a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t We examine implications of a society's cultural emphasis on moral sentiments. Entrepreneurs and investors interact in a game that entails both adverse selection and moral hazard; entrepreneurs may attempt to breach their contracts and expropriate investors. An agent is born into a particular culture but chooses whether to develop a moral conscience and ther...

The paper reports the results of two experiments in which people who first made an immoral choice were then more likely to donate to charity than those who did not. In addition, those who knew that a donation opportunity would follow the potential moral transgression were more likely to behave immorally than those who were not told of the donation option. We interpret this increase in charitabl...

RÉSUMÉ. Lorsqu'ils sont fortement prescriptifs, les Environnement Interactifs pour l'Apprentissage Humain (EIAH) cloisonnent les utilisateurs entre eux. Pour mettre en valeur le travail de chacun, nous voulons faire prendre conscience aux utilisateurs qu'ils font partie d'un groupe qui a des intérêts convergents. Nous pensons qu'un système adaptatif est le support approprié pour faire émerger l...

Conscientious objection is the right of physicians to reject a practice or action that violates their ethical or moral principles (1). In majority of democratic countries, an individual has a legitimate right to conscientiously object and refuse to act according to the law or its individual provisions that prescribe behavior contrary to the individual’s conscience. However, it is necessary that...