October 12, 2011

Investors should make tax an ethical issue » Tax Research UK

[Tax Research UK] ”˜To qualify as an ethical investment, Christian Aid believes a company must pay its taxes in a transparent way. This includes paying the taxes they owe in the countries where the work which generated the profits actually took place.

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The Definition of Socially Responsible Investing

[Stock market and penny stock site] Mansley (2000:3) has described it as a process within the context of financial analysis, which takes into account social, environmental and ethical consequences when selecting, retaining, or realizing investments. Notably, Waddock (2003:369) portrays SRI as a community that encompasses a wide range of individuals and groups interested in criteria other than just return on investment.The quality of Cowton’s (1994) definition lies in confronting a conventional investment decision-making process with the one applied in Socially Responsible Investing.Cowton develops his definition even further by including sources of financial returns from investments to be the basis for concerns of ethical investors.

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October 08, 2011

Timothy Karsten on cultural and civic leaders & Stuart Valentine ...

[A Better World] Mitchell is a true listener who, in the half hour we spent together, didn’t miss a chance to help deliver the message I wished to convey to the audience. When the interview was over, I felt a strong sense of accomplishment and satisfaction that the play I had written had been understood and it’s message heard.

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Conference announcement: Socially Responsible Investments: A ...

[socializing finance] Here’s an announcement for a conference in HEC Paris this coming October 10th. I’m on the panel of speakers.

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October 05, 2011

Let Us Improve Our Current Environmental Problem By Living Green

[Net Article Shack] Article from Net Article Shack and entitled Let Us Improve Our Current Environmental Problem By Living Green - By Tiney Fletchor.

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Fr. John Chryssavgis at the Theology Workshop – Oct. 4th ...

[Workshop on Late Antiquity and Byzantium] John Chryssavgis, advisor to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on ecological issues, will join us for a public lecture and discussion: “Creation, Iconography, and Spirituality: Insights into an Eco-Theological Worldview.”  Through an Orthodox Christian lens, perceiving, respecting, and responding to the world around us are disciplines for sustained and sustainable religious commitment. This presentation will illuminate the art, song, and spiritual practice of the Christian East as they attend to the natural environment, the human role in an Earth community, and our responsibility in caring for all creation.

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October 01, 2011

Doing business the right way – Ethisphere and Ethical Companies ...

[Spirit of Trust in Business] Ethisphere will ring The Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, 9/28/11, at 9:30a.m. EDT with leaders from select NYSE-listed World’s Most Ethical Companies in recognition of the financial success associated with doing business the right way.

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Ethisphere and the World's Most Ethical Companies Ring NYSE ...

[Ethisphere™ Institute » ethisphere_magazine] “PepsiCo associates around the world take great pride to be among only a handful of companies on Ethisphere’s list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for five years in a row,” said Maura Abeln Smith, EVP of Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at PepsiCo. “Under the inspirational leadership of Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi, ethical behavior is the foundation of all we do as we strive to deliver Performance with Purpose””that is, our commitment to deliver long-term sustainable shareholder value by investing responsibly in a healthier future for all people and by protecting the planet whose resources we share.”

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September 28, 2011

Micro-Financing: A Socially Responsible Way to Invest | Target 2025

[Target 2025] The socially responsible part is obvious to anyone worried about the food chain. But Slow Food knew that it needed to be easy to invest even if the up front knowledge was that your return would be smaller than you normally would have wanted.

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Overview: Socially Responsible Investing

[Financial Highway] Some of those interested in ethical investing also avoid investing in businesses associated with gambling, tobacco, alcohol and pornography. There are also segments of the investor population that refuse to invest in companies associated with abortion and/or stem cell research, due to the fact that these companies’

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September 24, 2011

How the paperless office can benefit your business

[Pledging for Change Making a Difference ONE Ethical Business at a time] Non-Profits .Finding an office to rent is another significant expense, but how much more so if the business requires large amounts of space for filing and storage?

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What exactly IS an 'Ethical' Business? | Wet Fish Marketing.

[Wet Fish Marketing.] One good act does not make a 'good' or 'green' or 'socially responsible' company. His famous ... To be a good person or company, all of your acts, all of your principles, all of your motivations and all of your 'ethics' must align. ...

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September 21, 2011

Making Sense of the World

[Internet Time Blog] Work-life was much simpler in the last century. Information work entailed following instructions, logical analysis and left-brained procedures.

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EVENT: Brownbag Lecture: Precarious Liberation: Workers, the State ...

[The Kirwan Institute] In a context of market liberalization and persistent social and racial inequalities, as jobs in South Africa become increasingly flexible, fragmented, and unprotected, they depart from the promise of work with dignity and citizenship rights that once inspired opposition to apartheid.

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September 17, 2011

What is an Ethical Company? « The Wild Anthropologist's Blog

[The Wild Anthropologist's Blog] Is an ethical company one that sells a valuable product? Is it one that does its best to honor its investors?

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