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Socially responsible investing identifies the fiduciary duty and liability for financial advisors serving individual and institutional clients when consulting in the SRI space. This article first discusses the role of a fiduciary emerging from both a legal and an ethical basis. Further, the special aspects of maintaining fiduciary duty and minimizing fiduciary liability are described as they relate to SRI. A number of recommendations are discussed: legal, ethical, and practice. This study argues that prudence focuses more on the process of decisions rather than their outcomes, as measured exclusively by rate of return.
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Martin, W. Socially Responsible Investing: Is Your Fiduciary Duty at Risk?. J Bus Ethics 90, 549–560 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-009-0060-x
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