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