PALESTINE-ISRAEL––HOLY LAND PRINCIPLES
WHEREAS, Intel Corporation has operations in Palestine-Israel;
WHEREAS, achieving a lasting peace in the Holy Land — with security for Israel and justice for Palestinians — encourages us to promote a means for establishing justice and equality;
WHEREAS, fair employment should be the hallmark of any American company at home or abroad and is a requisite for any just society;
WHEREAS, Holy Land Principles Inc., a non-profit organization, has proposed a set of equal opportunity employment principles to serve as guidelines for corporations in Palestine-Israel. These are:
- Adhere to equal and fair employment practices in hiring, compensation, training, professional education, advancement and governance without discrimination based on national, racial, ethnic or religious identity.
- Identify underrepresented employee groups and initiate active recruitment efforts to increase the number of underrepresented employees.
- Develop training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of current minority employees for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade, and improve the skills of minority employees.
- Maintain a work environment that is respectful of all national, racial, ethnic and religious groups.
- Ensure that layoff, recall and termination procedures do not favor a particular national, racial, ethnic or religious group.
- Not make military service a precondition or qualification for employment for any position, other than those positions that specifically require such experience, for the fulfillment of an employee’s particular responsibilities.
- Not accept subsidies, tax incentives or other benefits that lead to the direct advantage of one national, racial, ethnic or religious group over another.
- Appoint staff to monitor, oversee, set timetables, and publicly report on their progress in implementing the Holy Land Principles.
RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Board of Directors to:
Make all possible lawful efforts to implement and/or increase activity on each of the eight Holy Land Principles.
SUPPORTING STATEMENT
The proponent believes that Intel Corporation benefits by hiring from the widest available talent pool. An employee’s ability to do the job should be the primary consideration in hiring and promotion decisions.
Implementation of the Holy Land Principles — which are both pro-Jewish and pro-Palestinian — will demonstrate concern for human rights and equality of opportunity in its international operations.
Please vote your proxy FOR these concerns