23698 - Ethical Finance

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Management for Social Economy (cod. 8843)

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to deal with the ethics approach to the financial market in all its aspects: banking and financial management. At the end of the course the student is able: to know the risks and the peculiarities which the financial activity must face with regard to ethics; to have a general knowledge of the literature dealing with the ethical behavior of the banker and of the trader; to analyze the ethical challenges which the modern society must face with regard to the financial relationships.

Course contents

  • What is ethics?

  • Business ethics: definitions, reasons to face these issues, historical evolution, benefits from ethical behaviors

  • Ethics in listed companies and their behavior towards stakeholders

    • Corporate social responsibility

    • Corporate governance

    • Illegal practices (Insider trading and Market manipulation)

  • Investor ethics

  • Socially responsible funds
  • Impact investing: Microfinance, Social impact bonds, Venture philanthropy, Crowdfunding

Readings/Bibliography

Study and reading material will be distributed during the course and will be available on the platform “Insegnamenti on line”.

As attending the course is not mandatory, there is no difference between attending students and not attending students.

Teaching methods

The program of the course will be presented in-depth in class. Theoretical and practical classes will be provided. Practical classes will be based on the resolution of exercises and on the participation to specific seminars.

Assessment methods

Valuation is based on a written exam.

The structure of the exam is based on 15 Multiple Choices and 2 open questions. The exam lasts 60 minutes.

The Ethical Finance module belongs to the integrated course “Finanza per le Aziende Non Profit” also composed by the module of “Funds Raising”. The weight of the vote obtained in each module is 50%.

The correct answer to a Multiple Choice gives 2 points. There is no penalty for the wrong answer and there is only one correct answer. Each open question has a value up to 8 points.

Students are not allowed to use notes or books.

A list of the most important formulas is provided with the exam text.

The final mark is expressed in thirties.

The course will be taught during the second semester. Two calls will be set during the summer period (June-July) and a third call will be set in in September. A call will be set in the first half of February on request of at least one student.

Teaching tools

The teaching tools are the projector and the blackboard.

Office hours

See the website of Barbara Petracci