Does doing good, do good : an investigation into SRI fund performance in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorGstraunthaler, Thomasen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorFredericks, Llewellynen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-29T05:05:53Z
dc.date.available2014-12-29T05:05:53Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn this paper the literature is reviewed to determine what exactly SRI is, and whether there has been evidence of the financial benefits of SRI compared to conventional portfolios internationally. It has been found that among the different opinions of SRI, four goals of SRI are central to understanding the concept. These goals are essentially to democratize the economy (by encouraging the employment and empowerment of the previously disadvantaged), to humanize the work environment (ensuring the safety and training of staff), rethinking profit distribution (dividends versus charitable giving and environmental campaigns) and convincing the business world that a corporate conscience can pay. With regards to gaining evidence of the financial benefits of SRI compared to conventional portfolios, no greater clarity was obtained, since there was diverging results of the studies undertaken. These results ranged from views that there is no trade-off between the two different stock performances, while others show that SRI stocks outperform non-SRI stocks and also that 'sin' stocks outperform SRI stocks.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationFredericks, L. (2011). <i>Does doing good, do good : an investigation into SRI fund performance in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10496en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationFredericks, Llewellyn. <i>"Does doing good, do good : an investigation into SRI fund performance in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10496en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFredericks, L. 2011. Does doing good, do good : an investigation into SRI fund performance in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Fredericks, Llewellyn AB - In this paper the literature is reviewed to determine what exactly SRI is, and whether there has been evidence of the financial benefits of SRI compared to conventional portfolios internationally. It has been found that among the different opinions of SRI, four goals of SRI are central to understanding the concept. These goals are essentially to democratize the economy (by encouraging the employment and empowerment of the previously disadvantaged), to humanize the work environment (ensuring the safety and training of staff), rethinking profit distribution (dividends versus charitable giving and environmental campaigns) and convincing the business world that a corporate conscience can pay. With regards to gaining evidence of the financial benefits of SRI compared to conventional portfolios, no greater clarity was obtained, since there was diverging results of the studies undertaken. These results ranged from views that there is no trade-off between the two different stock performances, while others show that SRI stocks outperform non-SRI stocks and also that 'sin' stocks outperform SRI stocks. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - Does doing good, do good : an investigation into SRI fund performance in South Africa TI - Does doing good, do good : an investigation into SRI fund performance in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10496 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10496
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationFredericks L. Does doing good, do good : an investigation into SRI fund performance in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Finance and Tax, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10496en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Finance and Taxen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherFinancial Managementen_ZA
dc.titleDoes doing good, do good : an investigation into SRI fund performance in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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