Activist shareholders’ top priorities for 2014

By Eleanor Bloxham, CEO of The Value Alliance Board diversity, executive pay, transparency on political contributions, and human rights improvements are all on the agenda for shareholders this proxy season. Read More at CNN Money
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ANALYSIS: Are free-market Catholics ignoring Pope Francis?

David Gibson (RNS) On one level, the recent clash over Catholic University of America’s decision to accept $1 million from billionaire industrialist Charles Koch underscored the stark divide many see between Catholic social teaching and the libertarian-tinged economics championed...
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Jason Trennert Says Stocks the Only Option.

Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) — Jason Trennert, managing partner at Strategas Research Partners, talks about U.S. November employment data and the outlook for the stock and gold markets. He speaks with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Television’s “Surveillance Midday.”...
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For World AIDS Day 2013, Shareholders Seek “Shared Responsibility” in Defeating HIV/AIDS

NEW YORK, NY – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2013–In anticipation of World Aids Day, Sunday, December 1st, 2013, members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) renew their call for companies that make medicines that treat HIV/AIDS to join the Medicines Paten...
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Here’s why Wall Street has a hard time being ethical

Chris Arnade A new report finds 53% of financial services executives say that adhering to ethical standards inhibits career progression at their firm. A former Wall Street trader describes why My first year on Wall Street, 1993, I was paid 14 times more than I earned the prior...
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Survey Says ‘Wall Street Is Facing An Ethical Crisis’

Walter Pavlo If you write on white-collar crime as I do, there are not enough hours in the day to cover the stories!  Asurvey by the law firm Labaton Sucharow LLP has confirmed why this is the case with some chilling facts about the ethical state of our financial institutions.  ...
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Archdiocesan Financial Report shows complex factors leading to huge deficits

BY MATTHEW GAMBINO Archbishop Charles Chaput in his column last week on CatholicPhilly.com called the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s new financial report “very serious – and that’s an understatement.” Read more at CatholicPhilly.com
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Pope calls for global, ethical finance reform, end to cult of money

By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis called for global financial reform that respects human dignity, helps the poor, promotes the common good and allows states to regulate markets. Read more at Catholic News Service
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Investors toughen stance over ethics

By Dan Dunkley  Pornography, guns, drugs, cigarettes and alcohol have typically been industries buyout firms are keen to avoid. Executives say investors often insist these sectors are on the blacklist. Informal arrangements have enabled investors to steer clear of potentially...
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Using Faith and Family Values to Choose Stocks

Mar. 29, 2013 – 3:57 – Trinity Fiduciary Partners President Sam Saladino on using family values and faith as an investment strategy. Watch video at Fox Business
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