El caso de R. Foster Winans, convicto por tráfico de información privilegiada en Wall Street. La frontera entre ética y legalidad
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: R. Foster Winans was a well-known American journalist, author of Heard on The Street column and with great influence among readers of The Wall Street Journal. He decided to use the information obtained for journalistic purposes to get economic benefits. He worked with two brokers, who bought and sold stocks in Wall Street, using the information that Winans provided them, before being published in his column. Winans and the two stockbrokers were convicted for their plot. However, the journalist believes that beyond the lack of ethics, his conduct was not illegal.
Source: Historia y Comunicación Social
DOI: 10.5209/hics.54374
Author: Yolanda Berdasco Gancedo
Institution: Universidad a Distancia de Madrid
Language: Spanish
Topic: Journalism and Media Studies
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2565499186