Patricia Daly (August 4, 1956 – December 9, 2022) was an American

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and leader in the field of

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. She was the executive director of Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment, now known as Investor Advocates for Social Justice, a group formed of religious orders that used their ownership of shares in corporations by their pension funds in order to promote responsible behavior in issues such as

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, and

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Biography

Daly entered the Sisters of Saint Dominic in 1975, and received the

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in 1976. She made her final profession in 1984. Daly earned a BA in Religious Studies from

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and then an MA in Theology of Justice from the Maryknoll School of Theology.

Awards and honors

Daly was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Leadership from

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and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from

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References

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