This paper addresses the question of what role morally oriented behavior plays in the efficiency of market outcomes. This issue is as controversial in economics as it is in sociology. To get a better understanding of the problems and opportunities involved in morally oriented behavior in...

Das Thema "Geld" stellt bis heute trotz - oder vielleicht gerade wegen - seiner Allgegenwart in der Gesellschaft einen blinden Fleck der Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften dar. Der Band soll helfen, dieses Manko zu beheben. Jenseits der üblichen technischen Betrachtung des Geldes als...

"Topical, interactive, and written at the right level, this text introduces the field of Behavioral Economics to students using a contemporary and engaging approach developed by a celebrated economist with several textbooks and over a decade's worth of academic writing experience to his name....

<P>Chapter 1: Introduction -- Why Social Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics?</P><P></P><B><P>Part I: Social Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics -- The Foundations </P></B><P>Chapter 2: What is Social Entrepreneurship (not)? </P><P>Chapter 3: Refining our Ethical Perspective on the Light and Shadows in Social Entrepreneurship: The...</p></p></p></b></p></p>

"Mainstream economics offers a perspective on the gift which is constructed around exchange, axioms of self-interest, instrumental rationality and utility-maximisation - concepts that predominate within conventional forms of economic analysis. Recognising the gift as an example of social...