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  2. The Moral Basis of a Backward Society - Wikipedia

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    The Moral Basis of a Backward Society is a book by Edward C. Banfield, an American political scientist who visited Montegrano, Italy (Montegrano is the fictitious name used by Banfield to protect the original town of Chiaromonte, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata) in 1955.

  3. Immorality - Wikipedia

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    In Islam, Judaism and Christianity, sin is a central concept in understanding immorality. Immorality is often closely linked with both religion and sexuality. [5] Max Weber saw rational articulated religions as engaged in a long-term struggle with more physical forms of religious experience linked to dance, intoxication and sexual activity. [6]

  4. Norm entrepreneur - Wikipedia

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    A norm entrepreneur or moral entrepreneur is an individual, group, or formal organization that seeks to influence a group to adopt or maintain a social norm; altering the boundaries of altruism, deviance, duty, or compassion.

  5. Social intuitionism - Wikipedia

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    In moral psychology, social intuitionism is a model that proposes that moral positions are often non-verbal and behavioral. [1] Often such social intuitionism is based on "moral dumbfounding" where people have strong moral reactions but fail to establish any kind of rational principle to explain their reaction.

  6. Sociology of morality - Wikipedia

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    Sociology of morality is the branch of sociology that deals with the sociological investigation of the nature, causes, and consequences of people's ideas about morality. Sociologists of morality ask questions on why particular groups of people have the moral views that they do, and what are the effects of these views on behavior, interaction ...

  7. Management fad - Wikipedia

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    The following management theories and practices appeared on a 2004 list of management fashions and fads compiled by Adrian Furnham, [5] who arranged them in rough chronological order by their date of appearance, 1950s to 1990s: Management by objectives; Matrix management; Theory Z; One-minute management; Management by wandering around; Total ...

  8. Morality - Wikipedia

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    An example of normative ethical philosophy is the Golden Rule, which states: "One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself." [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Immorality is the active opposition to morality (i.e., opposition to that which is good or right), while amorality is variously defined as an unawareness of, indifference toward, or ...

  9. Organizational theory - Wikipedia

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    This theory of management was a product of the strong opposition against "the Scientific and universal management process theory of Taylor and Fayol." [ 12 ] This theory was a response to the way employees were treated in companies and how they were deprived of their needs and ambitions.