Title:
Strings attached : untangling the ethics of incentives
Author:
Grant, Ruth W. (Ruth Weissbourd), 1951-
ISBN:
9781400839742
Publication Information:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 202 pages)
Abstract:
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.
Electronic Access:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7snfrCopies: