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| moral discourse | using understanding and intellectual procedures and judgement criteria that all participants affirm |
| multi-culturism | Every race or ethnic group has its own values and characteristic behaviors, that no group's values are any better or worse than any other's, and that criticism of another culture's ideas and actions is wrong |
| Just laws | A man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God |
| Hedge Funds | private investment funds that pool capital from investors and use specific strategies to generate a return on investment. |
| Capital Venture | a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth (in terms of number of employees, annual revenue, or both). |
| Commodity Futures Modernization Act | United States federal legislation that officially ensured modernized regulation of financial products known as over-the-counter derivatives. It was signed into law on December 21, 2000 by President Bill Clinton. |
| Dodd Frank Bill | a United States federal law that places regulation of the financial industry in the hands of the government. |
| rating Agencies | Companies that assess the creditworthiness of both debt securities and their issuers. In the United States, the three primary bond rating agencies are Standard and Poor's, Moody's and Fitch. |
