The Dean of the School of Economics, Ignacio Ferrero, and the researcher of Markets, Culture and Ethics Research Centre (MCE), Marta Rocchi, receive the first award research and programs of study Rafael Termes Carreró at the twelfth edition of the Christmas Dinner of La Fundació Catalana d'Analistes Financers.

The Catalan Delegation of the Spanish Financial Analysts' Association high school , which brings together more than 1,500 analysts and financial professionals from all over Spain, wished to recognize in this way the research work carried out by Ferrero and Rocchi in the field of financial ethics.

The study, graduate Wall Street and the (ir)relevance of ethics: The training of the character of financial analysts, takes as its starting point the thesis raised in 2015 by the Scottish philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre at article "The Irrelevance of Ethics".

Following this, Ferrero and Rocchi offer a reflection on the meaning of humanistic disciplines in the academic training of finance professionals and the role of virtues in financial activity.

The recently inaugurated award de research y Estudio Rafael Termes Carreró, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the IEAF last year, has been awarded in recognition of the work of research and study in the professional field of action of financial analysts carried out by Ferrero and Rocchi.

The award, awarded at report of the founder of the IEAF, Rafael Termes, has an economic endowment of €15,000 to the researchers who, in addition, will have the opportunity to present the study at La Fundació Catalana d'Analistes Financers next January. The jury, previously appointed by the board Board of Directors of La Fundació, is made up of Cirus Andreu, Ramón Adell, Eduardo Martínez Abascal, Josep Lluís Oller and Jordi Melé.

Ignacio Ferrero, Dean of the School of Economics at the University of Navarra, is researcher and professor of Business Ethics. Member of the Academy of Management and of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN), he has been Visiting Scholar at Bentley, Harvard and Notre Dame University. He has published several books and articles on business ethics. Marta Rocchi is a researcher at the Markets, Culture and Ethics Research Centre (MCE), associated with the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. She is a researcher in the field of business ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility. She has been awarded by the Society for Business Ethics for her programs of study in Business Ethics and has been Visiting Scholar at Bentley University in Boston.