Financial Ethics

Author: Motoharu Boteraito
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: In the emerging field of financial ethics, this book is a pioneering work. It begins with several Wall Street financial scandals, telling readers that ethics is indispensable in both personal financial activities and the operation of financial markets and institutions. The book explores various practical issues in the financial services industry, investment decisions, and corporate financial management, with a focus on market trading standards and the duties of trust companies and agents in financial relationships. Topics covered include unethical sales activities, personal transactions of fund managers, discrimination in residential mortgage loans, the role of institutional investors, socially responsible investment activities, insider trading, the abuse of bankruptcy filings, and hostile mergers, among others. Financial Ethics also conducts a critical examination of financial company theory and corporate financial goals, offering rigorous analysis of ethical issues in finance. This book is suitable for students and professionals in the fields of financial and business ethics.