There are interdependences between the market economy and more general values in modern European societies. In this article, I will discuss the contribution of both theory and more practical morals of the market. Another source of influence on values is the unselfishness demanded by religion and honored by most philosophers. I will discuss whether this demand is positive. There is a danger of t...

Enlightenment “universalism” actually parochial and dangerous.

Purpose Fake news represents a real risk for brands, particularly firms selling essential products, such as food items. Despite this anecdotal acknowledgement, the dynamics of relationship between fake and brand reputation remain under-explored. The present study addresses gap by examining association consumer values (universalism openness to change), trust, system trust in context natural prod...

The formal expression of pro positional attitudes, especially when nested (iterated), is an important problem for A I . An interesting first-order extensional logical system for such expression has been proposed by Creary. In this system concepts (and concepts of concepts, etc.) are made explicit. The system includes "concept functions", which are special functions which act on and deliver conc...

Past research using self-report questionnaires administered to ordinary citizens demonstrates that value priorities differ as a function of one’s political ideology, but it is unclear whether this conclusion applies to political elites, who are presumably seeking to appeal to very broad constituencies. We used quantitative methods of textual analysis to investigate value-laden language in a col...

This paper integrates the distributive politics literature with the literature on decentralization by incorporating inter-regional project externalities into a standard model of distributive policy. A key finding is that the degree of uniformity (or "universalism'') of the provision of regional projects is endogenous, and depends on the strength of the externality. The welfare benefits of decen...

This essay introduces contributions to a special issue exploring alternative accounts of organizational change management (OCM). It begins with identifying why such alternatives are needed by pointing to core assumptions within OCM, including a practical and ontological prochange bias, managerialism and universalism. The alternatives to OCM are then framed in terms of the constructionism associ...

This paper discusses the actual relevance and historical origins or ‘competition universalism’. In economics, competition is conceptualized as a nearly ubiquitous element of societies, or, at least, used to study wide array social political relations, including between firms for market shares, individuals prestige, countries resources, athletes victory, politicians influence. trend towards univ...

This paper investigates middle managers’ resistance to digital transformation initiatives and suggests strategies for overcoming such using the example of a major Russian transportation company. study employed mixed-methods approach assess values identify patterns behavior. The case studies further illustrate managers how company under responded these incidents. findings reveal significant rela...