Immoral but not illegal: monies vs mores amid the mortgage meltdown
探讨了当法律与公众道德认知不一致时，商业伦理的争议，以美国次贷危机为例，分析不同时代法律逻辑的演变如何影响对行为的评判。
Discussions of ethics become especially intense when the law governing actions taken is at variance with public perception of its correctness. In the US, famous cases illustrating this point include the Scopes trial (about teaching evolution in public schools) and Roe v. Wade (permitting women the right to an abortion). In the realm of business ethics, a clear instance of this disconnect between questionable actions taken and their legal ramifications occurs with the subprime mortgage ‘meltdown’ and its impact on the US and world economies. Here, we consider this case in the broader context of the continuing evolution and cycles of legal logics, noting how – depending on which dominates in a particular era – actions deemed punishable in one epoch may not be seen as violations in another.