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Professional Ethics in Banking Flashcards

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  1. A banker learns that a long-standing corporate client is involved in fraudulent billing practices. The most appropriate initial action is to:

    Answer: Consult compliance and legal immediately to assess reporting obligations

    Suspected fraud must be escalated to compliance and legal immediately to determine regulatory reporting obligations such as a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR).

  2. Which of the following describes 'ethical risk' in a banking context?

    Answer: The risk that unethical conduct leads to legal penalties, reputational damage, or financial loss

    Ethical risk encompasses the potential for misconduct to result in regulatory sanctions, reputational harm, and financial losses for the institution.

  3. A bank analyst inflates a client's income figures on a loan application at the client's request. This action constitutes:

    Answer: Loan fraud and a serious ethical and legal violation

    Falsifying loan application data is mortgage or loan fraud, which is both a criminal offense and a fundamental ethical breach.

  4. The 'duty of loyalty' in banking ethics primarily requires that employees:

    Answer: Act in the best interest of the bank and its clients, avoiding self-dealing

    The duty of loyalty prohibits self-dealing and requires banking professionals to place the bank's and clients' interests above personal gain.

  5. Under ethical guidelines for banking professionals, how should a banker handle a situation where a supervisor pressures them to approve a fraudulent transaction?

    Answer: Refuse and escalate to compliance, senior management, or a regulatory hotline

    Pressure from superiors does not justify participating in fraud; the banker must refuse and escalate through proper channels including regulators if necessary.

  6. A bank's anti-bribery policy prohibits 'facilitation payments.' This means employees cannot:

    Answer: Make small unofficial payments to expedite routine government actions

    Facilitation payments are unofficial payments made to government officials to expedite routine actions, which are prohibited under anti-bribery laws such as the FCPA.

  7. An ethical framework that evaluates banking decisions based on their outcomes for the greatest number of stakeholders is best associated with:

    Answer: Utilitarian ethics

    Utilitarian ethics evaluates actions by the net benefit they produce for the greatest number of stakeholders.