Business Efficiency and Ethics : Values and Strategic Decision Making / by D. Chorafas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chorafas, D., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate governance.

Economics.

Business ethics.

Economic policy.

Economic history.

International business enterprises.

Corporate Governance.

Business Ethics.

Economic Policy.

Economic History.

International Business.

Local Subjects:

Corporate Governance.

Economics.

Business Ethics.

Economic Policy.

Economic History.

International Business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

Springer Nature 2014

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Business Efficiency and Ethics presents both the theory of business efficiency and ethics, and a wealth of case studies based on practical experience. This unique perspective offers a framework for identifying this behaviour and reestablishing appropriate business behavior standards.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Ethical Values, Efficiency, and Effectiveness; 1. Areté: Virtue Is the Foundation of Ethics; 2. Character Is the Main Asset of Trustworthy People; 3. Efficiency and Effectiveness; 4. Barclays Stars Scam; 5. "Say-on-Pay"; 6. Obama's "Fat-Cat Bankers" and Clawbacks; 2 Senior Managers Are in the Frontline of Efficiency and Ethics; 1. The Accountability of Senior Managers; 2. Personality Traits Characteristic of Sound Management; 3. High-Quality People; 4. Poor Governance; 5. The Tools of CEO Malpractices

6. Spoilage: False Efforts in Cost Control and in Productivity7. Virtue over Pay; 8. Firing an Inefficient CEO; 3 Social Ethics and Rising Corruption; 1. Social Ethics; 2. La Forza del Destino; 3. Rising Corruption; 4. Scams in the Boardroom; 5. A Stew of Sorrows and Deceits; 6. The Greatest Scam of Them All: Turning a Blind Eye to Unintended Consequences; 4 Ethics and Efficiency in Public Administration; 1. Lack of Ethics and Inefficiency in Absurdistan; 2. From Absurdistan with Love: The Unaffordable Care Act; 3. NATO's Absurdistan: A Fake Mullah Omar Feasted in Kabul

4. The North-South Divide Has Become a Global Hallmark5. Bubbles Are the Ticket to Economic Disaster; 5 Be Ready for the "Unthinkable"; 1. Thinking of the Unthinkable and Its Aftereffect; 2. Debt Forgiveness in the Ancient World; 3. The West's Crisis in Finance, Banking, and Business Confidence; 4. Competences and Incompetences of the Welfare State; 5. Beware of Public Pronouncements about Controlling Deficits, Paying Entitlements, and Saving the Banks; 6. Can the European Central Bank Battle the Deflation Dragon?; 7. Thinking of the Unthinkable before Adversity Hits

6 Ethics and Efficiency in the Financial Industry1. Ivar Kreuger and the Industrialization of Leverage; 2. What the Public Should Know about Banking and Bankers; 3. Demonology and Highly Risky "Assets"; 4. Wachovia Falls on Its Sword; 5. Investor Activism and Creative Accounting; 6. From Model Risk to Insider Trading; 7 Libor Scandal, Derivatives, Gold Deceits, and the ETFs; 1. The London Interbank Offered Rate; 2. Were Regulators Part of the Deception?; 3. In Search of Ethics and Efficiency; 4. Risk Appetite, Derivatives, and Bank-to-Bank Exposure; 5. Bre-X and Other Gold Scams

6. Exchange-Traded Funds8 The Strategy of Financial Gambling; 1. MF Global; 2. The Dexia Group; 3. Risks Associated with Securitized Portfolios; 4. Standard Chartered and the Iranian Deal; 5. The Prudential Securities Scandal; 6. A Class Action on Securities Lending; 9 Barings: The Crashing of a Venerable Bank; 1. Early History; 2. Elixir to Permanent "Risk-Free" Profits; 3. The Responsibilities of Barings and of Regulatory Supervision; 4. Star Traders and Risky Dealing; 5. Account 88888, Double Books, and Trojan Horses; 6. Barings Singapore and SIMEX

7. Barings' Acquisition by ING

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781349503414

134950341X