Socially Responsible Investing Has Become a Mainstream Practice

By MARIA MARKHAM THOMPSON

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To those of us involved in socially responsible investing on a daily basis, the question of whether institutions should include social screening and corporate-governance issues in their investment policies seems most peculiar. The question we ask in turn is, If an organization can