Banks and society – rebuilding trust

Tony Weekes considers a new report from the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility

It is just over two and a half years since Lehman Brothers bank filed a petition for bankruptcy. The event was a defining moment in recent times and the shock waves are still affecting us. A few weeks later banks in Britain and Ireland were pleading for help from their respective governments. Several banks, in consequence, are now in substantial public ownership.

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