Moral Cents: The Journal of Ethics in Finance (Winter/Spring 2013)
We are close to the five-year anniversary of the global financial crisis, if we take Lehman’s bankruptcy as the unfortunate beginning. Trillions of dollars were lost at the low point of world financial collapse. Subsequently, trillions of words (I add 625 more today) seem to have been written on this, the first global financial catastrophe of the twenty first century. What happened, why did it happen, who caused it to ...
Moral Cents: The Journal of Ethics in Finance (Summer/Fall 2012)
The reader will discern a couple of themes in an entertaining mixture of articles in this issue of Moral Cents. They are, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and real estate markets. The CSR term is brandished too glibly and is at risk of losing its significance. Nevertheless, the CSR movement is growing as more corporations in the U.S. and abroad sign up to the philosophy of doing good while doing well. ...
Moral Cents: The Journal of Ethics in Finance (Winter 2012)
This inaugural issue of Moral Cents features an eclectic selection of articles on financial ethics. The Editorial challenges readers to join the Institute’s quest. YRK Reddy gives a number of examples of ethical failures in finance and asks whether the financial sector needs an ethics reboot. Hannah Sandal suggests we consider a Rawlsian approach to bringing ethics back into financial practice. Lindsey and Noonan give a legal and ethical analysis ...