if the public interest is defined as maintaining the orderly functioning of
commerce. From a different ideological perspective, such as a “liberal social democratic
perspective,”[3] the code might also be viewed as being consistent, in that an emphasis
on integrity in resolving social conflicts would be viewed as congruent with the
pragmatic aspects of a liberal social democratic perspective (Rorty, 1982; Merino, 1993).
Moreover, well-functioning capital markets might be seen as fostering the objectives of
social welfare that are important to a liberal social democratic perspective