WHEREAS: In January, 2000, the University of California established a new Code of Conduct for Trademark Licensees (hereafter "Code of Conduct"), which requires all companies with whom the University maintains trademark licensing arrangement to adhere to basic labor and human rights standards;
WHEREAS: the Code of Conduct, created with substantial student input, is one of the strongest policies of its kind in the country and has already been used effectively to improve sweatshop working conditions in numerous countries;
WHEREAS: various campuses of the University of California system have entered contracts with The Coca-Cola Company, which allow Coca-Cola to sell its products on campus and use the University's name and image in marketing;
WHEREAS: credible reports by the press and human rights groups have documented extraordinarily serious human rights abuses in facilities producing Coca-Cola products in Colombia, South America, including the kidnapping, torture, and assassination of workers and union activists;
WHEREAS: these human rights abuses violate the letter and the spirit of the University's Code of Conduct and all other principles of social responsibility that the University avows; be it
RESOLVED: That UCSA sends a letter to President Dynes and other UCOP officials charged with overseeing the University's contract with Coca-Cola, encouraging them to act swiftly to ensure that the University's Code of Conduct is enforced with vigilance and that the University re-evaluate its relationship with Coca-Cola in light of the company's human rights record; be it further
RESOLVED: That USCA send a letter to President Dynes requesting that, if the University chooses to establish a new advisory group to evaluate issues related to the Code of Conduct, that this committee include substantial representation of students (appointed by UCSA, as has occurred in the past), and substantial representation of University staff and faculty with expertise in international labor and human rights issues; be it further
RESOLVED: That UCSA Vice-Chair send a letter to Coca-Cola C.E.O. Douglas Daft requesting an accounting of the situation in Colombia and asking that Coca-Cola: