No Body to Kick, No Soul to Damn: Responsibility and Accountability for the Financial Crisis (2007–2010)

This article takes the 2008–2010 financial crisis as a case study to explore the tension between responsibility and accountability in complex crises. I analyze the patterns of attribution and assumption of responsibility of thirty-three bankers in Wall Street, interviewed from fall 2008 to summer 20...

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Main Author: Nicol, Olivia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2018
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2018, Volume: 151, Issue: 1, Pages: 101-114
Further subjects:B attribution of responsibility
B Financial Crisis
B Assumption of responsibility
B Accounts
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