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Licensing Oversight Committee
c/o LaMarr Q. Billups,
Assistant Vice President and Director
Business Policy and Planning
Office of the Senior Vice President
Darnall Hall - M36
Washington, DC 20057
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Licensing Oversight Committee

Georgetown University, the nation's oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher learning, is committed to the protection and promotion of human rights worldwide. Consistent with this longstanding tradition, Georgetown has acted to safeguard the rights of workers in factories that produce apparel and other products bearing the name and logos of the University.

Along with other U.S. colleges and universities, Georgetown markets its name and logo through the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC). The CLC then contracts with global brands who manufacture apparel and other products bearing the trademarks and names of colleges and universities. The CLC is responsible for ensuring that companies sign contracts to make products bearing Georgetown's name and logos that require all licensees to abide by the University's Code of Conduct, which provides standards for working conditions, workplace rights, and monitoring producers worldwide.

In Fall 2000, Georgetown established the Licensing Oversight Committee (LOC) to assume leadership within the University on these issues. The LOC is charged with primary responsibility for establishing, managing, and reviewing policy toward, and relations with, the CLC, the Workers Rights Consortium (WRC) and all licensees. The committee makes recommendations to the president regarding the University's relationships with the collegiate products and apparel industry stakeholders.

One way that the LOC carries out its charge is through its relationship with the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), a non-governmental organization (NGO) that monitors manufacturers' compliance with the codes of conduct of colleges and universities. Georgetown is one of the founding affiliates of the WRC.

The LOC has meets monthly and its membership is comprised of faculty, students, and administrators. LaMarr Q. Billups has chaired the committee since Fall 2007. Current members of the LOC are:      

  • LaMarr Billups, Assistant Vice President for Business Policy Planning, Office of the Senior Vice President
  • Scott Fleming, Associate Vice President, Office of Federal Relations
  • John Kline, Professor and Director, Master of Science in Foreign Service, School of Foreign Service
  • Marley Moynahan, (SFS, 2011)
  • Dan O’Neil, Assistant Athletic Director for External Affairs
  • Chiaki Ota, Program Assistant, Office of the President
  • Jessica Raper, Senior Assistant to the President for Initiatives, Office of the President
  • Edward Soule, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Business, McDonough School of Business
  • Ja Rei Wang, (NHS 2011)
  • Jared Watkins, (COL 2011)
  • James Wright, (COL, 2011)
  • Kathleen Maas Weigert, Ph.D., Research Professor, Sociology & Anthropology and Program on Justice and Peace; Director, Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching, and Service

Explore this website further to review the Licensee Code of Conduct and to find information on Georgetown's relationship with the Worker Rights Consortium.


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