"Nike just released the location of some factories, and that's what we're trying to do at the moment--get the administration to commit to at least a deadline [for full disclosure]," said PSLM member Erik A. Beach '02.
PSLM is also asking the University to appoint an independent monitor of overseas factories. Harvard currently relies on PricewaterhouseCoopers, a poor choice, Beach says, because the international consulting firm also conducts business with the companies--such as Nike--it is supposed to monitor.
Beach said Haryanto's speech humanizes the issue of sweatshop labor at Harvard.
"It was very relevant for students and members of the Harvard community to hear someone of their own age and see how we can have an effect," he said.