Promoting Corporate Responsibility in Private Banking: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Joining the Wolfsberg Initiative Against Money Laundering

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serval:BIB_2F197077A35A
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Promoting Corporate Responsibility in Private Banking: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Joining the Wolfsberg Initiative Against Money Laundering
Journal
Business & Society
Author(s)
Maggetti M.
ISSN
0007-6503
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2014
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
53
Number
6
Pages
787-819
Language
english
Abstract
In recent years, the fight against money laundering has emerged as a key issue of financial regulation. The Wolfsberg Group is an important multistakeholder agreement establishing corporate responsibility (CR) principles against money laundering in a domain where international coordination remains otherwise difficult. The fact that 10 out of the 25 top private banking institutions joined this initiative opens up an interesting puzzle concerning the conditions for the participation of key industry players in the Wolfsberg Group. The article presents a fuzzy-set analysis of seven hypotheses based on firm-level organizational factors, the macro-institutional context, and the regulatory framework. Results from the analysis of these 25 financial institutions show that public ownership of the bank and the existence of a code of conduct are necessary conditions for participation in the Wolfsberg Group, whereas factors related to the type of financial institution, combined with the existence of a black list, are sufficient for explaining participation.
Keywords
Banking, Corporate responsibility, Fuzzy-set analysis, Regulation, Wolfsberg principles
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03/09/2014 14:06
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20/08/2019 14:13
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