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Originally Posted by Willravel
Investing in a company is like giving them a loan with the risk/promise of being paid back more when the company succeeds with your money and the money of other investors.
I'm not talking about being held responsible by the justice system, I'm talking about personal responsibility, or blame. Do you blame investors for knowingly investing with morally questionable businesses?
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Actually if you want to give a company a loan you should buy their bonds.
When you buy stock the money does not go to the company, it goes to the investor who sold you the stock. (Unless you are buying an IPO or a secondary offering from a company.)
The payoff to you as a stock investor comes from dividends or an increase in the price of the stock. Whether the company ultimately succeeds or not is a whole another issue.
And back to the original question: I generally keep my moral judgements and my investments exclusive from one another. I invest to make money and find other ways to pursue justice.