Economics and Morality Anthropological Approaches

by Browne, Katherine E.; Milgram, B. Lynne; Dolan, Catherine S.; Garsten, Christina; Halperin, Rhoda H.; Hernes, Tor; Little, Walter E.; Maurer, Bill; Pitluck, Aaron Z.; Prentice, Rebecca; Rajak, Dinah; Robbins, Joel; Walsh, Andrew; Werner, Cynthia

• ISBN13: 9780759112018
• ISBN10: 0759112010
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-10
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

In Economics and Morality, the authors seek to illuminate the multiple kinds of analyses relating morality and economic behavior in particular kinds of economic systems.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Economics and Morality: Introduction	p. 1
The Stakes of Morality, Reciprocity, and Change
Rethinking Gifts and Commodities: Reciprocity, Recognition, and the Morality of Exchange	p. 43
The Grift: Getting Burned in the Northern Malagasy Sapphire Trade	p. 59
Maya Daykeepers: New Spiritual Clients and the Morality of Making Money	p. 77
Moral Agency inside Market Logic
Extreme Gifting: The Moral Economy of a Community School	p. 101
"Thiefing a Chance": Moral Meanings of Theft in a Trinidadian Garment Factory	p. 123
Patriotism, Profits, and Waste: The Moral Dimensions of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal in Texas	p. 143
Virtue at the Checkout Till: Salvation Economics in Kenyan Flower Fields	p. 167
Frontiers of Social Responsibility
Beyond CSR: Dilemmas and Paradoxes of Ethical Conduct in Transnational Organizations	p. 189
"I Am the Conscience of the Company": Responsibility and the Gift in a Transnational Mining Corporation	p. 211
Moral Behavior in Stock Markets: Islamic Finance and Socially Responsible Investment	p. 233
Afterword: Moral Economies, Economic Moralities: Consider the Possibilities!	p. 257
Index	p. 271
About the Contributors	p. 279
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