Finance ethics : critical issues in theory and practice / / John R. Boatright

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910140826903321
• Autore: Boatright John Raymond <1941->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-75610-9; 9786612756108; 1-118-26629-3; 0-470-76809-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (603 p.)
• Collana: The Robert W. Kolb series in finance
• Disciplina: 174/.4
• Soggetti: Business ethics; Finance - Moral and ethical aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: FINANCE ETHICS: Critical Issues in Theory and Practice; Contents; Part I: Overview; Chapter 1: Ethics in Finance*; Part II: Finance Theory; Chapter 2: Ethical Implications of Finance; Chapter 3: Behavioral Assumptions of Finance; Chapter 4: Efficiency and Rationality; Chapter 5: Returns, Risk, and Financial Due Diligence; Chapter 6: Reputational Risk; Chapter 7: Agency Theory; Chapter 8: The Financial Theory of the Firm; Part III: Financial Markets; Chapter 9: Fairness in Financial Markets; Chapter 10: Regulation; Chapter 11: Insider Trading; Chapter 12: Derivative Contracts: Futures, Options, and SwapsChapter 13: Hedge Funds; Chapter 14: Sovereign Wealth Funds; Part IV: Financial Services; Chapter 15: Marketing of Financial Services; Chapter 16: Financial Codes of Ethics; Chapter 17: Banking; Chapter 18: Mutual Funds; Chapter 19: Pension Funds; Chapter 20: Insurance; Chapter 21: Responsible Investing; Chapter 22: Microfinance; Part V: Financial Management; Chapter 23: Shareholder Wealth Maximization; Chapter 24: Earnings Management; Chapter 25: Investor Relations; Chapter 26: Risk Management; Chapter 27: Bankruptcy; Chapter 28: Acquisitions, Mergers, and TakeoversChapter 29: Executive Compensation; Chapter 30: Boards of Directors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A groundbreaking exploration of the critical ethical issues in financial theory and practice Compiled by volume editor John Boatright, Finance Ethics consists of contributions from scholars from many different finance disciplines. It covers key issues in financial markets, financial services, financial management, and finance theory, and includes chapters on market regulation, due diligence, reputational risk, insider trading, derivative contracts, hedge funds, mutual and pension funds, insurance, socially responsible investing, microfinance, earnings management, risk managem