That kind of shareholder engagement is one justification for holding some less-than-perfect companies in a socially responsible portfolio.

His position was titled Minister without portfolio responsible for native affairs.

After a brief period on the government backbenches, she was appointed to cabinet as a minister without portfolio responsible for youth on September 28, 1972.

On October 1, 1990, she was named a minister without portfolio responsible for Women's Issues.

On June 17, 1993, was re-appointed as a junior minister without portfolio responsible for Education and Training.

"I suspect those companies would fail the screens" of most socially responsible portfolios, he said.

She served as Minister without portfolio responsible for Family, Youth and Immigration in 1967-1974.

He had previously been a minister without portfolio responsible for regional affairs.

In this role, he was responsible for the SBA's $18 billion small business loan portfolio.

When investors began divesting their holdings in South Africa on moral grounds, that was an example of the socially responsible portfolio.