Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Entrepreneurship, Venture Finance and Ethics -- The Value of Country-Level Perceived Ethics to Entrepreneurs Around the World / April Knill -- Do Private Equity-Backed Buyouts Respond Better to Financial Distress than PLCs? / Robert Cressy and Hisham Farag -- Philanthropic Venture Capitalists' Post-Investment Involvement with Portfolio Social Enterprises: What Do They Actually Do? / Mariarosa Scarlata and Luisa Alemany -- Law and Corruption in Venture Capital and Private Equity / Douglas Cumming, Grant Fleming, Sofia Johan and Dorra Najar -- Overview / Robert Cressy, Douglas Cumming and Chris Mallin.

Part 2. he Impact of Regulation and Financial Structure on Ethics and Governance -- The Development of the UK Alternative Investment Market: Its Growth and Governance Challenges / Chris Mallin and Kean Ow-Yong -- Controlling Shareholders' Fiduciary Duties Owed to Minority Shareholders - A Comparative Approach: The United States and France / Celine Gainet -- Harmonized Regulatory Standards, International Distribution of Investment Funds and the Recent Financial Crisis / Douglas Cumming, Gael Imad'Eddine and Armin Schwienbacher -- Active Management of Socially Responsible Portfolios / Annalisa Fabretti and Stefano Herzel -- A Socially Responsible Portfolio Selection Strategy / Stefano Herzel and Marco Nicolosi.

Part 3. Ethics, Fraud and Managerial Decisions -- Corporate Social Responsibility Boundaries / Celine Gainet -- Voluntary and Mandatory Skin in the Game: Understanding Outside Directors' Stock Holdings / Sanjai Bhagat and Heather Tookes -- The Causes and Financial Consequences of Corporate Frauds / Stefano Bonini and Diana Boraschi-Diaz -- Corporate Governance and Business Strategies for Climate Change and Environmental Mitigation / Raj Aggarwal and Sandra Dow.

Part 4. Ethics and Governance in China -- The Role of Mutual Funds in Deterring Corporate Fraud in China / Wenxuan Hou, Edward Lee and Konstantinos Stathopoulos -- Institutional Shareholders and Executive Compensation: An Ethical View / Shujun Ding, Chunxin Jia, Yuanshun Li and Zhenyu Wu -- Management Buyouts and Board Transformation in China's Transition Economy / Mike Wright, Yao Li and Louise Scholes -- Multiple Large Shareholders and Joint Expropriation with Dividend Payments / Huaili Lv and Wanli Li.