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Reoriented Investment Protocol – a Christian-ethical perspective on investments

Morten Bøsterud, Jacobus M. Vorster
In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi | Vol 51, No 1 | a2202 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ids.v51i1.2202 | © 2017 Morten Bøsterud, Jacobus M. Vorster | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 06 October 2016 | Published: 02 June 2017

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Morten Bøsterud, Faculty of Theology, North-West University, South Africa
Jacobus M. Vorster, Faculty of Theology, North-West University, South Africa

Abstract

The current state of economic globalisation and attendant cross border flow of capital and investments has spurred interest for what ethically sound financial practices, which are increasing among secular politicians, investors and academics, entails. Time may have come to address this state of international financial activity from a Christian-ethical perspective.Traditional approaches, both within secular and ecclesiastical communities, have been focused on what should not be permitted to invest in from a moral standpoint. Breaking with this tradition, the authors present a creative and constructive moral approach towards investment activity where focus is on how investments may contribute to society while promoting Christian values. This new investment methodology, Reoriented Investment Protocol (RIP), is based on the reformed paradigm. It attains a systematic approach where investors need to react in alignment with constructive scripturally based ethical guidelines rather than merely avoiding immoral practices. The central argument of the article is that investments are always value-driven and never ethically neutral, and thus that investment activity should be performed under sound moral guidance from scripturally based constructive Christian-ethical guidelines.

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