Towards an economics methodology: exploring the philosophical foundations of Economics

dc.creatorMimbi Paul,
dc.date06/17/2013
dc.dateMon, 17 Jun 2013
dc.dateMon, 17 Jun 2013 15:29:09
dc.dateMonth: 1 Year: 2013
dc.dateMon, 17 Jun 2013 15:29:09
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-18T11:29:01Z
dc.date.available2015-03-18T11:29:01Z
dc.descriptionArticle published in International Journal of Research in Education and Applied Sciences
dc.descriptionConcerned with the contradicting approaches to ethics and economics in business management, the author examines the decision-making patterns of workers and managers of a construction firm. The drive behind the workers (and managers) falls roughly into three categories of incentives. The incentives coincide with the three tendencies in man which define the Plato-Aristotelian psychograph. When the tendencies are in accord with the Aristotelian bonum rationis (good of practical reasonableness), there is synergy in the incentives. The alignment of incentives calls for fundamental behavioral postulates which should underpin ethico-economic systems
dc.description.abstractConcerned with the contradicting approaches to ethics and economics in business management, the author examines the decision-making patterns of workers and managers of a construction firm. The drive behind the workers (and managers) falls roughly into three categories of incentives. The incentives coincide with the three tendencies in man which define the Plato-Aristotelian psychograph. When the tendencies are in accord with the Aristotelian bonum rationis (good of practical reasonableness), there is synergy in the incentives. The alignment of incentives calls for fundamental behavioral postulates which should underpin ethico-economic systems
dc.formatVolumes:2
dc.formatIssue No.:1-(1-9)
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11071/3618
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Research in Education and Applied Sciences
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dc.subjectincentives
dc.subjectvirtue
dc.subjecteconomics
dc.subjectprofit
dc.subjectethics
dc.subjectgoals
dc.subjectend
dc.subjectfactors
dc.subjectsynergy
dc.subjectalignment of incentives
dc.subjectcommon good
dc.subjectpractical reason
dc.subjectmotivation.
dc.titleTowards an economics methodology: exploring the philosophical foundations of Economics
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