Nimi Wariboko (born April 4, 1962) is an academic and Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics at

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, United States. He was born in

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. With a background is in

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he worked as a banker in

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and as a strategy consultant to some of the top investment banks on

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. Previously he also worked as a journalist in Lagos. He is today primarily known as an academic and

ethicist An ethicist is one whose judgment on ethics and ethical codes has come to be trusted by a specific community, and (importantly) is expressed in some way that makes it possible for others to mimic or approximate that judgment. Following the advice of ...

but also continues to act as a management consultant to governments and corporations. Professor Wariboko has published extensively in the fields of Christian ethics and economics including God and Money: A Theology of Money in a Globalizing World which argues for a denationalized global currency.

Selected publications

*Wariboko, Nimi (1999). Counterfoil Choices in the Kalabari Life Cycle, African Studies Quarterly, Volume 3, Issue 1 *Wariboko, Nimi (2009). The Principle of Excellence: A Framework for Social Ethics. Lexington Books

References

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