Risk management, ethics, sell-side research, ethical issues for analysts, conflict of interest between research and investment banking business, dotcom stock crash, 1933 Glass-Steagall Act, Henry Blodgett and Merrill Lynch case study, Jack Grubman case study
Risk management, business ethics, auditors, corporate governance, independence of auditors, threats to objectivity, conflicts of interests in audit/non-audit services, globalisation of accounting firms, global auditing standards, Vivendi and Salustro-Reydel case study
Risk management, ethics, accounting, Kidder Peabody case study, Joseph Jett, trends in downward and upward revisions, profit smoothing, earnings manipulation
Risk management, business ethics, expansion of individual investors, fiduciary responsibility, regulation, mutual funds, pension funds, market timing, late trading, Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, Canary Capital Partners case study
Risk management, business ethics, globalisation and differences in local cultures, Confucian, Islamic and Christian traditions, fundamental virtues, Institute for Global Ethics, Univeral Declaration of Human Rights, global norms, compliance with the law, safety standards, exploitation, truthful reporting, minority shareholder rights, process of resolving ethical dilemmas, Cadbury and military case study, Petrol in Borneo case study, Michael Lewis` Liars Poker case study, values over time, Japan Ministry of Finance case study
Risk management, ethics, case studies, speculation, risk taking, regulatory and legal issues, ethical standards in financial markets, short-selling, Citigroup and MTS case study, Talisman Energy case study, corporate social responsibility, ethical framework for speculators
Risk management, business ethics, principle of caveat emptor, mis-selling, abuse of fiduciary responsibility, Japanese variable life insurance case study, conflict between shareholder and client interests, unethical behaviour in the UK, role of regulation