We consider social decision-making situations where some voters may have a conflict of interest in some social alternatives/applicants to be ranked. Then the accountability of the collective decision process is essential. We extend the standard social welfare function to include the interest...

We propose a new framework of collective decision-making, which takes conflicts of interest among the voters and voting alternatives (e.g., among committee members/referees and applicants/contestants for some competition) into account. We define accountability by properties of social welfare...

CHAPTER 1 – Introduction -- Part 1: Conceptual Analysis of Institutions, Norms, and Performativity -- CHAPTER 2 – Institutions as Collectively Accepted Norms -- CHAPTER 3 – Performativity of Observable Social Norms -- CHAPTER 4 – Approach, Methodology, and Scope -- Part 2: Performative...