ethical investment

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an investment in a company whose activities or products are not considered by the investor to be unethical

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Words nearby ethical investment

Ethernet, ethic, ethical, Ethical Culture, ethical hacker, ethical investment, ethically, ethical relativism, ethical will, ethicist, ethicize

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Example sentences from the Web for ethical investment

Marriott, with its deep history in the Mormon faith, portrays itself as a deeply ethical institution.
How ‘Ethical’ Hotel Chain Marriott Gouges Guests in the Name of Wi-Fi Security|Kyle Chayka|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The founders of Ethical Oil, and opechatesgays, are Hamish Marshall and his wife, Kathryn Marshall.
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline|Jay Michaelson|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As uncovered by the climate blog desmogblog, the Ethical Oil meme dates to a 2010 book by Ezra Levant.
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline|Jay Michaelson|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Does he have the balls to run again after someone resigns over ethical issues?
The Felon Who Wouldn’t Leave Congress|Ben Jacobs, David Freedlander|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Cuba, already corrupt, will have to avoid becoming even more so when American investment pours in.
Cuba Is A Kleptocracy, Not Communist|Romina Ruiz-Goiriena|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Martyrdoms do not occur for ethical generalizations, much less for philosophical affirmations.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Contract with the Seaboard folks makes it look like it would pay eighteen, twenty per cent on the investment, maybe more.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
I been a-lookin' after that investment f'r you—and f'r these other dum fools in town.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
With this brief review of the philosophy of the ethical sentiments, we may proceed to a consideration of the facts.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
The development of the ethical principle in mankind is largely due to the extension of the sentiment of social sympathy.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris

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