The appropriate banker and the need for ontological re-positioning

Sten Jönsson ()
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Sten Jönsson: Gothenburg Research Institute, Postal: School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Box 600, SE 40530 Göteborg, Sweden, http://www.gri.gu.se

No 2012:5, GRI-rapport from University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg Research Institute GRI

Abstract: It is obvious that the bankers of this world have failed miserably. Top managers have failed to know what was going on in their organization (or worse). At lower levels of bank the employees have failed to realize that they were gambling with other people’s money. Professionally and morally the financial crisis is a disaster. The problems for regulators and scholars are profound. There are compelling reasons to seek new bearings by re-positioning the banker as a responsible person in a socially responsible industry. Such re-positioning is an exercise in ontological reasoning on “the appropriate banker”. It uses actor-network-theory, dialogue studies, virtue ethics, and a socio-cultural approach to learn to build a model to guide observation of bankers in action. In her practice the main risk for the appropriate banker is ‘disconnect’ (not listed among the risks bank management systems should model).

Keywords: Financial Crisis; virtue ethics; bank management; ontology; managerial disconnect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2012-05-21
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