Alumni

Marta Rocchi, Alumni of the global Prize Ethics & Trust in Finance for a Sustainable Future, explains the initial motivations that led her to participate, what benefits and opportunities the competition has brought her personally and professionally and why she recommends young professionals and academics (under 35) to embark on the adventure. Her publication (7th edition of the Prize): Technomoral Financial Agents: Ethics in the Fintech Era https://youtu.be/5fvBBZ5H8RQ … [Read more...] about Interview of Marta Rocchi

  It is not always easy to understand the motivations of an organisation to make claims about the ethical attributes of a product, a service or the company as a brand. Does it reflect a real commitment to adopt high ethical standards or is the goal to make the company more ethical than it actually is? What is “ethical washing” and how can it be detected? Can regulation foster ethical business practices? Alumni of the global Prize “Ethics & Trust in Finance for a Sustainable Future” … [Read more...] about Is ethical washing dangerous?

  The development of digital technology is opening up the opportunity for providing essential financial services to most people. However, despite the opportunities brought by digital finance, significant challenges remain in terms of social inclusion. Alumni of the global Prize “Ethics & Trust in Finance for a Sustainable Future” share their insights on this issue: can digital finance contribute to economic justice? How can digital finance meet the needs of the old, the poor or the … [Read more...] about How does Digital Finance affect social inclusion?

    Ethical banking involves consciousness of how banking practices affect individuals, society and the environment. However, the term “ethical banking” is a broad one which covers a wide range of ideas and concepts. Alumni of the global “Ethics & Trust in Finance for a Sustainable Future” share their insights on this issue: some see ethical banks as having positive duties, while some conceive them as banks “putting people before profits” and others describe them as banks … [Read more...] about What does ethical banking mean to you?

    Cultivating the appropriate risk culture is key to successful companies. Employees should be in line with the organization’s mission, values and goals, understand the risk limits and be able to discuss which risks to take or avoid. Failure to build a sound risk culture can create a false belief that the future can be controlled and can cause problems, as happened with many banks. Alumni of the global Prize “Ethics & Trust in Finance for a Sustainable Future” share their … [Read more...] about What does risk culture mean to you?