Financial Markets – Under the Sign of CSR. Some Evidences Regarding Financial Education

  • Mirela Panait Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania
  • Irina Radulescu Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania
  • Alina Brezoi Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania
Keywords: financial market, CSR, financial education

Abstract

The financial market is in a process of metamorphosis, the international crises being determining factors in the reconfiguration process. In addition, the stakeholders attitude reshapes the different components of the financial markets. Financial consumers have become a force that requires financial institutions to adopt honest and ethical behavior. Portfolio investors also sanction, by specific methods, the inappropriate behavior of companies towards the environment or local communities or encourage listed companies that carry out corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. The stock exchanges and the authorities that supervise and regulate the segments of the financial market are promoters of CSR, both through the power of the example and through specific programs. In this dynamic context, the article aims to carry out an analysis regarding the contribution of financial market actors on promoting the principles of sustainable development and the principles of Global Compact in national economies. The article focuses on the process of financial education in several European countries. The authors identified and analyzed five financial education platforms in selected European countries. The analysis of the statistical data reveals a low interest of financial consumers, especially from the countries from the former communist bloc.

Author Biographies

Mirela Panait, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania

Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania

Irina Radulescu, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania

Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania

Alina Brezoi, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania

Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania

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Published
2020-07-13
How to Cite
Panait, M., Radulescu, I., & Brezoi, A. (2020). Financial Markets – Under the Sign of CSR. Some Evidences Regarding Financial Education. LUMEN Proceedings, 11, 96-106. https://doi.org/10.18662/lumproc/gekos2020/11