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Ethics in Finance

MGMT X 441

This course covers the elements necessary to make proper ethical decisions that financial professionals face in their everyday business practices.

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What you can learn.

Learn how to interpret and apply the CFA Institute Standards of Professional Conduct and related best practices
Develop skills to detect questionable professional conducts related to financial and investment decision making
Explore ethical complexities facing businesses that operate both internationally and domestically
Incorporate ethical behaviors in supervision and management situations

About this course:

This course focuses on ethical issues confronted by financial professionals, with attention to recent financial crises, and the latest developments affecting ethics within the financial world. Students will get an overview of ethical standards in finance, including the primary elements necessary to make proper ethical decisions. The course also covers fundamentals of ethics in finance; the retail customer; investments; financial markets; financial management; key definitions, issues, and general theories of business and finance ethics; and examples from scandals that have shaken public confidence in Wall Street and world financial markets.