Ethical aspects of investing among polish individual investors

Authors

  • Monika Czerwonka Katedra Finansów Szkoła Główna Handlowa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14659/PJOEP.2012.02.01

Keywords:

Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), ethical investing, business ethics, sub-prime crisis

Abstract

This article presents the idea of ethical investing known also as Socially Responsible Investing (SRI). The research conducted by the author aimed to study the popularity of ethical investing among individual investors in Poland. The results of this research indicate a relatively high awareness of the SRI concept among investors, but a low level of applying the SRI idea in investment practice. Further analysis shows that some demographic factors, like religiosity or gender, influence the investors’ attitude towards SRI.

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