Ethical Investment
Wealth should not be invested in enterprises that harm others or violate ethical principles.
Modern Sikhs interpret Kirat Karni to include ethical considerations in investment. Money should not profit from industries that exploit workers, harm the environment, or cause suffering.
Your earnings are blessed when they come from compassionate dealings.
This extends traditional teaching to contemporary financial decisions.
Sikh Ethics
Written about in
- What Sikhism says about doing no harm
A modern application of that rule rather than a scripture verse: do not place money where it profits from harm to workers or to the land. The library records it as a derived principle.