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The Structure of the German Banking System and its Ethical Implications

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The Ethical Dimension of Financial Institutions and Markets

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The institutional peculiarities of the German banking system and some consequences for the business ethics of banking shall be investigated in this paper. It analyses the problem of the power potential of banks in the universal banking system and the close bank-industry relationship linked to it.

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  1. Bettina Löhnert
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  1. IESE International Graduate School of Management, University of Navarra, Avenida Pearson 21, 08034, Barcelona, Spain

    Antonio Argandoña (Professor of Ecoomics) (Professor of Ecoomics)

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Löhnert, B. (1995). The Structure of the German Banking System and its Ethical Implications. In: Argandoña, A. (eds) The Ethical Dimension of Financial Institutions and Markets. Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79723-1_13

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