| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 202 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-187) and index. |
| Contents |
Why worry about incentives? -- Incentives then and now : the clock and the engineer -- "Incentives talk" : what are incentives anyway? -- Ethical and not so ethical incentives -- Applying standards, making judgments -- Getting down to cases : plea bargaining, recruiting medical research subjects, IMF loan conditions, motivating children to learn -- Beyond voluntariness -- A different kind of conversation. |
| Summary |
Incentives can be found everywhere--in schools, businesses, factories, and government--influencing people's choices about almost everything, from financial decisions and tobacco use to exercise and child rearing. So long as people have a choice, incentives seem innocuous. But Strings Attached demonstrates that when incentives are viewed as a kind of power rather than as a form of exchange, many ethical questions arise: How do incentives affect character and institutional culture? Can incentives be manipulative or exploitative, even if people are free to refuse them? What are the responsibiliti. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Incentive (Psychology)
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Incentive (Psychology) |
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Motivation (Psychology)
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Motivation (Psychology) |
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Political psychology.
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Political psychology. |
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Political ethics.
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Political ethics. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Grant, Ruth Weissbourd, 1951- Strings attached. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011 9780691151601 (DLC) 2011011921 (OCoLC)708243834 |
| ISBN |
9781400839742 electronic book |
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1400839742 electronic book |
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1283267454 |
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9781283267458 |
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9780691151601 |
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0691151601 |
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9786613267450 |
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