A puzzle in SRI: The investor and the judge

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-235

  Leys, Jos ^a   Vandekerckhove, Wim ^b   Van Liedekerke, Luc ^c  

^a Ghent University ^*

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Investment decision; Justice; Organisational malpractice; Organisational policy; Professionalism; Socially responsible investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349190184     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9705-4     Document Type: Article

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