Money and morals

In a series of videos and articles by FT commentators and contributors, we look at higher issues than the bottom line and at calls for a moral code to underpin financial activities at a time of anger over bonuses and the role of the financial sector in the downturn.

A moral code for bankers
City Editor Andrew Hill, in the first of a series of four videos, looks at Victorian thinker John Ruskin, who believed “There is no wealth but life”, and what his views have to show us today.

Lombard
One particular Ruskin book – Unto This Last, his short but passionate 1862 critique of market economics – has real relevance to the pay debate.

Tame the markets to make capitalism ethical
We can begin to reattach capitalism to its moral moorings, writes Lazard International chairman Ken Costa.

FT Arena blog
Debate with FT commentators and contributors on whether we need a firmer moral underpinning for the banking and financial sectors.

Letters
“It is difficult to deny that, in recent years, behaviour in the wholesale financial services industry has resulted in a severe loss of trust,” leading financiers write in a letter to the FT.