2. COUNTRY COMPARISON – AREA (IN SQ.KM.) - CIA – FACTBOOK 595 3. COUNTRY COMPARISON: GDP - GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AT PPP DATE OF INFORMATION (MOSTLY 2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 601 4. COUNTRY COMPARISON: GDP PER CAPITA - GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT ON A PPP DIVIDED BY POPULATION (2013 EST.) - CIA- WORLD FACTBOOK 606 5. COUNTRY COMPARISON: GDP REAL GROWTH RATE, ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION IN % - (MOSTLY 2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 612 6. COUNTRY COMPARISON – GROSS NATIONAL SAVING AS % OF GDP – (MOSTLY 2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 618 7. COUNTRY COMPARISON – INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION GROWTH RATE IN % - (MOSTLY 2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 622 8. COUNTRY COMPARISON – UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN % OF LABOR THAT IS WITHOUT JOBS – (2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 627 LIST OF COUNTRIES BY ANNUAL AVERAGE WAGE - GROSS INCOME, in PPP US$, COMPULSORY DEDUCTION IN %, DISPOSABLE INCOME – OECD – 2012 632 MONTHLY AVERAGE WAGE ADJUSTED TO REFLECT VARIATIONS IN THE COST OF LIVING - ILO - 2009, IN PPP US$ 634 MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND MEDIAN PER-CAPITA INCOME – GALLUP – 2013 – in PPP international dollars 637 ANNUAL MEDIAN EQUIVALISED DIPOSABLE HOUSEHOLD INCOME. DATA ARE IN US$ AT CURRENT PRICES AND CURRENT PPP 2009 - 2012 - 642 9. COUNTRY COMPARISON – INCOME INEQUALITY – DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INCOME - 2007-2013 – GINI INDEX - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 645 POPULATION SHARES OF THE BOTTOM, MIDDLE & TOP INCOME GROUPS – 2004 –ECINEQ 2011 – 217 – SEPTEMBER 2011, STEVEN PRESSMAN ET AL. 649 10. COUNTRY COMPARISON – AND OTHER REVENUES – RECEIVED BY THE GOVERNMENT (2013 EST.) – IN % OF GDP - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 651 Ranking of 151 Countries According to the Size of the Shadow Economy – in % of gdp – the bank – 2010 656 11. COUNTRY COMPARISON – BUDGET SURPLUS (+) OR DEFICIT (-) – EXPRESSED AS % OF GDP - (MOSTLY 2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 662 12. COUNTRY COMPARISON – EXTERNAL DEBT – PRIVATE AND PUBLIC DEBT OWED TO NONRESIDENTS – (2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 668
JOURNAL - FEBRUARY 13, 2015 – EXCHANGE RATES NY CLOSING 773 XE – CURRENCY ENCYCLOPAEDIA 775 24. Corruption Perceptions IndICES IN 2014-2012, 2005, 1996, 1995: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL'S RANKING OF ETHICS & CORRUPTION 778 GLOBAL CORRUPTION BAROMETER/TRANSPARENCYINTERNATIONAL/2013 801 LECTURE OF DR. JACQUES CORY AT TI'S HEADQUARTERS IN BERLIN, 4.6.10 806 RISE & FALL OF BUSINESS ETHICS FOLLOWING 2007/10'S GREAT RECESSION 807 THE MAIN PRINCIPLES FOR THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM IN THE NEW SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY 809 PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS & ETHICS IN ECONOMIC TOWARDS 2020 811 PROFITABILITY AND BUSINESS ETHICS 814 25. WHERE TO BE BORN INDEX, 2013, THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT 820 26. LIST OF FREEDOM INDICES, 2014 – FREEDOM IN THE WORLD INDEX, INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM, PRESS FREEDOM INDEX, Sources - FREEDOM HOUSE, WALL STREET JOURNAL, REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS 825 27. DEMOCRACY INDEX – THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT – 2014 – RANK, OVERALL SCORE 837 28. SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX– SOCIAL PROGRESS IMPERATIVE, 2014, BASED ON WRITINGS: AMARTYA SEN, DOUGLAS NORTH, JOSEPH STIGLITZ 845 29. GDP (PPP) PER HOUR WORKED – 2013 – MEASURES THE PRODUCTIVITY 852 30. GLOBAL INDEX & RATINGS – INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMICS AND PEACE – 2010-2014 RESULTS 856 LIST OF COUNTRIES BY INCARCERATION RATE – 2014 – SOURCE: PRISON BRIEF – INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PRISON STUDIES 865 DEFINITIONS OF THE FRAGILE STATES INDEX – 2015 – FUND FOR PEACE 876 LEVEL OF DISCRIMINATION/VIOLENCE AGAINST MINORITIES – 2015 – OECD 879 LIST OF COUNTIES BY FRAGILE STATES INDEX – 2015 – FUND FOR PEACE 882 31. GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS INDEX – GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS REPORT 2014/2015 – ECONOMIC FORUM 889 32. FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX, 2012, OVERALL INDEX – THE FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2012, WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM 895
APPENDIX 1 – INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES, ANALYSES OF NOVELS, PLAYS, FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES - IN EUROPE, NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA, ASIA– US, UK, RUSSIA, NORWAY, ARGENTINA, FRANCE, SINGAPORE, ISRAEL AND SWITZERLAND; PAUL HAWKEN ON SUSTAINABILITY, WARREN BUFFETT ON ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, JOSEPH STIGLITZ ON GLOBALIZATION & SOCIAL JUSTICE, TEN COMPONENTS OF SUSTAINABLE JUSTICE, THE UNITED NATION'S UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 1023 1. FRANCE - ETHICS FOR MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS IN BANKING & THE EXCHANGE - THE BOOK & FILM "L'ARGENT" BY EMILE ZOLA 1023 2. ISRAEL – BRIBE CASE – ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT TENDERS 1032 3. NORTH AMERICA– TRUST AND FAIRNESS CASE– BRIDGING IN MERGERS 1038 4. ARGENTINA – RIGHTS IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT – THE DOCUMENTARY FILM "THE TAKE" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1050 5. UK AND SINGAPORE – ETHICS IN BANKING – BARINGS BANK – THE FILM "ROGUE TRADER" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1054 6. SOUTH AMERICA – CORRUPTION CASE – ETHICS IN SALES 1056 7. US – SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY – THE FILM "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1062 8. ISRAEL – THE WORTHWHILENESS OF TRUST CASE – THE ETHICS OF VALUATION 1064 9. RUSSIA – CORRUPTION IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT – THE PLAY "REVIZOR" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1070 10. AFRICA AND SWITZERLAND – UNIVERSALITY OF ETHICS – THE PLAY "THE VISIT OF THE OLD LADY" AND THE AFRICAN FILM "HYENAS" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1072 11. NORWAY & INDIA – A WHISTLEBLOWER WITH SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - THE PLAY "AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE" AND THE INDIAN FILM "GANASHATRU" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1075 12. FRANCE & ISRAEL – CULTURAL, ETHICAL & MENTALITY GAPS IN INTERN'L BUSINESS CASE – THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING A POLYGLOT 1080 13. SUSTAINABILITY – PAUL HAWKEN – THE BOOK "THE ECOLOGY OF COMMERCE" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1088 14. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF MODERN BUSINESS TYCOONS – WARREN BUFFETT (BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY) – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1092
23. 131 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - MEDIAN PER-CAPITA INCOME (AND MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME) – GALLUP – 2013 – in PPP international dollars 159 24. 61 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - GDP (PPP) PER HOUR WORKED – 2013 – MEASURES THE PRODUCTIVITY – THE CONFERENCE BOARD & EUROSTAT 164 25. 141 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – INCOME INEQUALITY/DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INCOME/GINI - 2007-2013 - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 168 26. 195 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - National Income (GNI) Per Capita, in 2013 at nominal value, DEVELOPED BY THE World Bank 173 27. 150 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - distribution of wealth - wealth per capita, (AND WEALTH per WEALTH gini) – 2000, ppp$, a 2008 paper of national bureau of economic research 180 28. 203 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN % OF LABOR THAT IS WITHOUT JOBS – (2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 188 29. 192 STATES COMPARISON, TOTAL HEALTH EXPENDITURE PPP PER CAPITA – WHO – WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION – IN PPP INT. $ (& % OF GDP) – 2010 193 30. 190 COUNTRIES COMPARISON, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION RANKING, THE WORLD'S HEALTH SYSTEMS - 2000 203 31. 195 STATES COMPARISON, EDUCATION INDEX, UNITED NATIONS, 2013 206 32. 173 COUNTRIES COMPARISON, CULTURE & COMPOSITE PARAMETER – UNESCO, UN DATA, CIA WORLD FACTBOOK, ETC. – MAINLY 1996-2015 213 33. 50 STATES COMPARISON, U21 RANKING OF NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS – 2014 – UNIVERSITAS 21 – UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 225 34. 130 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX – THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM – HUMAN CAPITAL REPORT – 2016 228 35. 187 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - BY DEVELOPMENT INDEX (HDI) (2013 EST.) - SOURCE: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME'S 233 36. 144 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - INEQUALITY ADJUSTED DEVELOPMENT INDEX – IHDI – BASED ON 2013 AND 2011 ESTIMATES – SOURCE: UNDP - 2014 244 37. 100 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - NEWSWEEK'S WORLD'S BEST COUNTRIES – 2010 – MEASURING EDUCATION, HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE, ECONOMIC DYNAMISM AND POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IN 100 COUNTRIES 248 38. 80 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – TO BE BORN INDEX FOR 2013 – THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT 252
17. 62 COUNTRIES COMPARISON, FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT INDEX, OVERALL, FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT - WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, 2012 41 18. 176 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – COMMERCIAL BANK PRIME LENDING RATE - (MOSTLY 2012 ESTIMATES) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 42 19. 133 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – SOUNDNESS OF BANKS – WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM – 2009 43 20. 131 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – LIST OF COUNTRIES BY CREDIT RATING – STANDARD AND POOR'S – MOSTLY 2016 - WIKIPEDIA 44 21. 187 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - INDEX OF GLOBALIZATION, 2013, KOF/etH SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE 46 22. 139 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – NETWORKED READINESS INDEX – GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REPORT - WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM – 2016 48 23. 131 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - MEDIAN PER-CAPITA INCOME (AND MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME) – GALLUP – 2013 – in PPP international dollars 50 24. 61 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - GDP (PPP) PER HOUR WORKED – 2013 – MEASURES THE PRODUCTIVITY – THE CONFERENCE & EUROSTAT 51 25. 141 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – INCOME INEQUALITY/DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INCOME/GINI - 2007-2013 - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 52 26. 195 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - Gross National Income (GNI) Per Capita, in 2013 at nominal value, DEVELOPED BY THE World Bank 54 27. 150 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - distribution of wealth - wealth per capita, (AND WEALTH per WEALTH gini) – 2000, ppp$, a 2008 paper of national bureau of economic research 56 28. 203 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN % OF THAT IS WITHOUT JOBS – (2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 58 29. 192 STATES COMPARISON, TOTAL HEALTH EXPENDITURE PPP PER CAPITA – WHO – WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION – IN PPP INT. $ (& % OF GDP) – 2010 59 30. 190 COUNTRIES COMPARISON, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION RANKING, THE WORLD'S HEALTH SYSTEMS - 2000 60 31. 195 STATES COMPARISON, EDUCATION INDEX, UNITED NATIONS, 2013 61 32. 173 COUNTRIES COMPARISON, CULTURE & MEDIA COMPOSITE PARAMETER – UNESCO, UN DATA, CIA WORLD FACTBOOK, ETC. – MAINLY 1996-2015 63
48. 159 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – THE HUMAN FREEDOM INDEX – 2014 – PERSONAL, CIVIL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM, PUBLISHED BY THE CATO, FRASER AND FRIEDRICH NAUMANN INSTITUTES 96 49. 183 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – PRESS FREEDOM INDEX – PUBLISHED BY REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS – 2016 100 50. 178 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - environmental performANCE INDEX, EPI - YALE UNIVERSITY, 2014 102 ANALYSIS OF TI'S CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDICES 103 Corruption Perceptions IndICES IN 2014-2012, 2005, 1996, 1995: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL'S RANKING OF ETHICS & CORRUPTION 103 ANALYSIS OF TI'S INDICES OF THE ETHICAL COUNTRIES IN 21 YEARS 1995-2015, AVERAGE, COMPARISON 108 TI'S CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDICES (CPI) IN 2016 AND 2015 110 GLOBAL CORRUPTION BAROMETER/TRANSPARENCYINTERNATIONAL/2013 114 LECTURE OF DR. JACQUES CORY AT TI'S HEADQUARTERS IN BERLIN, 4.6.10 115 PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS & ETHICS IN ECONOMIC TOWARDS 2020 117 PROFITABILITY AND BUSINESS ETHICS 120 22 RELATED PARAMETERS TO 50 CORY PARAMETERS 126 51. 240 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – POPULATION - CIA – WORLD FACTBOOK – DATE OF INFORMATION – MOSTLY JULY 2014 EST. 126 52. 252 STATES COMPARISON, AREA (SQ.KM.), CIA WORLD FACTBOOK, 2014 128 53. 246 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – POPULATION DENSITY – OFFICIAL ESTIMATES, UN – 2017 129 54. 215 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – TAXES AND OTHER REVENUES – RECEIVED BY THE GOVERNMENT (2013 EST.) – IN % OF GDP - CIA - FACTBOOK 130 55. 204 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – EXTERNAL DEBT – PRIVATE AND PUBLIC DEBT OWED TO NONRESIDENTS – (2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 131 56. 169 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – RESERVES OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND GOLD MOSTLY AT THE 31ST OF DECEMBER 2013 - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 132 57. 53 STATES COMPARISON - CURRENCY & EXCHANGE RATE TO US$ - WALL STREET JOURNAL - FEBRUARY 13, 2015 – EXCHANGE NY CLOSING 133 58. 165 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - XE – CURRENCY ENCYCLOPAEDIA 134