After addressing the meaning of “trust” and “trustworthiness,” we review survey-based
research on citizens' judgments of trust in governments and politicians, and historical and …

Cynicism is the attitude that people are primarily motivated by self-interest. It tracks
numerous negative outcomes, and yet many people are cynical. To understand this …

Since the early 1980s there has been an explosion of auditing activity in the United Kingdom
and North America. In addition to financial audits there are now medical audits, technology …

Braithwaite's argument against punitive justice systems and for restorative justice systems
establishes that there are good theoretical and empirical grounds for anticipating that well …

Any organization's success depends upon the voluntary cooperation of its members. But
what motivates people to cooperate? In Why People Cooperate, Tom Tyler challenges the …

Since the mid-1990s risk management has undergone a dramatic expansion in its reach
and significance, being transformed from an aspect of management control to become a …

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For informal justice to be restorative justice, it has to be about restoring victims, restoring
offenders, and restoring communities as a result of participation of a plurality of …

Some social theorists claim that trust is necessary for the smooth functioning of a democratic
society. Yet many recent surveys suggest that trust is on the wane in the United States. Does …

The Open Corporation, originally published in 2002, set out a blueprint for effective
corporate self-regulation, offering practical strategies for managers, stakeholders and …