Frohnmayer
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take.
If this process seems deliber
ate at times, that is a cost we pay
for honest dialogue.
On this campus, the “sweat
shop” licensing issue began with
an initiative from the President’s
Office and hard work by an ad
ministration, faculty and stu
dent committee. These are some
of the steps that have been tak
en.
• Last June, the University no
tified current manufacturers of
licensed products that we were
developing a licensing code of
conduct and that manufacturers
will be held accountable to that
code if they want to make Uni
versity licensed products.
• In November, at my request
as University president, an advi
sory committee of faculty, stu
dents (including members of the
Human Rights Alliance) and
staff was formed to study this is
sue further and to make recom
mendations for action.
• In December, this committee
set a time line for making a rec
ommendation to me. That time
line will be met, and recommen
dations will be forwarded to me
later in spring term.
• In January, the University re
quired our trademark licensees
to provide full disclosure of fac
tory locations where Oregon li
censed apparel is produced. To
date, the vast majority of Univer
sity trademark licensees have re
sponded.
• After I receive the commit
tee’s recommendations, which
~ are scheduled to be presented to
me next week, I pledge to make
a decision quickly reflecting its
deliberations and my full and
candid conversation with its
members. A formal code of con
duct will be in place in time for
the next round of contracts with
vendors. In addition, we will
have a plan for the best ways to
verify and monitor adherence to
our code.
Our licensing code of conduct
will be strong if it is not simply a
cookie-cutter piece created by
some other campus or outside
group, but our own, fashioned
by our own community, with
ideas critically reviewed and
discussed by our students, our
faculty and staff.
The important point here is
that our campus is a place where
power — and responsibilities —
are shared by a number of
groups. Students have substan
tial power on their own: they
choose student leaders; they
oversee millions of dollars of
student fees; they initiate and
fund their own programs.
But when student groups’ in
terests extend to University
wide policy, other parts of our
community become equally im
portant. A report on this issue to
the University Senate is pend
ing. A student senator has given
notice of motion relating to this
subject. On these occasions
shared governance, including
faculty, staff and administration,
comes into play.
Shared governance is not a
recipe for delay. It is a blueprint
for success.
We see the same goal. We are
headed in the same direction.
Let us reach it together, by hon
oring the role that many commu
nity voices deserve in this
process.
Dave Frohnmayer is president of the
University. His views do not necessarily
represent those of the paper.
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