Get Smart About Scandals : Past Lessons For Future Finance

Long Finance's Distributed Futures research programme is pleased to announce the launch the report “Get Smart About Scandals: Past Lessons For Future Finance”, another in a series of exciting projects in the programme.The report informs you of the basic tricks that fraudsters, conmen, and the incompetent have used, over many centuries and explores:Scandals: How To Identify Them – And How To Stop ThemVehicles For Fraudulent BehaviourCorrupt Practices And ProceduresBubble, Booms And BustsThe Good Guys: Scandals And How To Avoid ThemThe Future Direction And Dynamics Of Financial ScandalsThe report also offers recommendations based on policy, procedures, structures, and training, that are linked to the Lord Mayor's “Business Of Trust” initiative, which resulted in the mnemonic ‘CIVIC':Competence and skills – doing what you do well;Integrity – being honest, straightforward and reliable;Value to society – recognising and meeting wider societal needs;Interests of others – respecting the interests of customers, employees and investors;Clear communication – being transparent, responsive and accountable