Frugality is a little studied virtue, but one that is important to the lives of individuals and families, communities and broader societies. In this article we consider what we mean by frugality and discuss its role in the decision-making process, within action theory. This leads us to a...

Can Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) provide new arguments to "humanize" the theory of the firm and the management profession? Several arguments (the legal, ethical, social and business cases) have contributed to the discussion of why companies should be socially responsible. In this paper...

The financial crisis that started in the United States in 2007 and which has spread throughout the world has many causes, one of which is the abundance of unethical behaviors on the part of many of those who made the financial decisions, such as regulators, supervisors, managers or employees -...

It has often been said that the financial crisis which has been hitting the world economy since mid-2007 is an ethical crisis. By studying the behaviors of the agents who made the decisions that led to the crisis, we do find evidence of many unethical mistakes. But bad conduct was also present...

The English version of this paper can be found at 'http://ssrn.com/abstract=2343325' http://ssrn.com/abstract=2343325.Aunque la ética de las virtudes ha Ganado ya un puesto sólido en la teoría y en la práctica de la gestión de empresas, la humildad no está cosiderada como una de las...

La versión española de este artículo se puede encontrar en: "http://ssrn.com/abstract=2342238" http://ssrn.com/abstract=2342238.Although virtue ethics has gained a firm presence in the theory and practice of corporate management, humility is not ranked as one of the chief virtues in the...

The cases of corruption reported by the media tend almost always to involve a private party (a citizen or a corporation) that pays, or promises to pay, money to a public party (a politician or a public official, for example) in order to obtain an advantage or avoid a disadvantage. Because of the...

Facilitating payments are a very widespread form of corruption. They consist of small payments or gifts made to a person - a public official or an employee of a private company - to obtain a favor, such as expediting an administrative process, obtaining a permit, license or service, or avoiding...

In January 2005, The Economist published a survey on corporate social responsibility (CSR), joining a long-running debate on the meaning and need for CSR in a market economy. The British weekly's thesis, widely accepted among economists, was first stated years ago by Milton Friedman (1962): a...

The literature on humility has grown considerably in recent decades, within the fields of psychology and ethics, as have its applications in organizational management, leadership and the functioning of teams. This paper is intended as a further contribution to this literature. Its starting point...