If anyone has not heard of socially responsible investing (SRI) yet, the Miami Herald has a brief but nice overview of what SRI entails: Socially Responsible Portfolios (added: free registration needed). Those inclined to read a more robust overview may also enjoy a paper I authored a few months ago.

[Update: 8/23/06] I just checked the Miami Herald link and saw that free registration is required. Sorry about that–curiously, no registration was needed when I originally read the article coming from a Google News link.