Church of England Loses Faith in Shares of Murdoch’s News Corp
Source: Reuters
Church of England loses faith in shares of Murdochs News Corp
By Reuters Staff AUGUST 7, 2012
The Church of England has sold all shares in News Corporation held in its investment portfolios on ethical grounds, after a phone hacking scandal at the media empires UK operations.
The Church, which has three national investing bodies, sold the shares worth 1.9 million pounds ($2.97 million) after its Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG) was not satisfied with the level of corporate governance reform at Rupert Murdochs media conglomerate following a year of dialogue.
Last years phone hacking allegations raised some serious concerns amongst the Churchs investing bodies about our holding in News Corporation, Andrew Brown, Secretary of the Church Commissioners said in a statement on Tuesday.
The EIAG put forward a number of recommendations around how corporate governance structures at News Corporation could be improved. However the EIAG does not feel that the company has brought about sufficient change and we have accepted its advice to disinvest.
Read more: http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/08/07/church-of-england-loses-faith-in-shares-of-murdochs-news-corp
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)One wonders why they were into that to begin with. Maybe they were blackmailed or just purchased protection.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)maybe they also decided now was the time to make a prophet.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)The episcopal church I hope does not do business with that demon.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)the same purpose- to control the masses