Antibiotic use in animal farming is one of the main drivers of antibiotic resistance both in animals and in humans. In this paper we propose that one feasible and fair way to address this problem is to tax animal products obtained with the use of antibiotics. We argue that such tax is supported both by (a) deontological arguments, which are based on the duty individuals have to compensate socie...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) surveys repeatedly indicate significant consumer interest in products and services of businesses that follow virtuous business practices. Yet the existence of a causal relationship between company responsibility and its financial performance is a contested area, and clear evidence that CSR would create a competitive advantage is missing. As ethical evaluati...

N. S. A. Silva, G. J. M. Costa, S. Rogerson and M. Prior 1 PhD Students, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom 2 Principal Lecturer, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom 3 Director, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom

Abstract We show that firms hype up their corporate social responsibility (CSR) narratives during the turn‐of‐the‐year earnings conference calls to project an overly responsible public image of firms. This previously unexplored phenomenon does not appear be related past, current, and future CSR engagements cannot explained by observed time‐varying firm attributes unobserved time‐invariant CEO a...

Inherent in false confessions is a person taking responsibility for an act he or she did not commit. The risk of taking such responsibility may be elevated in juveniles. To study possible factors that influence individuals' likelihood for taking responsibility for something they did not do, participants in a laboratory experiment were led to believe they crashed a computer when in fact they had...