Ethics In Finance, Third Edition

The third edition of Ethics in Finance presents an authoritative and wide-ranging examination of the major ethical issues in finance. This new edition has been expanded and thoroughly updated with extensive coverage of the recent financial crisis and the very latest developments within the financial world.

• Substantially updated new edition with nearly 40% new material, including sections on credit cards, mortgage lending, microfinance, risk management, derivatives, and securitization
• Includes coverage and references to the recent financial crisis and the very latest developments within the financial world
• Focuses on the practical issues that confront finance professionals, policy makers, and consumers of financial services
• Cites examples of the scandals that have shaken public confidence in Wall Street and world financial markets
• Includes numerous examples throughout to illustrate the concepts and issues described within the text

John R. Boatright is the Raymond C. Baumhart, S.J., Professor of Business Ethics in the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola Universi-ty Chicago, and Director of the Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility. He is the author of the book Ethics and the Conduct of Business (2012) and the editor of Finance Ethics: Critical Issues in Theory and Practice (Wiley, 2010). He is a past President of the Society for Business Ethics, and he serves on the editorial boards of Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, and Business and Society Review. He received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Chicago.