Assignment 1: Issues and Trade-offs in Investment Decisions
Investigation - Issues and Trade-offs in Investment Decisions
Read about “socially responsible investing” (also referred to as “sustainable investing”) and address the following questions (Approximately 500 words in total).
(1) What generally makes decisions by a socially responsible investor difficult or complicated? (compared to “normal” investment decisions)?
(2) What trade-offs must a socially responsible investor typically make?
(3) What major sources of uncertainty does a socially responsible investor face?
(4) Based on what you learnt from your reading and lectures, how would you characterise a “good” socially responsible investment decision?
Example references (read the following and more from your own sources)
Berry, T.C. and Junkus, J.C. (2013) Socially Responsible Investing: An Investor Perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 112(4), 707–720. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551012-1567-0
