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Students may be asked to think
about job social responsibility
Bi Pat Malar h
I morale! Reporter
It Mini'' students un i ample their wai.
p.utH ip.oits .it Hi" 1'i‘M) I 'hivcisitv graduation
i eremonies w ill have the option ol sinning a
I>I• miw..• savinu 11n• v will fhoroughU investigate
and tak> intei a< ( omit tin- .six lal ami environmeu
lal i otiM'ip.ifiii t s ol ,ni\ |o!> oppor!tini(\ (hex i on
sidei
K.itln I'avloi the student who has lieen or
ganr/iug the drivi1 to ini hide the pledge said
graduates would have the option ol signing the
pledge alter they In eive t lie 11 degree
Students would hale the option of signing
it right there in trout ol then peers. laylor said
(It the\ i unlit take it home and look it ovei and
sign it or throw it aw a\ it lhe\ vs anted
Students would lie exposed to the idea bejore
the i eiemoMX so thex knew what was going on
1 lieu would also he mini malional pamphlets
handed out to guests at the i elellionv
We would get the word out so tIlex know
w hat s going on and that it is not pis! some table
sitting in the t or net 1 a\ lot said
The giadiiatinn pledge lias received support
tiiim the Student Senate and the A St () l.xei utile
(tttue t he Senate nnanimouslv passed a resolu
lion asking the \St '<) the tarulH and the admin
istration to support the idea said Senate i hair
woman 1 iftam Weed
The A St ( ) 1 in nine I M11< e endorsed the res
olution that the Semite passed Weed said the
next step w ill tie to take the resolution to the t m
icisiti Senate tin an endorsement
There ale also hopes of getting the pledge is
sue nit tinted on on the general elections ballot
this spring \i i ording to Senate member Brian
I loop it will be net rss.in to get 'Kill signatures
on a petition 111 order to get the issue on tile bal
lot
l.vi-n il I hr students approve of the pledge in
tile riritums Iln tiHill del isioti will still hr lllr
administration ■■ Hoop Siilil Hr added tin rum
hilled rltoils ol the hallo! mr.i-.nir thr Sluclrnl
Sr lull ■ lllr 1 niv rl sity Srn.ilr .111(1 I hr I :nivrrstl\
\ssrmblv would muir than likely umvim r ihr
ii(immis!r.itiun !u suppurl thr pledge
Ihr ni.nlu.ilmu pledge idea originated .it
I lumhohil Stair Inivrrsitv and sinre thru other
universities itn hiding Stanford thr I im ersily u|
I l.ih and Ihr (aillege of Redwoods hav e been
adding ihr pledge In thru i rremonirs.
In addition, several (aidotnia high schools
air now mi hiding lie- pledge at theii gradua
tions l ay lur said
I In- (iraduulion I’h-dgr Alli.im r ut Ihiinhuldt
ha hern spreading ihr idea at loss thr lountry
I hose rthil l.s have mi hided the publishing ot ilia
terials instructing students on him to get the
pledge UK luded ,il their school and a pamphlet
titled How to Investigate Potential Kmplovers A
(mule tin the responsihle Student
Matt \ icodemus, the Humboldt student that
began tile pledge idea at that si liool. has e\
pressed an interest in coming to the 1 niversilv to
talk to students about the pledge and instinct
them on how to investigate a Inline emplovei
I a\ lor said
I he pledge’s abllilN to raise the awareness ul
all students on i ampus is appealing to the people
w ho are support mg the idea
I would hope that this would geneiate ills
i ussion and provoke students to think about their
i hoii es on both an individual level and I imersi
t\ w ide I loop said
The pledge and the effort to ini hide it in the
graduation ceremonv will help gel students to
start thinking about what thev want to do with
then education. lavlor said She added there aie
some classes, sui h as an ethit s in business i lass
that aireadv deal with the issue ol responsibililv
in making business dei isions.
Tavlnr has been talking to student groups
and organizations in hopes ot forming a coalition
to support the pledge idea She also plans to ail
dress letters to fai ultv members encouraging
them to bring the discussion ot post-college eth
i< s into the i lassroom
I a\ lor hopes the pledge will bring the elforts
ot the students and lai ultv members together and
formalize the (oncept ot educating people on
how to investigate a potential employer
"Kduoatlon is supposed to make us respousi
hie citizens.' lavlor said " I his is one wav to
show that
The wording ot the pledge leaves it open to
people ol all ideologies, l avlor said
l.vervone s definition ot social and env iron
mental responsibility will he di lie rent." she s.iid
l av lor stressed the pledge should he a per
sonal commitment She added that i;oer( ing pen
pie into signing it would make it a verv shallow
statement
I think here it will gist he something that
von will he personally choosing on voui own at
that leremonv I loop said You can recognize
v our sell with vi mi taimlv and It lends ( a admit u in
means mam ditferent things to ditlerenl people
Some individuals appreciate the opportunity to
make ,i publii slam e and we'ie simply giving
them that opportunit\
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