Financial Ethics and Professional Conduct

This course focuses on the ethical issues confronting financial professionals, including extensive coverage of the recent financial crisis and the very latest developments affecting ethics within the financial world. Instruction includes an overview of the ethical standards in finance, including the primary elements necessary to make proper ethical decisions. The course also covers key definitions, issues, and general theories of business and finance ethics, citing examples from the recent scandals that have shaken public confidence in Wall Street and the world financial markets. Main topic areas include overview and fundamentals of finance ethics; ethics and the retail customer; ethics in investments; ethics in the financial markets; and ethics in financial management. Students leave the course with a better overall understanding of ethical issues confronting financial professionals and how to apply ethical behavior in everyday business practices.