Pension fund politics : the dangers of socially responsible investing
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Pension fund politics : the dangers of socially responsible investing
AEI Press, c2005
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- The politicization of public investments / Jon Entine
- Social investing : pension plans should just say "no" / Alicia H. Munnell and Annika Sundén
- Why social investing threatens public pension funds, charitable trusts, and the Social Security trust fund / Charles E. Rounds, Jr.
- The strategic use of socially responsible investing / Jarol B. Manheim
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"Socially responsible" investing (SRI), which incorporates nonfinancial social and ethical criteria into investment decisions, has attracted significant attention in recent years and sparked interest among some institutional investors, public pension funds, and Social Security reform advocates, particularly in the wake of recent corporate scandals. In "Pension Fund Politics," experts from relevant fields examine this trend and conclude that it is a serious threat to fiduciary independence and responsibilities. The authors support their argument with a blistering deconstruction of the myths that underlie mainstream social investing philosophy. They argue that SRI tends to promote ambiguous, trendy, and controversial policy options that are not always progressive and frequently hurt the stakeholders - particularly the environment and the economically disadvantaged - they are supposedly designed to help.
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