1st Edition
Positive Social Identity The Quantitative Analysis of Ethics
Introduction
Chapter 1: Evolutionary Motivations Towards Pro-Social Moral Norms
Chapter 2 The Social Brain and Moral Self-Identity
Chapter 3 Situation and Transformation in the Resolution of Social Dilemmas
Chapter 4 Intrapersonal Identity Positivity
Chapter 5 Positive Social Identity
Chapter 6: A Situational Model of Positive Social Identity
Chapter 7: A Situational Analysis of Positive Social Identity
Chapter 8: Conclusion: The Distinct Importance of Positive Social Identity
Bibliography
Appendix 1: Data Collected
Appendix 2: Correlation between Indicators of PSID Pro-social Behviour and Social Resources
Appendix 3: Equations Used for Graph Level Indicators
Index
Biography
Dr Nick Duncan has directed both commercial and NGO organisations with activities in over 20 countries. Nick has specialised over the last 15 years in corruption, anti-corruption and organisational ethics. During this period, he has specifically focussed on issues of measurement, both as a practitioner and researcher. He has published, and lectured internationally on these subjects.
Nick is currently lead consultant at Strategic Organisational Ethics in Cambridge UK.
'Blending insights from psychology, organisational theory and economics, Nick Duncan provides a powerful account of the ethical basis of organisational change. This book will be an important reference for scholars interested in understanding why and how organisations change.'Kunal Sen, Professor of Development Economics, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK
'Like some before him, Nick Duncan is not reluctant to ask the difficult questions regarding how and why we, humans, often but often not act in altruistic, positive and empathetic ways. Unlike many before him, however, he eschews simple reductionist answers. Instead, he develops a complex theory of ethical behaviour that builds on insights from evolutionary biology, identity theory, descriptive ethics and organizational theory emphasising the importance of social and organizational contexts and situations that we encounter in our lives. In this way, he is able to account for how humans can be both social and anti-social, moral and amoral. This is a probing and profound book that deserves to be read very widely by everyone who is concerned about the big moral issues of our age.'
Yiannis Gabriel, Professor of Organizational Theory, University of Bath, UK and University of Lund, Sweden
