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Towards an Economic Theory of the Church
Hull, Brooks B.; Bold, Frederick - In: International Journal of Social Economics 16 (1989) 7, pp. 5-15
The theory of the firm is employed to explain behaviour of the church. Churches produce a set of products including entertainment, a variety of socially valuable public goods, eternal life and alteration of otherwise fated events. Most importantly, it reduces transactions costs by enforcing a...
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An economist conversant with management: Clem A. Tisdell
Bruce, Kyle - In: International Journal of Social Economics 27 (2000) 7/8/9/10, pp. 709-719
Throughout his illustrious career Professor Clem Tisdell has displayed a holistic sense of scholarship rare amongst contemporary economists. Tisdell has been prepared to look both within and beyond his discipline and maintain a critical but balanced assessment of the shortcomings of mainstream...
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A deliberative ethic for development: A Nepalese journey from Bourdieu through Kant to Dewey and Habermas
Cameron, John; Ojha, Hemant - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) February, pp. 66-87
categorical imperative with deliberative ethics drawing on the writings of Habermas and Dewey. The journey through the European … themes in development ethics. These ideas are then given practical application in a case-study of the people …
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An economic and ethical analysis of the Katrina disaster
McGee, Robert W. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) July, pp. 546-557
combines economic and ethical analysis and includes discussions from the perspectives of both utilitarian ethics and rights …-based ethics, which is not usually done in the economics literature. …
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Transparency: a two-way mirror?
Bessire, Dominique - In: International Journal of Social Economics 32 (2005) May, pp. 424-438
ethics are exploited to explain why transparency is unable to produce the expected effects. Findings – First, discourses on … philosophy which does not grant any space either for responsibility or for ethics and therefore, favours generalised amorality …
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Conscience as a deterrent to free riding
Eisenhauer, Joseph G. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 33 (2006) August, pp. 534-546
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is threefold: conceptually, to demonstrate that ethical behavior is rational; theoretically, to illustrate that conscience can be readily incorporated into an expected utility framework; and empirically, to investigate whether conscience is an effective and...
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Ethics and values in Indian economy and business
Kanagasabapathi, P. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) September, pp. 577-585
Purpose – This paper seeks to give an idea about the role of ethics and values in the Indian economy and business in … are used to analyze the contemporary situation. Findings – Ethics and values have guided the Indian economy and business … recognize and revive them after independence, ethics and noble values ceased to guide the economic and business systems. At the …
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Norms for evaluating economic globalization
Gaburro, Giuseppe; O'Boyle, Edward J. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 30 (2003) January, pp. 95-118
This article examines experience with global financial integration to identify norms for evaluating economic globalization. There are two perspectives regarding globalization: mainstream economics and personalist economics. The first perspective regards itself as value-free even though its...
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The foundations of the ethical tradition of economics: Plato's Republic
Alvey, James E. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 38 (2011) August, pp. 824-846
Purpose – Economics was closely entwined with ethics up to the 1930s when this weakened subsequently. Amartya Sen first … sketched this historical relationship in his book, On Ethics and Economics. This paper is in broad agreement with Sen. It aims …
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The ethical foundations of economics in ancient Greece, focussing on Socrates and Xenophon
Alvey, James E. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 38 (2011) July, pp. 714-733
Purpose – Economics had a strong linkage to ethics up to the 1930s but this has virtually disappeared today. Amartya … Sen first sketched the historical relationship in his book On Ethics & Economics. This article seeks to explore the … elements of Sen's understanding of good human functioning. There is a strong linkage between ethics and economics in Socrates …
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