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divestment  

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  • Divestment refers to the disposal of assets in any one of a variety of ways. For example, a new judge can divest herself of stock holdings that might generate a conflict of interest, or an individual investor might divest himself of computer stocks if he thinks they have a poor future. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Divestment]

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