Defining Ethical Investment and its Demography in Australia

Tippet, John; Leung, Philomena

doi:10.1111/j.1835-2561.2002.tb00389.x

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“…These individuals are neither cranks nor saints: they are commonly middle-income professionals mixing ethical investments with not so ethical ones. Tippet and Leung's (2001) study of 300 Australian Shareholders' Association members, and members of the equityinvesting Australian public, indicated that while the principles of applying ethical criteria to the selection of investment stocks appears reasonable, the practical application of these can be difficult. A major aspect is the relative importance and subsequent actions of the investor when a company departs from ethical criteria.…”

Section: Ethical Investorsmentioning

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A Survey of Managers’ Perceptions of Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility and Actions that may Affect Companies’ Success

2007

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This exploratory study examines how managers and professionals regard the ethical and social responsibility reputations of 60 well-known Australian and International companies, and how this in turn influences their attitudes and behaviour towards these organisations. More than 350 MBA, other postgraduate business students, and participants in Australian Institute of Management (Western Australia) management education programmes were surveyed to evaluate how ethical and socially responsible they believed the 60 organisations to be. The survey sought to determine what these participants considered 'ethical' and 'socially responsible' behaviour in organisations to be. The survey also examined how the participants' beliefs influenced their attitudes and intended behaviours towards these organisations. The results of this survey indicate that many managers and professionals have clear views about the ethical and social responsibility reputations of companies. This affects their attitudes towards these organisations which in turn has an impact on their intended behaviour towards them. These findings support the view in other research studies that well-educated managers and professionals are, to some extent, taking into account the ethical and social responsibility reputations of companies when deciding whether to work for them, use their services or buy shares in their companies.

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Section: Ethical Investorsmentioning

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A Survey of Managers’ Perceptions of Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility and Actions that may Affect Companies’ Success

2007

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“…In the 18 th century, the Religious Society of Friends, better known as the Quakers, refused to profit from war or slave-running activities (Kinder, Lydenberg & Domini 1993;Hutton, D'Antonio & Johnson 1998;& Schwartz 2003). Indeed Quaker business proprietors (such as Rowntree and Cadbury) were leaders in humanitarian initiatives and ethical business during this period (Tippett & Leung 2001). In the 1920s, the Methodists began investing in the share market, when they declared that it was no longer akin to gambling.…”

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“…However as SRI is influenced by individual values and beliefs, it is difficult to describe the term definitively (Tippett & Leung 2001). This is complicated by the significant variation across countries in terms of operationalisation of SRI and the different levels of take-up (Arjalies 2010;Williams 2007).…”

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Belief and Investing: Preferences and Attitudes of the Faithful

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2013

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This Australian study seeks to better understand the disparity between the positive attitudes towards Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) and the level of investment in SRI (Saulwick & Associates 2001;Watmore & Bradley 2001;Williams 2007;Arjalies 2010), by examining both the attitudes to SRI and the investment choices that are made. It is hypothesised that those who are more committed to religious belief principles are more likely to invest in SRI.To test this 322 people from two large Queensland organisations were surveyed in relation to their investment attitudes and preferences. Results show that those who are more religious are no more likely to invest in SRI, and that the level of importance placed on SRI and financial criteria are similar in most instances for the more and less religious. In addition, women who are religious place more importance on conservative general investment criteria than less or non-religious women. To test this 322 people from two large Queensland organisations were surveyed in relation to their investment attitudes and preferences. Results show that those who are more religious are no more likely to invest in SRI, and that the level of importance placed on SRI and financial criteria are similar in most instances for the more and less religious. In addition, women who are religious place more importance on conservative general investment criteria than less or non-religious women.

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“…Despite the interest in SRI by academics and participants in the marketplace, the understanding of the motives, psychology, and decision-making of individual socially responsible investors 1 is still incomplete and still largely limited to descriptive accounts (Anand and Cowton, 1992;Cullis et al, 1992;Lewis and Mackenzie, 2000a, b;Mackenzie and Lewis, 1999;Rosen et al, 1991) or studies comparing the characteristics of investors who invest in SRI and those that do not (Lewis, 2001;McLachlan and Gardner, 2004;Tippet and Leung, 2001). Not only is there only a scantly developed theoretical basis for understanding SRI, but there is also little knowledge about the individual and contextual variables that predict the investor's decision to consider social criteria in their portfolio selection.…”

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