Socially Responsible Investing Critical Thinking Essay Assignment
The prompt
In recent years, there has been a growth in "socially responsible investing" (SRI), an investment approach that looks not only at potential financial returns but also environmental and social impact when selecting investments. What are the origins of SRI? How does it work in practice? What is the evidence to date about whether SRI investments outperform or underperform non-SRI investments? What role do you think SRI investments should play in your future personal investment portfolio?
The details
Your essay should be 3 pages (approximately 750 words). It will be graded twice: (1) by your Integrated Project professor for responsiveness and the accuracy and of your content and (2) by your class's English Department TA for the quality of your writing; the flow and coherence of your paper; the use of references; and the mechanics of spelling, grammar, syntax, etc.
Submit your essay to the by uploading it to Blackboard no later than midnight on the date specified on your course syllabus.