In probing corruption leads in the Vatican Bank, Italian financial police stumbled onto a plot in July 2012 to smuggle €20 million
into Italy. The alleged culprits included a monsignor, a financial broker, and a former
member of Italy’s secret service. For his part, the cleric was said to have had
people pretend to give him donations of €560,000 so he could furtively pay the financial
broker for his role. Crime, Italian politics, and the Vatican Bank: hardly a
novel discordant tune even then. That not just any bank, but that of a church, could
stray so far from what would reasonably be expected from a bank whose formal
name is the Institute of Religious Works still boggles the mind. Even so, the intersection
of ethics, religion and business is fraught with complexity. A religious
verdict from ethical premises is
possible nevertheless.
The full essay is at "Business Ethics in the Vatican."
The full essay is at "Business Ethics in the Vatican."
