Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1: Markets and Morals -- 1. Three Hundred Years of Positive Moral Effects of the Market -- 2. The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth -- 3. Moral Values and Market Attitudes -- 4....

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- I. Introduction -- Pharmaceutical Innovation and the Market: The Pursuit of Profit and the Amelioration of the Human Condition -- II. The Social Responsibility of Pursuing Profit -- The Unavoidable Goodness of Profit: The Cunning of Reason and the Realization of...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I Heroic Capitalism -- Introduction -- The Soul of Commerce: Adam Smith -- Character and Success: Samuel Smiles -- Supply-Side Ethics: Ayn Rand -- Part II Business Opportunity, Political Opportunism -- Introduction -- Business Opportunity --...

In the great tradition of moral argument about the nature of the economic market, Rebecca Blank and William McGurn join to debate the fundamental questions—equality and efficiency, productivity and social justice, individual achievement and personal rights in the workplace, and the costs and...

This study analyses the influence that Adam Smith's philosophy had on his Wealth of Nations, and reveals the unity in Smith's extensive system of morals, politics, and economics. It concludes that Smith was motivated by a political ideal, which was moral liberalism.

Engages with a range of alternative ethical perspectives and the initiatives to which they give rise. This book features case studies that covers a range of places, commodities and initiatives, including Fair Trade and organic production activism in Hungary, Fair Trade coffee in Costa Rica and...

The first and only comprehensive explanation of GIPS,including how to comply with and implement them While the CFA Institute has published Global InvestmentPerformance Standards (GIPS) for years, there has never been aserious discussion of their implementation and best use. In this new book,...

Social Banking describes a way of value-driven banking that has a positive social and ecological impact at its heart, as well as its own economic sustainability. Although it has a long and successful history, it has arguably never been more topical than it is now in the aftermath of the latest...

This book discusses theories in economics and ethics to help the reader understand all points of view regarding the crossroads between economic systems and individual and social values. Easily accessible to non-specialists, the book also provides numerous insights for specialists in economics,...