Rules for the Ethics in Finance - Robin Cosgrove Prize

Objectives
The Ethics in Finance - Robin Cosgrove Prize aims to encourage and
promote: (a) Awareness of the fundamental role of ethics in the world of finance; (b)
Precise identification of ethical issues in financial activities and institutions, in both
the public and private sectors; (c) Implementation of initiatives and projects
concerning teaching and legislating for ethics in finance.
Candidates are invited to submit written papers that have not been previously
published that examine the role of ethics in finance, especially taking account of the
three aspects of the question mentioned above. The papers could be analytical in
character or they could be proposals for practical projects. In all cases, they should
meet three criteria: intellectual rigour, innovative ideas, and clear conclusions. The
maximum permitted length of the papers is 5,000 words or up to 30,000 characters,
including spaces and annexes.

Jury
The Jury has been delegated by the Organisers with the task of selecting the
most meritorious contributions from the eligible candidates and of designating the
prizewinners.
The Jury is composed of eminent persons who sit in their private capacity on a
pro bono basis. The members of the Jury are also active in financial institutions as
well as in the academic world, the media, non-governmental organisations, and
regulatory agencies.
The Jury will deal with the papers on an anonymous and confidential basis.
The Jury will work in two stages: first, it will select a restricted number of contributions
to be nominated for the Prize, and secondly it will designate one or more
prizewinners and allocate the sum of USD20,000 between them.
Decisions of the Jury are definitive and no appeal will be permitted. The Jury's
methodology remains confidential and will not be divulged.
The Jury reserves the right not to award the Prize.

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The Prize Secretariat
The Observatoire de la Finance is the Secretariat for the Prize. It coordinates
the work of the Jury, distributes information, takes charge of the website and, for the
candidates, it is the sole interface with the Prize, excluding any personal contact with
members of the Jury.
The address for all correspondence is:
Observatoire de la Finance
24, rue de l’Athénée
1206 Geneva – Switzerland
Tel. +41 (0)22 346 30 35
Email : info@robincosgroveprize.org

The Application Dossier

To be eligible, candidates must be persons aged, at the oldest, 35 years (born
after 1 April 1976). Contributions from more than one author are eligible on condition
that all the authors meet the age criteria.
Texts should be submitted either in English or in French, the two official
languages of the Prize. In the event that the original paper is written in another
language, this version may also be attached to the application.
Candidates are required to use the "Expression of Interest" form on the
website in order to establish a contact with the secretariat, in advance of submission.
The application dossier should comprise the following:
the Official application form completed and signed ;
a copy of an official and valid identity document showing the date of birth
and a recent photograph (for all authors);
the text in English or French, formatted according to the instructions given;
if a translation is submitted, the text in the original language may be
attached;
a signed declaration by the author(s) stipulating that they wholly own the
rights relative to the text and that it is free of any plagiarism;
a declaration renouncing temporarily the publication of the text submitted for
the Prize and a commitment to cede to the organisers the right to publish the
text in English or in French as an original publication, in the event that the text
were to be selected by the Jury;
an authorisation to publish the name and photograph of the candidate in the
event that they are prizewinners, as part of the promotion of the Prize.
The complete application dossier must reach the secretariat of the Prize by no
later than 31 of March 2011 Application dossiers will not be returned.

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Previous nominees and winners conditions
Winners of previous editions of the Robin Cosgrove Prize could not take part
in the Prize anymore.
Nominees, people whose papers were selected by the Jury for the final round
and whose names was published on the Prize’s website, can participate again.
However, they are requested to submit a new paper on a different subject.

Announcement of the Prize

The nominees will be informed during autumn 2011. The prizewinners will be
announced at a special ceremony to be held late 2011.
The winning texts will be published in the Journal "Finance & the Common
Good/Bien Commun".

Applicable law and jurisdiction

The present Rules and the awarding of the Robin Cosgrove Prize are subject
to Swiss law. In the case of litigation between a candidate and the organisers of the
Prize, the place of jurisdiction for all legal action is Geneva, subject to an eventual
appeal to the Federal Tribunal at Lausanne.
Participation in the Prize competition indicates that candidates accept these
rules.

Ethics in Finance - Robin Cosgrove Prize

c/o Observatoire de la Finance - 24rue de l’Athénée - 1206 Geneva - Switzerland
Tel. +41 (0)22 346 30 35 - Fax +41 (0)22 789 14 60 - Email : info@robincosgroveprize.org
www.robincosgroveprize.org