The Moral Conditions of Economic Efficiency

Oxytocin, trust and corruption: a systemic theory of the road to authoritarism

“…Por tanto, además de no hacer justicia a la profundidad y trascendencia del apego, la solidaridad y el miedo en la vida de los individuos, esta metáfora economicista confunde los medios con los fines: así como la economía está "imbuida" dentro del resto de aspectos y prácticas de una sociedad y no al revés (Schultz, 2008), el desarrollo económico está al servicio del desarrollo social y la dignidad del ser humano, no a la inversa (Kliksberg, 2002).…”

Predicament and promise: The internal evaluator as ethical leader

“…Markets regulate the exchange of goods and services, from informal sharing and gifts to formal sales and purchases (Mauss, 1950(Mauss, /1990Schieffelin, 1990;Schultz, 2001). Markets are governed under an expectation of reciprocity, often worked out in bargaining and negotiation, and frequently finalized in a contract.…”

“…Markets generally work well to employ human talent efficiently and distribute goods equitably. In doing so, markets coordinate exchange with a common sense of culture and tradition as well as morals such as honesty of information and concern for the common welfare (Schultz, 2001). Where necessary, societies enact laws to regulate these coordinations (Shapiro, 2011, p. 213), but conflicting moral claims require translating matters of morals into matters of ethics to determine what is just or unjust.…”