Issue Papers

Church Council Actions

Issue papers offer grounding and guidance for the ELCA, its institutions and individual members to become involved in the shareholder proxy voting process.

Papers which have been approved by the ELCA Church Council include:

• Codes of Conduct
  CSR Issue Paper #9
  APPROVED by Church Council, November 2003
  UPDATED November 2008
  
  
• Domestic Access to Capital
  CSR Issue Paper #4
  APPROVED by Church Council, November 2003
  UPDATED November 2010
  
  
• Domestic Access to Health Care
  CSR Issue Paper #10
  APPROVED by Church Council, November 2004
  UPDATED November 2008
  
  
• Environmental Topics
  CSR Issue Paper #1
  APPROVED by Church Council, November 2003
  UPDATED November 2010
  
  
• Extractive Industries
  CSR Issue Paper #11
  APPROVED by the Church Council, November 2004
  UPDATED November 2009
  
  
• Genetics
  CSR Issue Paper #12
  APPROVED by Church Council, April 2012
  
  
• Global Warming and Climate Change
  CSR Issue Paper #2
  APPROVED by Church Council, November 2003
  UPDATED November 2010
  
  
• Human Rights
  CSR Issue Paper #6
  APPROVED by Church Council
  UPDATED April 2008
  UPDATED November 2012
  
  
• International Access to Pharmaceuticals
  CSR Issue Paper #3
  APPROVED by Church Council, November 2003
  UPDATED November 2010
  
  
• Nondiscrimination in Business Activities
  CSR Issue Paper #8
  APPROVED by Church Council, April 16-18, 2004
  UPDATED November 2008
  
  
• Sustainability
  CSR Issue Paper #5
  APPROVED by Church Council
  UPDATED April 2008
  UPDATED November 2012
  
  
• Violence in Our World
  CSR Issue Paper #7
  APPROVED by Church Council
  UPDATED April 2008
  UPDATED November 2012