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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a concept that has attracted worldwide attention and gained a new resonance in the global economy. According to Werther and Chandler (2006), the meaning of CSR can be discerned from the three words in the phrase: corporate, social, and re…

Adam Smith viewed economics as a branch of moral philosophy; but most subsequent economists separated ethical concerns from their analysis of the market mechanism. This dissertation challenges that separation. Moreover, it argues that analysis and public discussion of marketplac…

This dissertation examines the potential dark side of organizational identification, by showing how identification by organizational members can interact with members' social dominance orientation (SDO) to predict mistreatment of constituents outside of an organization. I presen…