The Ethics of Credit Rating Agencies: What Happened and the Way Forward
During the short span of a few months in 2008, 14 trillion dollars of highly rated bonds fell into junk status, surprising the global financial system and accelerating an economic decline. The result was the worst fracture of the US financial system since the Great Depression. Credit rating agencies...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2012
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| In: |
Journal of business ethics
Year: 2012, Volume: 111, Issue: 4, Pages: 477-490 |
| Further subjects: | B
Corporate Responsibility
B SEC B credit crisis B Ethics B 2008 Subprime meltdown B Rating bonds B Business Ethics B Finance ethics B Finance B Securities B Credit rating agencies (CRAs) |
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