Part I. Thinking About Animals -- 1. Psychological Mechanisms Involved in Human-Animal Interactions: How Do Humans Cognize About Animals? / Catherine E. Amiot, Brock Bastian -- 2. Understanding the Moral Implications of Morgan's Canon / Maria Botero -- 3. Animal Intelligence / John M. Pearce --...

"This book explores the economic institutions that determine the nature of animal lives as systematically exploited objects traded in a market economy. It examines human roles and choice in the system, including the economic logic of agriculture, experimentation, and animal ownership, and...

Evelina Sander rekonstruiert den Demographie-Diskurs in Deutschland. mit Blick auf das Personalfeld und setzt dabei den Schwerpunkt auf die Periode nach der Jahrtausendwende. In ihrer auf der Wissenssoziologischen Diskursanalyse basierenden Untersuchung geht die Autorin folgenden Fragen nach:...

Despite the medial importance of activities and practises of corporate leadership, the mechanisms of their transmission and their effects have been neglected in prior literature. The goal of this paper is to develop a communications model that reflects the relation of activities and practises of...

CSR encompasses broad questions about the changing relationship between business, society, and government. An authoritative review of the academic research that has both prompted, and responded to, these issues, the text provides clear thinking and perspectives on CSR and the debates around it.

This book analyses the role banks play in the provision of aggressive tax planning arrangements. It examines the nature of banking, the complex structured financing transactions developed by banks and how they are then used by both banks and their clients. It also explores the internal...

Introduction / Kleio Akrivou -- Part I the common good in history: virtue epistemology as knowledge foundation for the relationships between institutions, society and person(s) -- 1. The merchant and the common good: social paradigms and the state's influence in western history / Agustín...