Ethical Criteria for Military Contracts

2004 – Boeing Company

Resolved: that the Board of Directors review and if necessary amend and amplify our Company’s code of conduct and statements of ethical criteria for military production-related contract bids, awards and contract execution, and report the results of this process to shareholders within six months of the annual meeting.

Supporting Statement

We believe that authentic global security exists only when all people everywhere feel secure. Global security will only come about when there is justice for all through human development and environmental and economic sustainability.

Faith communities measure the global economy not only by what it produces, but also by its impact on the environment, how it touches human life and whether it protects the dignity of the human person.

We believe decisions to develop and to produce weapons can have grave consequences to the lives and/or freedom of people worldwide if the company has not considered its responsibility for its decisions. We believe that economic decision-making has both moral and financial components, and that our company’s responsibilities include analyzing the effects of its decisions with respect to employees, communities, and nations.

We believe companies engaging in research, development, production and sales of weapons, weapons components and weapons delivery systems must evaluate the decisions made when bidding on such work. That bidding/contract process must follow a defined format and include clear, concise criteria and policies.

We recommend that the criteria/standards include:

--ethical business practices such that human rights and fair labor standards are upheld;

--long-term environmental impact studies as well as waste management plans at production sites;

--strategies for stability of employment, including descriptions of alternate production plans and

funding sources;

--directives for business practices which respect the culture of communities in which factories are

located;

--guidelines derived after critical study of political and civil stability of countries and before sale of

weapons, weapons parts and dual-use technology;

--studies of potential impacts of military production and use of those products on peoples’ economies, environments and societies, along with specific actions for remediation, should it be required;

--processes that ensure that the principles of the common good and the integrity of creation are

considered when making decisions about bidding on contracts.

Sponsors:

Lead: Srs. of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sr. Mary Ellen McDonagh; Congregation of the Srs. of Charity, Incarnate Word, Houston; Dominican Srs. of Columbus, OH; Dominican Srs. of Great Bend, KS; Dominican Srs. of Saint Catharine of Siena, KY; Dominican Srs. of Springfield Illinois; Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; School Srs. of Notre Dame of St. Louis; Srs. of Charity of St. Elizabeth, NJ; Srs. of Loretto-MO; Srs. of Mercy Reg. Community of Detroit Charitable Trust; Srs. of Mercy of St. Louis Region; Srs. of Mercy of the Americas - St. Louis Region; Srs. of St. Francis of Philadelphia; Srs. of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Louis, MO; Srs. of St. Joseph, Nazareth; Srs. of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament;