Business Efficiency and Ethics

1. Front Matter

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2. Ethical Values, Efficiency, and Effectiveness

   • Dimitris N. Chorafas

   Pages 1-21

3. Senior Managers Are in the Frontline of Efficiency and Ethics

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   Pages 23-46

4. Social Ethics and Rising Corruption

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   Pages 47-68

5. Ethics and Efficiency in Public Administration

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   Pages 69-85

6. Be Ready for the “Unthinkable”

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   Pages 87-113

7. Ethics and Efficiency in the Financial Industry

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   Pages 115-140

8. Libor Scandal, Derivatives, Gold Deceits, and the ETFs

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   Pages 141-162

9. The Strategy of Financial Gambling

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   Pages 163-180

10. Barings: The Crashing of a Venerable Bank

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    Pages 181-201

11. Parmalat: The Hedge Fund with Dairy Products on the Side

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    Pages 203-224

12. Ethics and Efficiency in Manufacturing and Services

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    Pages 225-246

13. Ethics, Opportunities, and Risks with Information Technology

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    Pages 247-275

14. Back Matter

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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.

• effectiveness
• ethics
• hedge fund
• information
• Information Technology (IT)

Dimitris N. Chorafas served on the faculty of the Catholic University of America and as Visiting Professor at Washington State University, George Washington University, University of Vermont, University of Florida, and Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, as well as the University of Alberta, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Ecole d'Etudes Industrielles de l'Université de Genève, Ecole Polytechnic Fédérale de Lausanne, Polish Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences. More than 8,000 banking, industrial and government executives participated in his seminars in the United States, England, Germany, Italy, other European countries, Asia and Latin America. Chorafas is the author of 160 books, translated into several languages world-wide.

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