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Ethical
investment
Ethical
investment, along with consumer awareness, are two of
the most powerful instruments to combat child labor and
the recent the revival of slavery.
Ethical
investment in the context of slavery can be traced back
to those businessmen (mainly Quakers) in New England and
Pennsylvania and in London and Manchester who refused to
invest in joint stock companies which were financing
ventures in the slave trade.
The
following areas of investment pose risks for those
wishing to invest ethically:
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Links
to other pages dealing with consumer awareness:
Current
campaigns
Consumer
awareness
Goods
made by child labor
Chocolates
Diamonds
Carpets
made by child labor
Rugmark
Ethical
investment
Get
involved!
Fair
trade
Society's
overseas programs in Africa and Asia
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