Paul H. Dembinski (born May 16, 1955 in Krakow) is a Polish-Swiss economist.

Life

Paul Dembinski studied economics and political science in Krakow, Geneva, Fribourg, Cameroon and at

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's St. Anthony College. Starting in 1979, he was a research assistant at the University of Geneva. That same year, he obtained a postgraduate diploma in international relations from the

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in Geneva. In 1982, he received his doctorate in economics from the

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. In 1990, he became an associate professor at the

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where he holds the professorship for strategy and international competition. He also teaches at the

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in Milan. Dembinski is director of the Geneva-based "Observatoire de la finance" (Obsfin), founded in 1996, which is committed to business ethics. He is an expert for non-governmental organizations such as UNCTAD, OECD and ILO. Together with Alain Schoenenberger, he is the founder of the Institute for Socio-Economic Studies Eco'Diagnostic.Paul H. Dembinski – Ecodiagnostic
/ref> He has published numerous papers on topics of economic and financial globalization.

Selected work

* The Logic of the Planned Economy: The Seeds of the Collapse, 1991, *Enron and World Finance: A Case Study in Ethics. Palgrave Macmillan, New York/Basingstoke 2005, * Finance: Servant or Deceiver? Financialization at the crossroad. Palgrave Macmillan, New York/Basingstoke 2009, * Thinking Ethics while Learning Finance: Ethical Issues in Practice and Theory. Palgrave Macmillan, New York/Basingstoke 2009, * zusammen mit Barbara Fryzel: The Role of Large Enterprises in Democracy and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, New York/Basingstoke 2010 * Trust & Ethics in Finance, Globethics 2012 * zusammen mit Simona Beretta: Beyond the Financial Crisis: Towards a Christian Perspective for Action, Caritas in Veritate Foundation 2014 * Ethique et Responsabilité en Finance – Quo Vadis?, Editions Revue Banque Paris 2015

References

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni 20th-century Polish economists Living people 1955 births 21st-century Swiss economists {{Switzerland-economist-stub