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Ethical lessons of the financial crisis / Eileen P. Flynn.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Publication details: New York, NY : Routledge, 2012.Description: 283 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415516754 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174 23
LOC classification:
  • HB 3717  F648f 2012
Contents:
What went wrong? -- Who is affected? -- What needs to be done to set things right? -- Ethics and recovery -- Individual ethics -- Social ethics.
Summary: In the aftermath of the economic crisis of 2008 it is important to ask what ethics has to say to the many stakeholders in the U.S. economy. The crisis in the financial industry, precipitated by the bursting of a bubble in the housing sector, brought the U.S. economy to the brink of a major depression. Government officials, economists and financial executives intervened to implement measures to mitigate the damage, applying their expertise and using their best judgments to rescue the economy. The actions they took required technical competence, pragmatic judgments and controversial decisions.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HB 3717 F648f 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000132603

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What went wrong? -- Who is affected? -- What needs to be done to set things right? -- Ethics and recovery -- Individual ethics -- Social ethics.

In the aftermath of the economic crisis of 2008 it is important to ask what ethics has to say to the many stakeholders in the U.S. economy. The crisis in the financial industry, precipitated by the bursting of a bubble in the housing sector, brought the U.S. economy to the brink of a major depression. Government officials, economists and financial executives intervened to implement measures to mitigate the damage, applying their expertise and using their best judgments to rescue the economy. The actions they took required technical competence, pragmatic judgments and controversial decisions.

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