Purpose – When new public management (NPM) emerged in the mid-1980s, most governments such as New Zealand, Australia and Canada embraced it as a better way to provide public services. A more recent assessment of NPM would conclude that its appeal has faded. The purpose of this paper is to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address questions policymakers, working in a global marketplace, might ask about ethical and theological considerations of ambiguities or uncertainties of justice issues in the global markets in which they operate. Design/methodology/approach – The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose an alternative approach to the decision- and policymaking that has been practiced in most developed countries for more than a quarter of a century. Such policies followed, to a greater or lesser degree, the policies adopted in the UK and the...

This article reports the findings into patterns of governance on nonprofit boards in Australia. The research surveys 118 boards, upon which serve a total of 1405 directors.The findings indicate that nonprofit boards can mimic some aspects of a shareholder approach to governance. But nonprofit...

The purpose of this paper is to trace the development of economic theory to the point where "economic rationalism" is a commonly used term. The paper draws on earlier research and published works examining: the history of economics; economic rationalism; and the different influences in...