Sustainable Banking. Implications for an Ethical Dimension of Finance of Social Enterprise Performance Cover Image

Bankowość zrównoważona. Implikacje dla etycznego wymiaru finansowania działalności przedsiębiorstw społecznych
Sustainable Banking. Implications for an Ethical Dimension of Finance of Social Enterprise Performance

Author(s): Paweł Mikołajczak
Subject(s): National Economy, Financial Markets
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: sustainable banking; social entrepreneurship; credit; ethical finance; bankowość zrównoważona; społeczna przedsiębiorczość; kredyt, finansowanie etyczne

Summary/Abstract: The article evaluates potential of sustainable banking as an important element of ethical financesystem, supporting social enterprises financially. The article describes an alternative character ofethical banking against the risks resulting from the involvement of social external investors intoinvestment ventures realized by social enterprises. Thus, it analyzes selected financial indexes ofethical banks against commercial banking institutions and it also assesses principles and criteriaof finance by sustainable banking. Conclusions refer to non-credit forms of social enterprise finance.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 104
  • Page Range: 287-301
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English
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