Swearing to be Virtuous: The Prospects of a Banker's Oath

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-165

  Boatright, John R ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

banker's oath; banking; banking ethics confidentiality; finance; finance ethics; Hippocratic Oath; models; oaths; risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879043154     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346764.2013.800305     Document Type: Article

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