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  • HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS M2 BF 2023-2024

    • Homework Assignment for Week 7 (5 March)

      Read the following text:

      “Cryptocurrencies and Business Ethics” by Claus Dierksmeier and Peter Seele, in the Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 152, No. 1 (September 2018), pp. 1-14

      As usual, Pick Five Words, expressions or phrases that you’ve learnt or thought worthy of being remembered/highlighted.

       Choose one (or two) idea(s)/claim(s)/argument(s) put forward in the article that you’ve found particularly  interesting, thought-provoking or objectionable, Explain it and Discuss it (15-20 lines)


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      TEXT for Week 7: Cryptocurrencies and Business Ethics Fichier
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    • Homework Assignment for Week 6 (27 February)

      Read the following texts:

       A. “Islamic Banks and Central Banking” by Arshadur Raman (Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, 2017 Q3)

      B. “Islamizing finance: From magical capitalism to a spiritual economy” by Daromir Rudnyckyj, Anthropology Today, Vol. 32, December 2016

      As usual, Pick Five Words, expressions or phrases that you’ve learnt or thought worthy of being remembered/highlighted.

       

      Choose one (or two) idea(s)/claim(s)/argument(s) made in one article that you’ve found particularly  interesting, thought-provoking or objectionable, Explain it and Discuss it (15-20 lines)


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      Text A for Week 7 Islamic Banks and Central Banking Fichier
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      Text B for Week 7 : Islamizing Finance Fichier
      5.7 Mo

    • Homework Assignment for Week 5 (13 FEBRUARY)

      READ the paper entitled “How Religious Beliefs Influence Financial Decison-Making” by Jillian Alderman, Joetta Forsyth, and Richard Walton, published in the Graziado Business Review in 2017. The text (in downloadable pdf format) is posted below as usual.

      PICK at least FIVE words, expressions or phrases that you’ve learnt or found interesting/striking/useful enough to be remembered

      DISCUSS one point/claim/idea put forward in the paper regarding the influence of religion, religious ethics and beliefs on financial decision making that you have found particularly interesting, thought provoking or objectionable (give your opinion, whether critical, enthusiastic)- 15-20 lines


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      Text for Week 5 - How Religious Beliefs Influence Financial Decision-Making Fichier
      298.0 Ko Document PDF

    • Homework Assignment for Week 3

      READ the two short texts entitled “Banks with More Women on Their Boards Commit Less Fraud” (An Interview with B. Casu, Harvard Business Review, May-June 2021) and “Gender-balanced Leadership, Guarding Financial Stability in Crisis Times” (Speech by Antoinette Sayeh, then IMF Deputy Managing Director, June 10 2020).

      PICK at least FIVE words, expressions or phrases that you’ve learnt or found interesting/striking/useful enough to be remembered

      DISCUSS one point/claim/idea put forward by Barbara Casu or by Antoinette Sayeh that you have found particularly interesting, thought provoking or objectionable (give your opinion, whether critical, enthusiastic)- 15-20 lines


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      Text B for Week 3: Gender and Leadership (HBR) Fichier
      103.7 Ko
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      Text A for Week 3: More Women Less Fraud (HBR) Fichier
      255.4 Ko

    • Homework Assignment for Week 2

      READ the case study published in the Harvard Business Review entitled “Can an ‘Ethical’ Bank Support Guns and Fracking?” (C. Marquis and J. Almandoz,  with contributions from “experts” Ken LaRoe and John Replogle). [NB: dowloadable/readable PDF posted below].

      PICK at least FIVE words, expressions or phrases that you’ve learnt or found interesting/striking/useful enough to be remembered

      SUMMARIZE briefly the moral dilemma facing Rocky Mountain Green Bank, its founder and its board

      ANSWER the following question: Do you agree with the experts’ assessment of the situation? Give your opinion


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      Text for Week 2: 'Ethical' Bank, Guns and Fracking Fichier
      5.1 Mo

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