Macdonald, G. Jeffrey,
A Quest for Clean Hands. G. Jeffrey MacDonald. - Christian Science Monitor, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 24, Business, 1522-3191; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: A Quest for Clean Hands, Feb. 9, 2004; pp. n.p..
"For more than two decades, socially responsible investment funds have been refining their tools for evaluating corporate character. Social screening criteria have expanded through the years to weed out not just flagrant polluters, sweatshops, and enemies of public health, but also 'green washers,' a term for companies whose sophisticated public relations strategy masks a pattern of serious infractions." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article reveals that "the search for solid moral character in corporations has turned the spotlight inward to management itself" and reports that the "companies getting the highest marks for trustworthiness and devotion to social responsibility are those with strongest safeguards against human weakness, especially greed." Included is a brief history of values-based investing and an interview with three values-based investors who share their thoughts on the "interplay of their social values with their unique approaches to investing."
1522-3191;
Business ethics
Corporate culture
Corporate governance
Individual investors
Investment advisors
Investments--Moral and ethical aspects
Social responsibility of business
Stockholders
AC1.S5
050
A Quest for Clean Hands. G. Jeffrey MacDonald. - Christian Science Monitor, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 24, Business, 1522-3191; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: A Quest for Clean Hands, Feb. 9, 2004; pp. n.p..
"For more than two decades, socially responsible investment funds have been refining their tools for evaluating corporate character. Social screening criteria have expanded through the years to weed out not just flagrant polluters, sweatshops, and enemies of public health, but also 'green washers,' a term for companies whose sophisticated public relations strategy masks a pattern of serious infractions." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article reveals that "the search for solid moral character in corporations has turned the spotlight inward to management itself" and reports that the "companies getting the highest marks for trustworthiness and devotion to social responsibility are those with strongest safeguards against human weakness, especially greed." Included is a brief history of values-based investing and an interview with three values-based investors who share their thoughts on the "interplay of their social values with their unique approaches to investing."
1522-3191;
Business ethics
Corporate culture
Corporate governance
Individual investors
Investment advisors
Investments--Moral and ethical aspects
Social responsibility of business
Stockholders
AC1.S5
050