Search Results - subject:"(social) contract theory"

Compass and Dead Reckoning: The Dynamic Implications of ISCT

Donaldson, Thomas - In: Journal of Business Ethics 88 (2009) 4, pp. 659-664

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Enlargement of the European Union and the approximation of law: Lessons from an economic theory of optimal legal areas

Schmidt-Trenz, Hans-Jörg; Schmidtchen, Dieter - 1999

Before joining the European Union countries from Central and Eastern Europe have to adopt the acquis communautaire, i.e. the system of legal rules developed in the Union. The paper outlines an economic theory of optimum legal areas, that is used to determine the optimal size of the Union as well...

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Enlargement of the European Union and the approximation of law: Lessons from an economic theory of optimal legal areas

Schmidt-Trenz, Hans-Jörg; Schmidtchen, Dieter - Forschungsstelle zur ökonomischen Analyse des Rechts, … - 1999

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509557

Stakeholder’s Preference and Rational Compliance: A Comment on Sacconi’s “CSR as a Model for Extended Corporate Governance II: Compliance, Reputation and Reciprocity”

Francés-Gómez, Pedro; Rio, Ariel del - In: Journal of Business Ethics 82 (2008) 1, pp. 59-76

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Integrative Social Contract Theory and Urban Prosperity Initiatives

Cava, Anita; Mayer, Don - In: Journal of Business Ethics 72 (2007) 3, pp. 263-278

framework of integrative social contract theory proposed by Donaldson and Dunfee. We suggest that urban prosperity initiatives …

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Toward a naturalistic foundation of the social contract

Cordes, Christian; Schubert, Christian - In: Constitutional Political Economy 18 (2007) 1, pp. 35-62

This paper delivers a step toward a naturalistic foundation of the social contract. While mainstream social contract … theory is based on an original position model that is defined in an aprioristic way, we endogenize its key elements, i …

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Psychological Contracts: A Nano-Level Perspective on Social Contract Theory

Thompson, Jeffery; Hart, David - In: Journal of Business Ethics 68 (2006) 3, pp. 229-241

Social contract theory has been criticized as a â€œtheory in search of application.â€\x9D We argue that incorporating … the psychological contract perspective to address two critiques of social contract theory: its rigid macro-orientation and …

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Toward a Naturalistic Foundation of the Social Contract

Cordes, C.; Schubert, C. - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2005

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Reciprocity in Ranked Relationships: Does Social Structure Influence Social Reasoning?

Fiddick, Laurence; Cummins, Denise - In: Journal of Bioeconomics 3 (2001) 2, pp. 149-170

Many economic and evolutionary theories have modeled cooperation as the evolutionary outcome of decisions made by autonomous, self-interested agents operating in a social vacuum. In this paper we consider the implications for cooperative interactions when prior social structures and...

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