Although it has been shown that prosocial behaviour is heritable, it has not yet been established whether narrower aspects of prosociality are heritable, nor whether a common mechanism influences prosociality across its multiple domains. Here, we examine civic duty, work-place commitment and concern for the welfare of others with a study of prosocial obligations in 958 adult twin-pairs. Multiva...

BACKGROUND Although health is a right of all individuals without any distinction, the realisation of this right has remained very difficult for the marginalised populations of poor countries. Inequitable distribution of health opportunities globally is a major factor in explaining why this is the case. Whereas the Protection, Promotion and Fulfilment of the health rights of poor country citizen...

arbitrator or private judge must be independent and impartial. domestic and international commercial arbitration law in many countries in addition to the obligation, the independence and impartiality of arbitrator, has other obligations, namely the obligation to disclose. arbitrator must disclose any relationship with the parties to arbitration. commitment to disclosure should not be mixing wit...

Privacy management is important for enterprises that collect, store, access and disclose personal data. Among other things, the management of privacy includes dealing with privacy obligations: privacy obligations dictate duties and expectations an enterprise has to comply with, in terms of data retention, deletion, notice requirements, etc. This is a green area open to research and innovation. ...

The central idea of the Moral Impact Theory is that legal obligations are those genuine obligations that obtain in virtue of the actions of legal institutions. (If we formulate this idea in terms of moral obligations, the paradigm of genuine obligations, we get the view that legal obligations are those moral obligations that obtain in virtue of the actions of legal institutions.) What philosoph...

One of the most influential ideas in the field of business ethics has been the suggestion that ethical conduct in a business context should be analyzed in terms of a set of fiduciary obligations toward various “stakeholder” groups. Moral problems, according to this view, involve reconciling such obligations in cases where stakeholder groups have conflicting interests. The question posed in this...