What generally makes decisions by a socially responsible investor difficult or complicated?

 MGT9703M: Managerial Decision Making Reassessment 1a: Issues and Trade-offs in Investment Decisions

For the reassessment – please rework your original submission(s) including the issues raised by your feedback. That work will be capped at 50% pass mark (if this is a reassessment or uncapped if it is a ‘first attempt’). For example, if you have been granted mitigating circumstances, then the work will be marked on the full marking range. 

Investigation - Issues and Trade-offs in Investment Decisions

Read about “socially responsible investing” (also referred to as “sustainable investing”) and address the following questions (Approximately 500 words in total).

(1)  What generally makes decisions by a socially responsible investor difficult or complicated? (compared to “normal” investment decisions)?

(2)  What trade-offs must a socially responsible investor typically make?

(3)  What major sources of uncertainty does a socially responsible investor face?

(4)  Based on what you learnt from your reading and lectures, how would you characterise a “good” socially responsible investment decision?

Example references (read the following and more from your own sources)

• Muller, C (2020) The Pros and Cons of Socially Responsible Investing https://www.doughroller.net/investing/pros-and-cons-of-socially-responsible-investing/
• Berry, T.C. and Junkus, J.C. (2013) Socially Responsible Investing: An Investor Perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 112(4), 707–720. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551012-1567-0