Management practices in Australasian ethical investment products: A role for regulation?

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 147-163

  Haigh, Matthew ^a   Guthrie, James ^b  

^a TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethical investment; Financial service regulation; Social reporting; Socially responsible investment; SRI; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ETHICS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; INVESTMENT; MONITORING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77953668378     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.613     Document Type: Article

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