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Divestment for financial goals

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Divestment for social goals

The term also refers to the reduction of investment in firms, industries or countries for reasons of political or social policy.

Examples of divestment for social reasons have included:

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External Links

• University of California Divestment website. (http://www.ucdivest.org/)
• City of Seattle Divest. (http://www.divest-from-israel-campaign.org/CitySeattle.html)

See also

• Financial economics is the branch of economics concerned with the workings of financial markets, such as the stock market, and the financing of companies. It can be distinguished from other branches of economics by its concentration on monetary activities, in which money of one type or another is likely to... Financial economics
• The phrase mergers and acquisitions (M&A) refers to the aspect of business strategy and management dealing with the merging and/or acquiring of different companies. Usually these occur in a friendly setting where officers in each company involved come together to go through a due diligence process to... Mergers and acquisitions
• Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a company’s obligation to be accountable to all of its stakeholders in all its operations and activities with the aim of achieving sustainable development not only in the economical dimension but also in the social and environmental dimensions. A company’s stakeholders... Corporate social responsibility