This paper examines the performance of socially responsible companies in different sectors along with general companies using return and various risk-adjusted measures over the period January 1996–December 2013 and over different business economic conditions. Besides the conventional...

In a first of its kind, this paper examines the performance of various socially responsible stocks portfolios as compared to general stocks portfolios and market portfolio using return and various risk-adjusted measures over the period January 1996 – December 2013 and over different business...

Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), which integrates social and environmental criteria into traditional investment decision process, has emerged as a new concept in investing, especially in the wake of growing concerns for corporate social responsibility. This paper provides an extensive...

One of the significant developments in the investing community is the rise of socially responsible or ethical investments during last two decades. Because of the increasing size and importance of ethical mutual funds, this paper seeks to evaluate and compare the performance of ethical mutual...

For the effective and better implementation of CSR law, development of SRI market in the investment world is essential. Unless the investors turn socially responsible, CSR principles cannot be enforced in practice. This paper examines whether the companies that are socially responsible are...