University of Illinois at Chicago Social Norms in The Workplace Questions

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1. In this chapter, Ariely describes the delicate balance between social norms and market norms. From Ariely’s examples, how do you think this relationship relates to corporations implementing sustainability practices? Do you think their embrace of sustainable/environmentally-conscious practices relies more heavily on market norms or social norms?

2.In chapter 4 Ariely executes a few experiments to detail the effects of social and market rewards. In the circle experiment, he compared the results of groups given different valued market rewards. One group was given $5, another $0.50, and the last was given the task as a social request. The amount of times the experimentee completed the task was counted and recorded for each group. As expected, the first group, those paid $5, generated the most completions. Surprisingly, close and in second place was the group paid nothing which completed the task as a social request. Why do you think that the middle group, those who were paid $0.50, was out performed by the others, and why did the social request group nearly surpass the highest paid?

3.This chapter took an interesting look at social norms in the workplace, as Ariely described different situations where workers would be encouraged to increase their contributions and loyalty to their jobs. Briefly describe a time when you were in a situation where you felt an institution (school, employer, etc.) blended the lines between social norms and market norms. What changes in behavior did you notice in yourself or others in respect to the institution and your relationship with them?

For reference it does with the pdf attached: Predictably Chapter 14

Now this below goes with the pdf that is attached: what money cant buy

In the introduction to this book, Sandel writes: “We live at a time when almost everything can be bought and sold. Over the past three decades, markets – and market values – have come to govern our lives as never before.

As money comes to buy more and more – political influence, good medical care, a home in a safe neighborhood rather than a crime-ridden one, access to elite schools rather than failing ones – the distribution of income and wealth looms larger and larger. Where all good things are bought and sold, having money makes all the difference in the world.

1. Most of us would not name children as a market commodity (though we might name things like computers, coffee, and food). We wouldn’t expect to see a child for sale in a store. In the cash for sterilization example that starts your reading, what is the commodity for sale when Barbara Harris pays drug-addicted mothers (or HIV positive mothers) to be sterilized? We will debate whether or not incentives to prevent pregnancy are appropriate in class. Write out an argument (with 2-3 supporting statements) for the pro-argument (we should pay drug-addicted mothers to be sterilized) and the con-argument (we should not pay drug-addicted mothers to be sterilized). Which argument do you find most convincing?
2. The end of the chapter talks about cap-and-trade (tradeable permits), an economic mechanism that we’ll return to often in this course. Both population cap-and-trade and carbon cap-and-trade are discussed. Outline the arguments and your feelings (both pro and con if appropriate) for both these schemes in tradeable permits.
3. What about refugees paying for safety in another country. What are your feelings about this proposal? What is gained and what could be lost if this proposal were implemented? Imagine that you are (1) setting immigration quotas and (2) fleeing a war-torn country where your survival and that of your family is uncertain. Would these two perspectives change your response to the first part of this question? How and why?

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PDF- The New economy

What sorts of issues may arise with Janzen’s idea of using an ecosystem to fund it’s own maintenance and preservation? Janzen points out he was in a very fortunate situation to start his work in such ecosystems in Costa Rica. What sort of ecosystems does his idea of nature funding its own maintenance and preservation actually work, and what sort of ecosystems might it not work?