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Strategies To Reduce Risks Associated With Corporate Social Responsibility Lending, Victor Johnson
Strategies To Reduce Risks Associated With Corporate Social Responsibility Lending, Victor Johnson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Bank managers have transacted six trillion dollars of new loans in low and moderate income (LMI) communities because of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) mandate. CRA originated mortgages accounted for over 42% of the defaulted loans because of limited risk strategies. Based on the Aguilera conceptual framework, the purpose of this exploratory single case study was to explore the strategies CSR bank managers used to reduce the risks associated with lending in LMI communities. Data were collected and analyzed from semistructured interviews of five bank managers working in one financial organization located within the U.S. Northeast. Data also included the …