr.org</A> and <A
href="http://www.citizenworks.org/enron/corp_code.php">http://www.citizenworks.org/enron/corp_code.php</A>
for more information about the Code. </FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
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