Frank, Robert H.

What price the moral high ground? : ethical dilemmas in competitive environments / Robert H. Frank. - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2004. - xii, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: infectious good -- Pt. I. Doing well. Forging commitments that sustain cooperation ; Can cooperators find one another? ; Adaptive rationality and the moral emotions ; Can socially responsible firms survive in competitive environments -- Pt. II. Doing good. What price the moral high ground? ; Local status, fairness, and wage compression revisited ; Motivation, cognition, and charitable giving -- Pt. III. Forging better outcomes. Social norms as positional arms-control agreements ; Does studying economics inhibit cooperation? -- Appendix: ethics questionnaire -- Epilogue: the importance of sanctions.

0691006725 (cloth : alk. paper)

2003050429

GBA3-T7346


Business ethics.
Success in business.
Cooperativeness--Moral and ethical aspects.
Social responsibility of business.
Competition.

HF 5387 / .F737 2004