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Information asymmetry and socially responsible investment

Information asymmetry and socially responsible investment
Information asymmetry and socially responsible investment
Selecting, applying and reporting on investment screens for socially responsible investing (SRI) presents challenges for companies, investors and fund managers. This article seeks to clarify the nature of these challenges in developing an understanding of the foundations of ethical investment screens. At a conceptual level this work argues that there is a common element to the ethical foundations of SRI, even with very different apparent motivations and investment restrictions. Establishing this commonality assists in explaining the information asymmetry problem inherent in SRI. A market-facilitated solution illustrates how these insights might foster the development of socially responsible investment.
accounting conventions, fund management, information asymmetry, social policy, socially responsible investing
0167-4544
145-150
Rhodes, Mark Jonathan
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Soobaroyen, Teerooven
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Rhodes, Mark Jonathan
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Soobaroyen, Teerooven
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Rhodes, Mark Jonathan and Soobaroyen, Teerooven (2010) Information asymmetry and socially responsible investment. Journal of Business Ethics, 95 (1), 145-150. (doi:10.1007/s10551-010-0431-3).

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Abstract

Selecting, applying and reporting on investment screens for socially responsible investing (SRI) presents challenges for companies, investors and fund managers. This article seeks to clarify the nature of these challenges in developing an understanding of the foundations of ethical investment screens. At a conceptual level this work argues that there is a common element to the ethical foundations of SRI, even with very different apparent motivations and investment restrictions. Establishing this commonality assists in explaining the information asymmetry problem inherent in SRI. A market-facilitated solution illustrates how these insights might foster the development of socially responsible investment.

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Published date: 4 February 2010
Additional Information: Please see Erratum in related URL
Keywords: accounting conventions, fund management, information asymmetry, social policy, socially responsible investing
Organisations: Southampton Business School

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Local EPrints ID: 80406
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/80406
ISSN: 0167-4544
PURE UUID: ebe84e67-8044-4731-aef8-003b5da1d121
ORCID for Teerooven Soobaroyen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3340-1666

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Date deposited: 24 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 02:55

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Author: Mark Jonathan Rhodes
Author: Teerooven Soobaroyen ORCID iD

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