Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Ethics in Finance: Definition -- Chapter 3. The ESG World -- Chapter 4. The Fight Against Money Laundering and Tax Evasion -- Chapter 5. The Fight Against Usury -- Chapter 6. Islamic Finance and Microcredit -- Chapter 7. The Rescue of Banks in Crisis --...

Banks in the European Union recently started publicly reporting data on profit, number of employees, turnover and tax on a country-by-country basis. I introduce the largest, hand-collected data set of its kind, which covers almost 50 banks for up to 5 years between 2013 and 2017. I identify the...

The high international capital positions of offshore financial centers (OFCs) have led to increasing research in the area. However, many unanswered questions remain, as OFC activities are secretive by nature and data is sparse. It is, for example, not even clear whether the financial industry...