Therefore, ethics and professionalism of individuals in such positions go a long way in ensuring that such errors do not occur. Centrum and other professionals, therefore, must ensure that their mission statements and professional codes of conduct do not remain mere fancy statements but become their raison d’être. 5. Against this backdrop, I will structure my discussions in various segments.
2  BIS Review 27/2004  is equal to its current account balance, such balances, positive or negative, with the exception of the mid-1980s, were therefore generally modest. But in the early 1990s, “home bias” began to diminish appreciably,3 and, hence, the dispersion of current account balances among countries has increased markedly.