The results achieved during the first 15 years since the launch of the UN Global Compact gives evidence that corporate practices are changing, albeit in slow motion, in the direction of recognizing that the single-minded goal of profit maximization is fracturing societies and jeopardize the very...

Poche tematiche in economia politica hanno ricevuto più attenzione di quella concernente la dimensione e la crescita dell'intervento pubblico nella sfera dei rapporti economici.

Ever since A. Smith reasoned about men's Moral Sentiments, as well as the nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations, the relation between ethics and economics has been an issue of scholarly interest.

The paper explores the norms and values supporting the market as a social institution,seeking to outline them explicitly. After this, it addresses the following questions: what dimensions of value in things, relationships and persons are acknowledged or ignored by the norms of the market?...

After a brief description of the diversity of development experiences in the post-warperiod, the paper considers the three most important lessons stemming from those experiences. An explanation of the contrast between grassroots and macro development performance is then offered together with a...