Match-Fixing: Working Towards an Ethical Framework

Match-fixing under competitive odds

Two bookmakers compete in Bertrand fashion while setting odds on the outcomes of a sporting contest where an influential punter (or betting syndicate) may bribe some player(s) to fix the contest. Zero profit and bribe prevention may not always hold together. When the influential punter is quite powerful, the bookies may coordinate on prices and earn positive profits for fear of letting the ‘lem...

An ethical framework for psychiatry.

Psychiatry has not reached a consensus hitherto concerning an optimal theoretical framework for ethical decision-making and corresponding action. Various theories have been considered, but found wanting. Moreover, classic theories may contradict one another, contribute to confusion and immobilise the clinician. We have examined major theories commonly applied in bioethics, conferred with moral ...

Towards an Ethical Imagination of Asian

Within the four seas, all men are brothers 1 Confucius A man begins his self-cultivation by serving his parents well and he cannot serve his parents well unless he knows the people, and one cannot know the people well unless he knows the way of Heaven 2 Confucius I Guanxi is a powerful concept: not only as a tool to grasp the essence of Chinese sociality but also as a sociological challenge. It...

An Ethical Framework for Evaluating Experimental Technology

How are we to appraise new technological developments that may bring revolutionary social changes? Currently this is often done by trying to predict or anticipate social consequences and to use these as a basis for moral and regulatory appraisal. Such an approach can, however, not deal with the uncertainties and unknowns that are inherent in social changes induced by technological development. ...

Nudging in Public Health – An Ethical Framework