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STRINGS ATTACHED
STRINGS ATTACHED
Subtitle:
Untangling the Ethics of Incentives
Book Category:
Social Science > General
Author:
Ruth W. Grant
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 13:
9780691151601
Price:
USD 24.95
Publication Year:
2011
Alternative Binding:
Ebook
Alternative ISBN 13:
9781400839742
Alternative Price:
USD 24.95

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Princeton University Press.

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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 responsibilities of the powerful in using incentives?

 

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