Global standards and ethical stock indexes: The case of the dow jones sustainability stoxx index

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 87, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 185-197

  Consolandi, Costanza ^a   Jaiswal Dale, Ameeta ^b   Poggiani, Elisa ^a   Vercelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

DJSSI Dow Jones Sustainability Stock Index; Ethical stock indexes; Performance of SRI funds; SRI (Socially Responsible Investing)

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349162088     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9793-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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