Executive Council Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility
Mandate
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HANDBOOK This committee is responsible for researching the social responsibility records of corporations whose stock is held in DFMS portfolios and recommending appropriate courses of action based on the positions established by General Convention and Executive Council. With the approval of Council, it will develop shareholder resolutions on social justice issues to be submitted to companies in which the Church invests its funds. CSR also reviews similar resolutions being offered by other churches or advocacy groups and recommends whether the Episcopal Church should support them. These recommendations are forwarded to the Executive Council through the Standing Committee on Advocacy and Networking. At the first meeting of each triennium Council decides whether to reauthorize the resolutions it has previously approved. As new issues come up during the triennium, CSR forwards its recommendations to the next meeting of Executive Council.
Membership is nine members, including at least one bishop, one priest or deacon and one lay person. Members are nominated by the Presiding Bishop and elected by Executive Council. Term is three years, staggered.