Financial institutions and markets occupy a key place in the economic and social well-being of individuals, companies and societies but, if they are not managed adequately, this can have important consequences, also in ethical terms. This work is a simple and brief explanation of the ethical...

This is an entry for the second edition of Sage's Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. It is a brief explanation of inflation, its causes and its consequences. Inflation has important economic, political, social and ethical implications for countries, especially because it affects the...

This work is an entry for the second edition of Sage's Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. It provides a broad definition of insider trading, discusses examples of the possible origins of inside information, and analyzes the economic and ethical problems associated with using nonpublic...

This work is an entry for the second edition of Sage's Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. It explains the nature of the problems of corruption and, more specifically, extortion and their ethical implications. The entry also compares and contrasts extortion and bribery, the two main...

This is an entry for the second edition of Sage's Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. It provides a brief explanation, with examples, of the nature and significance of the concept of comparative advantage in economics and its ethical implications