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The Best Kept Secretby Jacque French Not long ago, the simple, yet disturbing statement, “All shareholders care about is the bottom line,” inspired me to become someone whose investments change the world for the better—in other words, a socially responsible investor. In no time I was an activist, reading books like When Corporations Rule the World by David Korten (West Hartford, Conn.: Kumarian Press, 1995). I led a class at church on “Investing With Your Values,” based on a book with the same name, by Hal Brill, Jack A. Brill and Cliff Feigenbaum (New York: Bloomberg, 1999). I also started a socially responsible investment club and became a board member of my church’s foundation. In short, I did everything I could to live out my belief that “God’s reconciliation in Jesus Christ is the ground of the peace, justice, and freedom among nations which all powers of government are called to serve and defend” (The Book of Confessions, 9.45). In 2001 I joined the Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) committee, an organization of the General Assembly Council of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) that is frequently referred to as “the best kept secret” of this denomination. MRTI is a committee that encourages corporations to be socially responsible, addressing issues such as environmental problems, exploitation of workers and complete financial disclosure. Jacque French is a retired elementary school teacher and an elder at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Beaverton, Oregon. Share in the rich history of Presbyterians' socially responsible investing
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