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Subject(s)

• Investments—Moral and ethical aspects—United States [Browse]
• Stocks—United States [Browse]
• Social responsibility of business—United States [Browse]

Summary note

"It sounds like an oxymoron: Can you really make money as a socially responsible investor? The answer is, unquestionably, yes. The way you invest can contribute not only to your bottom line but also to a just and fair society. In Socially Responsible Investing, the movement's pioneer and the name behind the Domini 400 Social Index - Amy Domini - shows you how." "By following Domini's methods for screening companies, you'll learn how to: select stocks based on social and ethical considerations; use your power as a shareholder to communicate with companies and convince them to make positive social changes - from environmental practices to human rights; and invest in your community and make a difference locally."--Jacket.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• The Way We Invest Matters: Defining the Goals of Socially Responsible Investing
• The Dominance of Global Capitalism
• What Motivates the Socially Responsible Investor?
• The Three Basic Approaches Used by Socially Responsible Investors
• Past Is Prologue: How the SRI Movement Started, and How It Continuously Evolves
• Faith Heritage
• The Context of the Times: 1968-1978
• The Role of South Africa
• Building Healthy Communities
• A Case Study on the Evolution of Social Investing
• Screening Your Investments: A Look under the Hood
• The Importance of Negative Screens
• Qualitative or Positive Screening
• Screening Made Easy (or Easier)
• What Social Screening Cannot Do
• Direct Dialogue: Speaking Up as an Investor to Make a Difference
• Shareholder Rights Lead to Activism Opportunities
• The Tobacco Campaign: Activism in Action
• Activism and the Environment
• Shareholder Activism Made Easy (or Easier)
• Community Economic Development: Investing to Make a Difference Locally
• Community Development Loan Funds
• Community Development Banking
• Community Development Credit Unions (CDCUs)
• Institutional Support for CDFIs
• Investing in CDFIs Made Easy (or Easier)
• Global Finance and Its Impact on the Global Economy
• The Three Aspects of SRI in One World
• Getting the Best of Each Culture in One World
• Applying Social Criteria to Your Investment Decisions: You Can Make Money This Way
• Social Screens Make Better Decisions Possible
• Shareholder Dialogue Keeps Companies out of Trouble
• Community Economic Development
• The Power of SRI: Better Investing Will Result in a Better Tomorrow
• Building a Voice for Decency within the Financial Services Industry
• Socially Responsible Investing as a Transformational Experience That Underlies a Tipping Point
• Johnson & Johnson Social Ratings
• In the SEC's Own Words: Official SEC Rules on Shareholder Resolutions (Rule 14a-8)
• Raytheon: A Shareholder Resolution on Executive Pay
• Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini & Co.: Social Rating Criteria 2000
• American Friends Service Committee Social Investment Policy and Guidelines.

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ISBN

• 0793141737 ((pbk. : alk. paper))
• 9780793141739 ((pbk. : alk. paper))

LCCN

00011148

OCLC

44934071

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