Four years after the debacle, the term 'Enron' has earned its place in the everyday vocabulary of business ethics. Hardly anyone understands the business intricacies of what really happened with the sophisticated energy conglomerate. Even fewer are those able to envision, beyond the business case, the ethical questions and dilemmas facing actors at any one stage of the drama. Using the collapse of Enron as a case study, this book not only shows how and where ethics came into play, but also draws lessons and discusses possible remedies that may prevent the whole financial system from falling...
Four years after the debacle, the term 'Enron' has earned its place in the everyday vocabulary of business ethics. Hardly anyone understands the busin...
A finales de setiembre del ano 2008, el banco de inversion Lehman Brothers, uno de los mas antiguos de Wall Street entro en bancarrota. Era casi un ano exacto desde que la bolsa de Nueva York hubiera entrado en caida - octubre 2007 - y casi ano y medio desde que emergiera la noticia que habian prestamos hipotecarios de mala calidad en el mercado internacional. El paso de las finanzas basadas en reservas a finanzas basadas en cobertura, en los anos 90, libero recursos de los bancos comerciales que ya no tenian porque guardar reservas por malos creditos. Esto ocurre cuando la dinamica de...
A finales de setiembre del ano 2008, el banco de inversion Lehman Brothers, uno de los mas antiguos de Wall Street entro en bancarrota. Era casi un an...
From the mid-1970s until the crisis in 2007, the world of finance enjoyed thirty euphoric years as general public, businesses and governments put their blind trust in financial techniques, professions and institutions. Shaken up by a structural crisis and a crisis of legitimacy, today s financial sector can no longer afford to avoid the issues summed up by the key question: what is next for the role of ethics and responsibility in finance? Many see an unbridgeable gap between ethics and responsibility and financial practice. Ethics and Responsibility in Finance paves the way for the...
From the mid-1970s until the crisis in 2007, the world of finance enjoyed thirty euphoric years as general public, businesses and governments put t...
