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Managerial Incentives For Esg In The Financial Servies Industry - Direct And Indirect Assotion Betwn Esg And Executive Compensation, Jooh Lee, Rachel Koh, Eunsup Daniel Shim
Managerial Incentives For Esg In The Financial Servies Industry - Direct And Indirect Assotion Betwn Esg And Executive Compensation, Jooh Lee, Rachel Koh, Eunsup Daniel Shim
Rohrer College of Business Faculty Scholarship
This study investigates the empirical association between environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) performance and top executive compensation in the US financial services industry. Considering that financial firms can inflict systemic shocks across the economy, it has been argued that they must conduct ethical and sustainable business in accordance with ESG principles. This study examines whether ESG efforts are beneficial to managers
A Reparatory Model Of Ethical Silence, Yuanmei Qu, Mayowa Babalola, Mozzam Ali, Jennifer Harrison, Muhammad Usman
A Reparatory Model Of Ethical Silence, Yuanmei Qu, Mayowa Babalola, Mozzam Ali, Jennifer Harrison, Muhammad Usman
Rohrer College of Business Faculty Scholarship
Drawing from the appraisal theory of emotion and self-conscious emotions literature, this study proposes a reparatory model of ethical silence at work. We posit that when employees maintain silence on ethical issues, they experience feelings of guilt. This guilt, in turn, propels them to engage in ethical performance as reparatory behaviors. Results from a multisource, three-wave field study supported these hypotheses. Overall, this research contributes to silence literature and provides insights into how and when ethical silence may, paradoxically, facilitate more ethical performance later on.
Par Funding: A Fabulous Fraud Founded In Philly, Edward J. Schoen
Par Funding: A Fabulous Fraud Founded In Philly, Edward J. Schoen
Rohrer College of Business Faculty Scholarship
This case describes a recent iteration of the Ponzi scheme originated in 1920 by Charles Ponzi: creating a plausible investment, attracting investors, using the money from more recent investors to pay off earlier investors, and earning a substantial profit, estimated to be $15 million (worth $220 million today).1 While not as big as Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, as a result of which he was sentenced to 150 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $170 billion to his victims,2 the Federal district court in Miami was asked to order Par Funding’s cofounders, Joseph W. LaForte and his wife, …