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IN THE CURRENT AGE OF GLOBALIZATION, the social contract between business and society is being renegotiated." That, at least, is how Morton Winston describes the philosophy driving Amnesty International's (AI) entrance into the maturing field of shareholder activism. AI's first target is ExxonMobil's May 29 shareholder meeting, at which it will present a resolution calling on the energy giant to "adopt a comprehensive, transparent, and verifiable human-rights policy."

Amnesty's efforts are part of an ongoing multi-group campaign against ExxonMobil. Winston, who ...

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