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Dilemmas in Responsible Investment.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Responsible Investment SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781909493988
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dilemmas in Responsible InvestmentDDC classification:
  • 332.6
LOC classification:
  • HG4515.13 -- .L68 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- An overview of responsible investment -- Case 1: Types of responsible investor -- Case 2: Ethics and facts -- Case 3: Influence through voice and exit -- Case 4: Societal returns versus financial returns -- Case 5: Alleged versus confirmed illegal activity -- Case 6: When a company changes -- Case 7: Public versus private partnerships for engagement -- Case 8: Relativity of responsible investment standards -- Case 9: Incomplete societal and environmental data -- Case 10: Exclusion of industries -- Case 11: Emerging issues -- Case 12: Privatisation of public services -- Conclusion: Where do we go from here? -- Notes -- Additional resources -- Index -- About the authors.
Summary: This book examines the daily problems of responsible investment practitioners. It emphasizes the importance of asking the right questions as well as getting the right answers; and of process as well as product. It raises questions about the very purpose of investment and the responsibilities of investors, both economic and societal.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- An overview of responsible investment -- Case 1: Types of responsible investor -- Case 2: Ethics and facts -- Case 3: Influence through voice and exit -- Case 4: Societal returns versus financial returns -- Case 5: Alleged versus confirmed illegal activity -- Case 6: When a company changes -- Case 7: Public versus private partnerships for engagement -- Case 8: Relativity of responsible investment standards -- Case 9: Incomplete societal and environmental data -- Case 10: Exclusion of industries -- Case 11: Emerging issues -- Case 12: Privatisation of public services -- Conclusion: Where do we go from here? -- Notes -- Additional resources -- Index -- About the authors.

This book examines the daily problems of responsible investment practitioners. It emphasizes the importance of asking the right questions as well as getting the right answers; and of process as well as product. It raises questions about the very purpose of investment and the responsibilities of investors, both economic and societal.

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