Sökning: "Ethical investments"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 uppsatser innehållade orden Ethical investments.

1. 1. Investments that Make a Difference - A Study Examining Swedish Investors and Microfinance Investments

   D-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Författare :Ann Silfverhielm; Cecilia Wallén; Emma Nilzén; [2009-03-06]
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   Sammanfattning : Background and research question: Microfinance has proven to be a valuable poverty alleviation method but in order to reach its full potential a lot of additional capital is needed. Over the past years we have witnessed an increasing extent of ethical consideration in the financial market and social responsible investments (SRI) have been a growing philosophy. LÄS MER

3. 2. Ethical funds: a lot of bark but not enough bite? - A comparison and investigation of Swedish ethical funds

   D-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Författare :Niklas Bengtsson; Kristoffer Peterson; [2009-01-26]
   Nyckelord :Funds; Ethical funds; Swedish ethical fund; Ethical investments; Screening process;

   Sammanfattning : Background and problem: There has been an increase in social and ethical investments and this increase can be due to many reasons such as growth of investors’ concern, growth of corporate social responsibility and growing evidence that ethical funds produce good returns as reasons to the increase of ethical investments (Schwartz, 2003). Through research of the literature we find that what qualifies as an ethical fund is not clear. LÄS MER

4. 3. Social Good and Stakeholders' Engagement in the Pharmaceutical Industry : Case Study of AstraZeneca Corporate Responsibility Practices

   Magister-uppsats, Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling; Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling

   Författare :Magdalena Rusinowska; Victoria Traverso; [2009]
   Nyckelord :Corporate Social Responsibility; Institutional Theory; Organizational Field; Stakeholders; Stakeholders Engagement; Deliberative Democracy Model; Business Ethics; Pharmaceutical Industry; Social Good;

   Sammanfattning : Private organizations are facing organizational field pressures which need to be addressed from an economic and ethical point of view in order to be sustainable in the long term. The present research study analyzes the role of the Pharmaceutical Industry as a provider of a social good and its responsibility towards its organizational field and stakeholder network. LÄS MER

5. 4. The financial performance of ethical funds : A comparative analysis of the risk-adjusted performance of ethical and non-ethical mutual funds in UK

   Master-uppsats, Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Författare :Elena Shloma; [2009]
   Nyckelord :Socially responsible investments; ethical funds; corporate social responsibility; risk-adjusted performance; management fee;

   Sammanfattning : The review of the ethical funds literature shows the significant growth of the Socially Responsible Investments (SRI) in the last few decades. The increase of the interest towards SRI indicates that ethical issues have become more essential for the investors. LÄS MER

7. 5. Evaluating the Performance of Socially Responsible Investment Funds: A Holding Data Analysis:

   D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Författare :Camilla Stenström; Jessica Thorell; [2008]
   Nyckelord :Socially Responsible Investment SRI funds; ethical investments; holding data analysis; norm-based screening;

   Sammanfattning : This paper investigates the performance of regular mutual funds compared to Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) mutual funds, over the time period of January 2001 to September 2007. The paper extends the research on the performance of SRI funds by using holding data of regular funds to create replicating portfolios. LÄS MER