One of the many interesting studies developed by this working group, entitled «Emotions in Ritual Theories» and written by Professor Meredith Rossner and Mythily Meher, examines how rituals
impact human identities and values and ultimately how ritual theories can advance research agendas.
Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender
identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the
human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental
impacts» and «policy options» to address the
impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»
Since
human existence is a direction taken, rather than a point at which we have already arrived, further movement (together with an awareness of our
human identity) will depend largely upon how we respond both to the past and to the
impact of the present upon us.