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The Samaritan's Dilemma: Public Choice versus Private Right
McNutt, Patrick A. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 20 (1993) 1, pp. 51-63
Addresses the characteristics of an ideal society. In particular a fair decision is defined as the indexed subset of liberty, justice and rights: if a decision is right, then it is fair, and, if it is fair, the decision is just. This line of reasoning is arrived at by introducing the new...
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Conflict Resolution and Social Consensus Formation in Islamic Social Choice and Welfare Menu
Alam Choudhury, Masudul - In: International Journal of Social Economics 20 (1993) 1, pp. 64-77
, an essential characteristic of which is treatment of ethics and morals relating to specific issues at hand in the midst …
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Factors explaining the choice of an economics major: The role of student characteristics, personality and perceptions of the profession
Worthington, Andrew; Higgs, Helen - In: International Journal of Social Economics 31 (2004) May, pp. 593-613
. It would appear that the primary influences on the selection of a major in economics comprise student personality and …
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Factors explaining the choice of an economics major
Worthington, Andrew; Higgs, Helen - In: International Journal of Social Economics 31 (2004) 5/6, pp. 593-613
. It would appear that the primary influences on the selection of a major in economics comprise student personality and …
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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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