One Step in the Wrong Direction: An Analysis of the Sullivan Principles as a Strategy for Opposing Apartheid

Edition

Revised edition, January 1985

Creator

Elizabeth Schmidt; Episcopal Churchpeople For A Free Southern Africa

Place Created

New York, New York, United States

Date

January 1985

Type of Item

Pamphlet

Length/duration

46 pages

Description

This document analyzes the "Sullivan Principles" employment code developed in 1977, which a number of U.S. companies with operations in South Africa began to endorse - and to varying extents to implement. Contents: Preface • Introduction - The Economics of Apartheid • U.S. Corporations - Agents or Obstacles to Change? • Critique of the Sullivan Principles • The Myth of Fair Employment • Corporate Complicity in Apartheid • Abiding by South African Law • Blacks Say 'No' to Employment Code • The Call For Sanctions -- 'We Have Nothing To Lose But Our Chains' • The Sullivan Principles

Publisher

Episcopal Churchpeople For A Free Southern Africa

Organization

Episcopal Churchpeople For A Free Southern Africa

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of Elizabeth Schmidt and former board members of the Episcopal Churchpeople for a Free Southern Africa.

Collection

Elizabeth S. Landis papers, Michigan State University Library Special Collections