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Social business and the limits to growth
Microcredit has been shown to be an effective way to help the world’s poor create sustainable small business opportunities. But Donnie...
John Quiggan on zombie economics
Why do some ideas not die when they’re clearly past their use-by date? In his presentation, Professor John Quiggan took the audience on a...
The ethics of the global financial crisis
As the leaders of the G20 group of countries sat down to discuss their response to the world’s economic woes, Simon Longstaff asked that they...
Is it ethical to minimise the tax you pay?
While some people strive to maximise legitimate tax deductions when completing annual tax returns, others take a more relaxed approach when it comes...
Cash for radio comments scandal
While the issues recently addressed by ABC Television's Media Watch program extend far beyond the boundaries of the deal between John Laws and...
Cash for radio comments scandal
While the issues recently addressed by ABC Television's Media Watch program extend far beyond the boundaries of the deal between John Laws and...
Ethics and private equity
As the seers look for signs and portents amongst the entrails of the stalled APA bid for Qantas, we might hope that some attention will be paid to a...
Moving beyond the rhetoric of corporate governance
Although the Malaysian economy has fared better than most during the turbulent times sweeping the region, the strains have been real enough. In a...
Mainstream activists: socially responsible investing
Simon Longstaff asks whether the community has found for itself a new, winning formula for affecting change in a complex world. If it is true that...
Some comments about ethics and banking
Whilst it has only become fashionable to talk about business ethics in Australia recently, the subject has been a matter for serious research in...
Barings and the need for ethical culture
The collapse of Britain's oldest merchant bank, Barings, should hold a number of lessons for directors and other officers responsible for a company's...
Do you want fancy dressing or a bank you can trust?
... So reads part of an advertisement that caught my eye as I was browsing through a recent issue of The Economist. Appealing to notions of trust is...
Ethics and retail banking
It would be too crude to suggest that bankers have been hated for centuries simply because they do something which makes people uncomfortable, and...
Banks and reputation
Given that the sport of bank-bashing is at least as popular as some of the lesser known activities that merit a guernsey at the Olympic Games, it may...
Credit Unions: a community of value?
Contents: Introduction Credit unions, ethics and the community Understanding the 'ethical dimension' Ethics and the importance of 'community'...
The micro-culture of the dealing room
The collapse of Britain's oldest merchant bank, Barings, should hold a number of lessons for directors and other officers responsible for a company's...
A view from the crow's nest
Contents: Introduction Understanding corporate governance The role of the internal auditor Professionalism Conclusion Introduction One of the...
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