Home Capital Group—The High Cost of Dishonesty Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractThis instructional case presents the problems that began in the summer of 2015 when Home Capital Group (HCG) announced it had cut ties with 45 mortgage brokers for falsifying figures on mortgage applications regarding the earnings of prospective home purchasers in Canada. The case details the subsequent investigation by the Ontario Securities Commission in 2017 that resulted in a run on the bank and consequent efforts by HCG to stay afloat. While emphasizing the importance of strong corporate governance and corporate social responsibility initiatives, this case also stresses the influence of various stakeholders including short‐sellers, regulators, shareholders, management, depositors, and customers in the evolution of subsequent events. As a whole, this case provides an interesting context for the discussion of stock market efficiency.

authors

• Brown, Kareen
• Veenstra, Kevin

status

• published 

publication date

• June 2018

has subject area

• 1501 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability (FoR)
• 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment (FoR)
• Accounting (Science Metrix)

published in

• Accounting Perspectives  Journal

keywords

• Accounting theory
• Banking
• Business & Economics
• Business, Finance
• Corporate governance
• Corporate social responsibility
• Social Sciences

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/1911-3838.12170

start page

• 307

end page

• 322

volume

• 17

issue

• 2