Morality, Rationality and Efficiency: New Perspectives on Socio-economics / Edition 1

by Richard M. Coughlin

Overview

The papers in this collection were selected from nearly 200 that were presented at the 50 sessions of the second annual International Conference on Socio-Economics held at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. March 1990. They reflect the great interest that socio-economics has inspired in the few years since the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics was founded in 1989. The papers represent the stimulating dialogue among psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, philosophers, economists, and students of finance and business administration. The authors are communicating across the frontiers of established disciplines to address enduring questions on economic theory and policy, and they aim to liberate the study of economics from the straitjacket of the neoclassical approach.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873328210
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/31/1991
Series:	Studies in Socio-Economics
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1460L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

List of Figures, List of Tables, Preface, PART ONE: INTRODUCTION, 1. Introduction: Toward an Agenda for Socio-Economics, PART TWO: RATIONALITY, MOTIVATION, AND PREFERENCES, 2. Social Dilemmas, Economic Self-Interest, and Evolutionary Theory, 3. Opportunity Shaping, Preference Shaping, and the Theory of Criminal Law, 4. Job Libido and the Culture of Unemployment: An Essay in Sociological Economics, 5. Money Symbolism and Economic Rationality, PART THREE: MARKETS, COMPETITION, AND EFFICIENCY, 6. The Socio-Economics of Labor Productivity, 7. Competing Games: Profit Maximization versus Strategic Conquest, 8. The Ideological Romance of Privatization, 9. From the Mixed Economy to the Negotiated Economy: The Scandinavian Countries, PART FOUR: THE MORAL DIMENSION OF THE FIRM, 10. The Firm as a Moral Community, 11. The Moral Dimension of Corporate Social Responsibility, 12. The Junk Bond King of Wall Street: A Discourse on Business Ethics, 13. The Effect of Ethical Climate on Managers' Decisions, PART FIVE: SOCIOPOLITICAL CONTEXT OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, 14. The Evolution of Governance Regimes, 15. Interorganizational Network Systems: A New Institution and Governance Mechanism, 16. Alternative Conceptions of the Economic Realm, PART SIX: SOCIO-ECONOMICS OF WORK AND THE WORKPLACE, 17. Employee Ownership in the United States: Intentions, Perceptions, and Reality, 18. Narcissism Project and Corporate Decay: The Case of General Motors, 19. An Exit-Voice Analysis of Supplier Relations, PART SEVEN: POLICY ANALYSIS, 20. The Moral Dimension in Policy Analysis, 21. The Socio-Economics of Environmental Risk: Comparing Air Quality, Acid Rain, and Global Change, About the Contributors, Index

Editorial Reviews

Selected papers from the Second Annual International Conference on Socio-Economics, held at George Washington U., Washington, DC, March 1990, provide a snapshot of the current state of research being pursued across a range of established academic disciplines with respect to this emerging movement, formally launched by the publication of Amitai Etzioni's book The moral dimension in 1988. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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