Critics of markets have often asserted that markets undermine morality and that market dealings are unfair and corrupting. In their perspective, the expansion of the market and market values taint the nature of the goods being exchanged and the relationships between the parties to the deal. This chapter gives reasons to suspect this critique of markets and attempts to push back against these complaints. It argues that the market is a social arena where individuals not only pursue their material goals but also exercise their moral selves; after all, meaningful social bonds characterized by trust and trustworthiness can and do develop in market settings. The market depends on and promotes trust and trustworthiness as well as fairness and reciprocity and these values, as suggested by experimental economic evidence, play important roles in successful market exchanges.

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This study investigated the perception of the concept and practice of individualized education plans and to search for improvements. The research method was the focus group interview(FGI). The participants were grouped into 6 groups of 2 professors, 6 junior supervisors, 9 elementary and secondary resource room teachers, and 11 elementary and secondary special school teachers. As a result of the research, 3 domains, 11 topics and 21 sub-topics were derived. First, there was a gap between the realistic and ideal concept of individualized education plan recognized by educational experts. Second, there was a difficulty in the actual practice of individualized education plan due to the lack of connection between curriculum and class, NEIS IEP’s pros and cons, lack of cooperative approach of individualized education support team, and lack of continuity of education through assessment of the individualized education plan. Third, there was a need for strengthening the capacity of special education teachers and improving the specific operating system as an improvement plan for the individualized education plan. Based on the results, the researchers provided directions for improving individualized education plan and further research.

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