Imagine you are sitting on a board of charitable non-profit organization that promotes the sanctity of human life by protecting the rights of the unborn. As a board member you review the investment of the nonprofit's endowment fund, you note that the investment return for the fund is quite impressive. You study the investment report in a little more detail and note that some of the investments that produced the above market returns are in the health care and entertainment sector. As you are studying the report you begin to realize that many of the companies that the charitable organization's endowment fund is invested in make products and/or provide services that aide in abortion industry. In addition you note a stock of a hotel chain that makes available in room pornography to guests. In fact it's one of the largest distributors of pornography movies in the country.

As a conscientious board member of this pro-life/pro-family charitable organization, how does it make you feel that your endowment fund invests into companies that are inconsistent with your organization's mission statement? If you had the opportunity to speak to the investment manager of the endowment regarding the stocks in these questionable industries, what would you say to the manager?