Enron and World Finance: A Case Study in Ethics
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Description for Enron and World Finance: A Case Study in Ethics
Hardcover. Editor(s): Dembinski, Paul H.; Lager, Carole; Cornford, Andrew; Bonvin, Jean-Michel. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFH; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Four years after the debacle, the term 'Enron' has earned its place in the everyday vocabulary of business ethics. Hardly anyone understands the business intricacies of what really happened with the sophisticated energy conglomerate. Even fewer are those able to envision, beyond the business case, the ethical questions and dilemmas facing actors at any one stage of the drama. Using the collapse of Enron as a case study, this book not only shows how and where ethics came into play, but also draws lessons and discusses possible remedies that may prevent the whole financial system from falling apart as a ... Read more
Four years after the debacle, the term 'Enron' has earned its place in the everyday vocabulary of business ethics. Hardly anyone understands the business intricacies of what really happened with the sophisticated energy conglomerate. Even fewer are those able to envision, beyond the business case, the ethical questions and dilemmas facing actors at any one stage of the drama. Using the collapse of Enron as a case study, this book not only shows how and where ethics came into play, but also draws lessons and discusses possible remedies that may prevent the whole financial system from falling apart as a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403947635
SKU
V9781403947635
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99-15
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HENRI-CLAUDE DE BETTIGNIES Chair in Leadership and Responsibility and Professor of Asian Business and Comparative Management at INSEAD, France HANS J. BLOMMESTEIN Head of Capital Markets Programme at the OECD, and Professor of Finance, Tilburg University, The Netherlands HOHN R. BOATRIGHT Professor of Business Ethics, Graduate School of Business, Loyola University, Chicago, USA JOHN DOBSON Researcher, California Polytechnic State University, ... Read more
Reviews for Enron and World Finance: A Case Study in Ethics
'The essays in this book greatly enhance our understanding of the causes of one of the most important events in financial history. The authors examine in notable depth the ethical and governance dimensions of the Enron saga, while providing a fascinating commentary on the nature of modern finance capitalism.' - John Plender, Financial Times and author of Going off the ... Read more