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.