02996nam 2200541 450 991046377050332120200520144314.03-95489-644-3(CKB)2670000000534281(EBL)1640273(SSID)ssj0001215690(PQKBManifestationID)11647644(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001215690(PQKBWorkID)11177781(PQKB)10862019(MiAaPQ)EBC1640273(Au-PeEL)EBL1640273(CaPaEBR)ebr10856478(OCoLC)871779336(EXLCZ)99267000000053428120140414h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGreen banks - the fairy tale of sustainability /Hedwig HeerdtHamburg, Germany :Anchor Academic Publishing,2014.©20141 online resource (99 p.)Description based upon print version of record.3-95489-144-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Green Banks; I Abstract; II Table of contents; III Table of figures; IV List of tables; V List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Background; 1.2 Research focus; 1.3 Research aim and objectives; 1.4 Outline structure; 2 Literature Review; 2.1 Ethical Banks; 2.2 Measuring social and environmental Reporting; 2.3 Ethical decision making; 2.4 Emerging issues and the need for empirical research; 3 Theoretical Framework; 4 Data and methodology; 4.1 Research design; 4.2 Survey; 4.3 Data collection and analysis; 4.4 Practical research problems; 5 Findings and analysis of results5.1 Respondents' characteristics and attitude towards different bank types5.2 Evaluation of ethical criteria; 5.3 Final list of criteria; 6 Conclusion; 6.1 Summary of findings; 6.2 Limitations; 6.3 Opportunities for further research; VI References; VII Appendix A; VIII Appendix BAs ethical banks have developed from niche players to a serious competition for traditional banks, supposedly ethical banks and even traditional banks use the term ethical bank in order to sell bank services under the cloak of sustainable and ethically correct business conduct.Therefore, the aim of this research is to make truly ethical banks distinguishable from traditional banks by investigating, analyzing and determining principles, ethical banks have to fulfill or refrain from in order to call themselves truly ethical. Based on academic research results, a web-based survey identifies the bBanks and bankingGermanyElectronic books.Banks and banking332.10943Heerdt Hedwig977830MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463770503321Green banks - the fairy tale of sustainability2227582UNINA