EcoGEOS > THE DEBATE ON ETHICAL INVESTMENT
[Green Money] Dr Robert Howell, CEO of the Council for Socially Responsible Investment, said that today's conference challenges business and government to ensure that working conditions and ethical behavior are a key consideration for investors: "Yet, how can investors be assured about the type of investment they are making? How do we, so far from the rest of the world, know whether the practices of the offshore organisations we're investing in are ethical and sustainable?
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[bipartition] Warren Buffets Investment Ethics: Warren Buffett presently presides as the CEO of his investment company, Berkshire Hathaway. He acquired this company in the late 1960s, nurturing and molding it into the highest priced and most fruitful listing on the New York Stock exchange.
[Motivational Speaker - Chuck Gallagher Business Ethics and Choices Expert] White Collar Crime - A Week In Review - March 17 - 23, 2008 ...: This former Human Resources person is now a convicted felon and is facing a huge fine along with the discomfort of prison. Also, keep in mind, in August 2007, former CEO Gregory Reyes was convicted after trial for criminal charges stemming from the same wrongful conduct.
[One Citizen Speaking...] TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER: LEGALLY SELLING OUT YOUR COUNTRY?: Maybe imprisoned Randy "Duke" Cunningham was the most honest and ethical politician after all. He had a written price tag for one and all;
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[Shariah Finance Watch] The Growth of Sharia Compliant Funds to be addressed at GAIM: Over the past year, Shariah-compliant assets have grown almost 30 percent, to more than $500.5 billion, according to analysis of the industry on a global scale, published this month by The Banker magazine. The news comes as GAIM conference is about to start on Monday, 26 November 2007 at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai.
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[Lindotiger.com Blog] About The Lindotiger Team: *Named “Loan Officer of the Month” for ethical standards, colleague training and mentoring abilities. *Awarded “Loan Officer of the year-2005” for ethics, top sales production volume and visionary traits (out of over 1200 Loan Officers) .
[Open Malaysia] Return of the Living Dead - Brainless Attack on MoSTI - Part Deux!!!: This unfortunately isnot a very constructive argument from an ex-CEO of SIRIM. Perhaps abetter way to resolve this issue is to define certain set of minimumcriteria for the proposed draft international standard to conform tobefore it gets allowed into the ISO "Fast Track"
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[histalk] News 3/21/08: Pretty much the same for health plans although a few notable exceptions here recently including the Zagat/Wellpoint deal. Market for physicians is much smaller just because their isn’t a requirement by CMS to report patient satisfaction scores (in order to avoid a payment hit) and most physicians simply don’t want to pay a few hundred dollars out of pocket.
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