You might need to define precisely what you mean by "ethical". It's a pretty woolly and subjective term.
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It does not make comfortable reading.
Try telling that to children who have had their legs blown off by clusterbombs or landmines. Try telling that to the people in Sudan, Chad, DRC etc whose lives are spent in fear.Why are arms investments necessarily unethical? Nation states have a right and duty to protect themselves and need arms to do so. "Corrupt regimes" is another largely subjective term.
Try telling that to children who have had their legs blown off by clusterbombs or landmines. Try telling that to the people in Sudan, Chad, DRC etc whose lives are spent in fear.
Some people find it abhorant, others like yourself don't. We should be able to choose if we want to invest in death or not.
Where would I find out more about them?There are ethical funds that you can invest in if thats what you are looking for.
You could try the co-op bank in the UK?
Where would I find out more about them?
Try telling that to children who have had their legs blown off by clusterbombs or landmines. Try telling that to the people in Sudan, Chad, DRC etc whose lives are spent in fear.
Some people find it abhorant, others like yourself don't. We should be able to choose if we want to invest in death or not.
The information on the site is very well researched and I would be quite confident that they are not making it up. Here is a paper that gives more information -I don't think its fair to say that any users of this forum don't find the consequences of clusterbombs or landmines abhorrent.
That said, I would have grave reservations about the quality of the information posted on the site you linked, and also in general about how terms like "ethical" are defined, and the integrity of some of the people who sometimes make this sort of definition.
Its not too long ago that I heard one particular Irish politician pontificate about "ethical investment" while at the same time this individual's party was inextricably linked to an illegal terrorist army (which in its time has itself murdered and maimed children, and benefitted from links to an international drug cartel), and the individual himself is a former social welfare fraudster.
The information on the site is very well researched and I would be quite confident that they are not making it up. Here is a paper that gives more information -
Indeed it doesn't as some of the content on this site is questionable, to say the least.
For example
"Walmart blocks the unionisation of its workforce" - hardly a cardinal sin. All Irish employers are legally entitled to do this, and quite rightly so.
Btw, you didn't answer my question as to why Walmart has been blackguarded (unfairly imho) in the website you linked earlier?
I'm not aware of any legislation which allows ALL Irish Employers block their Employees join Unions, can you elaborate?Indeed it doesn't as some of the content on this site is questionable, to say the least.
For example
"Walmart blocks the unionisation of its workforce" - hardly a cardinal sin. All Irish employers are legally entitled to do this, and quite rightly so.
I never mentioned cluster bombs or landmines.Try telling that to children who have had their legs blown off by clusterbombs or landmines. Try telling that to the people in Sudan, Chad, DRC etc whose lives are spent in fear.
Some people find it abhorant, others like yourself don't. We should be able to choose if we want to invest in death or not.
they are a very powerful company and don't seem to treat their staff very well
You might need to define precisely what you mean by "ethical". It's a pretty woolly and subjective term.
I would have assumed "blocking the unionisation of a workforce" to mean non recognition of any union in the context of employer/employee (collective) bargaining. Not necessarily preventing anybody from joining a union (which I believe is a constitutional right)?I'm not aware of any legislation which allows ALL Irish Employers block their Employees join Unions, can you elaborate?
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