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Ethical Fund

A mutual fund in which the asset managers make investment decisions based upon some ethical code. An ethical fund is marketed to investors who may have moral objections to certain investment vehicles or companies. For example, an individual may have a moral objection to smoking and may therefore buy shares in a mutual fund that refrains from investing in tobacco companies. Ethical funds may have positive or negative guidelines; that is, a fund's ethics may inform where it makes investments (e.g. in environmentally friendly companies) and where it does not (e.g. in arms manufacturers). See also: Green fund, Islamic finance.

Socially responsible fund. When socially responsible mutual funds, also known as green funds or conscience funds, select securities to meet their investment goals, the securities must also satisfy the fund's commitment to certain principles spelled out in the fund's prospectus.

For example, a socially responsible fund might not buy shares of a manufacturing company that operates factories that fund managers consider sweatshops. Or the fund might not buy shares of a food company that sells out-of-date products in emerging markets.

Since the priorities of these funds vary, you may need to do some investigating to find one that matches your values.

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Conscience Fund	net (Staff Writer) After integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in its general fund (55 billion euros), BNP Paribas Assurance said it is addressing expectations expressed by clients in a 2008 survey showing that half of all clients were ready to invest a portion of their contract in socially responsible funds. BNP Paribas highlights SRI as part of CSR by CPI Financial ] BusinessWeek asked three well-established socially responsible fund managers to pick companies poised to benefit from Obama's climate-change agenda. Renewable-Energy Stocks' Time to Shine by Lauren Young / BusinessWeek It was the SEC's first case against a socially responsible fund. How Pax came to alter its investment rules: after an SEC probe, the ... by Sanders, Bob / New Hampshire Business Review	SO Sobre la par Sobrecalentamiento Sobrecomprado Sobreemision Sobresuscripcion Sobrevaluado Sobrevendido Soccer Mom Indicator Social Capital Social Democratic Party Social Investing Social Justice Social Responsibility Social Security Social Security and Medicare Taxes Withheld Social Security Benefits Social Security Disability Income Insurance Social Security Number Social Security Reform Act of 1983 Social Security Tips Social Security Wages Socialism Socialist Socially Conscious Mutual Fund Socially Responsible Fund Sociedad anonima Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable Sociedad barometro Sociedad colectiva Sociedad con personeria juridica Sociedad constituida en el exterior Sociedad controlante Sociedad cotizante Sociedad de bolsa Sociedad de bolsa minorista Sociedad de Capitales Sociedad de cartera Sociedad de deposito Sociedad depositaria Sociedad en Comandita Simple Sociedad gerente Sociedad gerente inscripta Sociedad no cotizante Sociedad por acciones Sociedad sin cotizacion oficial Sociedade de Capitais Sociedade limitada Societa a garanzia limitata Societa a Responsabilita Limitata Societa controllante	Socially Accountable Farm Employers Socially Active Community Conscious Singles Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Business Socially and Educationally Backward Class Socially and Emotionally Maladjusted Socially and/or Environmentally Consciously Cultivated Coffee Socially Awkward Penguin Socially Conscious Investing Socially Conscious Investment Socially Conscious Investments Socially conscious mutual fund Socially Conscious Mutual Funds socially excluded socially included Socially incorrect Socially Induced Hyperactivity Socially Intelligent Agent Socially Limiting Maneuver Socially Necessary Labor Socially Offensive Behavior Socially Owned Enterprise Socially responsible Socially responsible Socially Responsible Business Development Network Socially Responsible Enterprise Restructuring Socially Responsible Fund Socially Responsible Funds Socially responsible investing Socially responsible investing Socially responsible investing Socially Responsible Investment Socially Responsible Investment Coalition Socially Responsible Investment Fund Socially Responsible Investment Guidelines Socially Responsible Investment Index Socially responsible investments Socially Responsible Leadership Scale Socially Responsible Property Investment Socially Sensitive Enterprise Restructuring Socially Useful Productive Work Socially-Transmitted Disease Socially/Economically Restricted Business Socially/Emotionally Maladjusted Adolescents with Language Impairments Socialness Socialogy Socialogy Socialogy socials socials socials socials Socialsecurity.gov Socialsecurity.gov Socialsm Socialsm Socialsm

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net (Staff Writer) After integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in its general fund (55 billion euros), BNP Paribas Assurance said it is addressing expectations expressed by clients in a 2008 survey showing that half of all clients were ready to invest a portion of their contract in socially responsible funds.

BNP Paribas highlights SRI as part of CSR by CPI Financial

] BusinessWeek asked three well-established socially responsible fund managers to pick companies poised to benefit from Obama's climate-change agenda.

Renewable-Energy Stocks' Time to Shine by Lauren Young / BusinessWeek

It was the SEC's first case against a socially responsible fund.

How Pax came to alter its investment rules: after an SEC probe, the ... by Sanders, Bob / New Hampshire Business Review