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What should we charge the poor? Ethics in microfinance.
By: Preeti Dhillon [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXYNB-bS1kw[/youtube] Microfinance is a popular poverty alleviation tool The following … read more
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Update: The latest survey on the state of ethics on Wall Street (a 7th Reason for teaching financial ethics)
Andrew Ross Sorkin directs our attention to the Labaton Sucharow Survey[i] in his DealBook article, … read more
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6 Reasons for Teaching Financial Ethics
Kudos to Cass Business School, City University London for requiring their MBAs specializing in Finance to take … read more
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Financial crisis 2008, perpetrators, and justice
Justice is an ancient concept. We often think of the term as synonymous with law … read more
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Elizabeth Warren Pushes for Lower Student Loan Rates (0.75%) for One Year
The Senator from Massachusetts is sponsoring her first bill, “The Bank on Students Loan Fairness … read more
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Por qué hay promesas que no deben cumplirse. El caso de las deudas odiosas
(An English version of this article is available in the Winter/Spring 2013 issue of Moral … read more
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Kantian Duty Based (Deontological) Ethics
Introduction The term deontology comes from the Greek word deon, meaning duty. The theory of deontology states … read more
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What is the Purpose of Finance?
In her Financial Times column this week, Lucy Kellaway observes, quite correctly, that a child’s … read more
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An Encounter with Occupy Wall Street
If Aristotle were magically transported to contemporary America, he would probably find the distinction between … read more
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The European Debt Crisis: A Symptom of a Chronic Illness and the Nature of the Beast
GUEST POST by Chris Richey, Neosho Capital, LLC From our vantage point at Neosho Capital, … read more