What Price the Moral High Ground? : How to Succeed without Selling Your Soul /

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Financial disasters--and stories of the greedy bankers who precipitated them--seem to underscore the idea that self-interest will always trump concerns for the greater good. Indeed, this idea is supported by the prevailing theories in both economics and evolutionary biology. But is it valid? In What...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frank, Robert H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Responsabilite sociale.
Entreprise.
Concurrence.
Cooperation.
Reussite dans les affaires.
Morale des affaires.
Bilan social.
Succes dans les affaires.
Competitivite (economie politique)
Cooperation (psychologie) > Aspect moral.
Ethische aspecten.
Samenwerking.
Concurrentie.
Bedrijfsethiek.
Unternehmensethik
Cooperativeness > Moral and ethical aspects.
Business ethics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
Morale des affaires > Congres.
Entreprises > Responsabilite sociale.
Cooperation (Psychologie) > Aspect moral.
Economic Competition
Competition.
Social responsibility of business.
Success in business.
Business ethics > Congresses.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Infectious Good; PART I. DOING WELL; 1. Forging Commitments That Sustain Cooperation; 2. Can Cooperators Find One Another?; 3. Adaptive Rationality and the Moral Emotions; 4. Can Socially Responsible Firms Survive in Competitive Environments?; PART II. DOING GOOD; 5. What Price the Moral High Ground?; 6. Local Status, Fairness, and Wage Compression Revisited; 7. Motivation, Cognition, and Charitable Giving; PART III. FORGING BETTER OUTCOMES; 8. Social Norms as Positional Arms-Control Agreements; 9. Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation?
  • Appendix: Ethics QuestionnaireEpilogue: The Importance of Sanctions; References; Index.

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