Why is Northwestern University ignoring animal cruelty?
Northwestern University has stood by Kellogg School of Management Professor Julia Vander Ploeg, an executive who is profiting from animal cruelty.
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Northwestern professor Julia Vander Ploeg has blood on her hands.
Wealthy corporate executive and Kellogg professor Julia Vander Ploeg is ignoring extreme animal cruelty happening under her watch. At the company she oversees, supermarket conglomerate Ahold Delhaize, animals are suffering in cages. Northwestern must cut ties with Professor Vander Ploeg and take a stand against animal cruelty.
These Northwestern leaders refuse to take a stand against animal cruelty and Professor Julia Vander Ploeg.
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Michael Schill
PRESIDENT
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Kathleen Hagerty
PROVOST
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Francesca Cornelli
DEAN, KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
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Peter Barris
BOARD CHAIR
Would you keep an animal in a cage so small she can barely move her limbs – for years on end?
Of course you wouldn’t. But under NU professor Julia Vander Ploeg’s watch, this cruel practice continues in Ahold Delhaize’s supply chain. The majority of eggs sold at Giant, Food Lion, Stop & Shop, and Hannaford come from hens crammed into tiny battery cages.
When you support Northwestern University — or shop at Ahold Delhaize’s stores — you are supporting the career of a person who has climbed the corporate ladder by letting animals suffer.
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Ahold Delhaize
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Julia Vander Ploeg
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Professor Ploeg is profiting from horrific animal suffering. Meanwhile, NU is standing by her and her tarnished reputation.
Despite efforts to reach Northwestern’s leadership and inform them of Professor Vander Ploeg’s unethical leadership, the university has remained silent on the issue. This comes as no surprise given that Professor Vander Ploeg herself has also neglected to take a public stand against the caging of animals.
“Vander Ploeg and the University did not respond to multiple requests for comment.”
— The Daily Northwestern