Strings Attached : Untangling the Ethics of Incentives /

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Incentives can be found everywhere--in schools, businesses, factories, and government--influencing people's choices about almost everything, from financial decisions and tobacco use to exercise and child rearing. So long as people have a choice, incentives seem innocuous. But Strings Attached d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grant, Ruth W. (Ruth Weissbourd), 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Political psychology.
Political ethics.
Motivation (Psychology)
Incentive (Psychology)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Morale politique.
Psychologie politique.
Motivation (Psychologie)
Stimulants (Psychologie)
Motivation
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Incentives can be found everywhere--in schools, businesses, factories, and government--influencing people's choices about almost everything, from financial decisions and tobacco use to exercise and child rearing. So long as people have a choice, incentives seem innocuous. But Strings Attached demonstrates that when incentives are viewed as a kind of power rather than as a form of exchange, many ethical questions arise: How do incentives affect character and institutional culture? Can incentives be manipulative or exploitative, even if people are free to refuse them? What are the responsibiliti.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9781400839742

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