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UNINA9910462291703321 |
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Autore |
Flynn Eileen P (Eileen Patricia) |
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Titolo |
Ethical lessons of the financial crisis / / Eileen P. Flynn |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-58534-0 |
9786613897794 |
0-203-12404-9 |
1-136-34313-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 - Moral and ethical aspects |
Financial crises - Moral and ethical aspects - United States |
Financial services industry - Moral and ethical aspects - United States |
Financial institutions - Moral and ethical aspects - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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What went wrong? -- Who is affected? -- What needs to be done to set things right? -- Ethics and recovery -- Individual ethics -- Social ethics. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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