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The Valuation of Decision and Individual Welfare: A Humean Approach

Lapidus, André - HAL - 2010

's distinction between three alternative valuations of an individual position: desire (which leads to action), interest, and …'s reactivity to pleasure, and his preference for present (compared to future) pleasures. On the contrary, interest and happiness do … valuation only coincides with interest in the case of what Hume called a “calm passion”, which gives birth to the greatest …

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Information and Risk in the Medieval Doctrine of Usury during the Thirteenth Century

Lapidus, André - HAL - 1991

Information and Risk in the Medieval Doctrine of Usury during the Thirteenth Century

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Do free-of-charge public health services impede cost recovery policies in Khartoum state, Sudan?

Habbani, Khalid; Groot, Wim; Jelovac, Izabela - HAL - 2007

We carried out a household survey in Khartoum state in 2001 to analyse the characteristics of those who receive free public health services and to ascertain whether there are any impediments to cost recovery policies for health care use. Data were collected through interviews based on an adapted...

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Corporate-NGO partnerships in CSR activities: why and how?

Poret, Sylvaine - HAL - 2014

This article describes, analyzes, and explains the emergence of partnerships between corporations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the ways in which corporations use such relationships as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. Economics concepts and the...

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Signaling Corporate Social Responsibility: Third-Party Certification vs. Brands

Etilé, Fabrice; Teyssier, Sabrina - HAL - 2012

For most consumers, Corporate Social Responsibility is a credence attribute of products, which can be signaled either through a label certified by a third party, or via unsubstantiated claims used as part of a brand-building strategy. These claims may, in theory, be regulated by reputation...

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La RSE comme instrument de la gouvernance d'entreprise

Cézanne, Cécile; Rubinstein, Marianne - HAL - 2010

Après avoir mis en évidence les problèmes de gouvernance posés par la " nouvelle firme ", désintégrée verticalement et intensive en capital humain, nous avançons que la responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise (RSE) peut servir à réguler les rapports de force entre les partenaires...

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Socially Responsible Investment in the USA : evolution of the shareholder advocacy to improve social performance of the firms. Updating a database for a longitudinal study

Martinez, Laura - HAL - 2011

The aim of this report is to analyze the Socially Responsible Investment in the USA from the shareholder's point of view. Based on the rule 14a-8, dissatisfied investors or activists may submit proposal to be implemented in order to improve social, societal and environmental performances of a...

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Doing well and doing good: a multi-dimensional puzzle

Forget, Vanina - HAL - 2012

Socially responsible firms are expected by European regulators to create shared value for their shareholders, their stakeholders and society. Yet how to generate profits while providing public good is still academically debated. This paper argues that corporate social responsibility encompasses...

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Think Global, invest responsible: why the private equity industry goes green

Crifo, Patricia; Forget, Vanina - HAL - 2012

The growth of socially responsible investment on public financial markets has drawn considerable academic attention over the last decade. Discarding from previous literature, this paper sets up to analyze the Private Equity channel, which is shown to have the potentiality to foster sustainable...

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A Managerial Perspective on the Porter Hypothesis -The Case of CO2 Emissions

Arjaliès, Diane-Laure; Ponssard, Jean-Pierre - HAL - 2010

Over the past decade, the debate on climate change has dramatically shifted. The strong evidence presented by the scientific community through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) process established by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the World Meteorological...

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