Establishing a Payment Culture for Municipal Services in the North West Province: A Conceptual Framework by Prince Chukwuneme Enwereji, Marius Potgieter

“…The systems, contingency and social contract theory underpins this study. This study anticipates to find how the effective application of factors such as fiscal exchange, policies and legislation, service administration and measurement, payment knowledge and education, budget transparency, social influence and deterrence messages influence the payment culture for municipal services. …”
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Costs of denied health care services and of the lawsuits filed to obtain them in Medellín, 2009 by Emmanuel Nieto L, Alejandro Arango C

“…This cost is just a part of the transaction costs generated by the health care services providers’ breach of the social contract established by the Colombian Constitution. …”
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THE STATE AS «INTELLIGENT LIFE OF SELF- CONSCIOUS FREEDOM»: PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL ASPECTS ACCORDING TO HEGEL’S INTERPRETATION by SAL'NIKOV Victor Petrovich, MASLENNIKOV Dmitry Vladimirovich, SHKRUM Dmitry Vasilievich

“…As such, the concept of freedom became for German classics the basis of a new paradigm of philosophy of law, an alternative to both traditional natural law and social contract theory. Based on this paradigm, the Hegelian concept of the state can be considered as one of the sources of the sovereign Russian philosophy of law. …”
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Why are our medicines so expensive? Spoiler: Not for the reasons you are being told… by Els Torreele

“…As the extreme COVID-19 vaccine inequities once again highlighted, we urgently need to reform the social contract between governments, the biopharmaceutical industry, and the public and restore its original health purpose. …”
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Fair Equality of Opportunity in Healthcare by Rui Nunes

“…But, it is not only the theory of the social contract that provides for a fair equality of opportunities. …”
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La justicia como pretensión política. John Locke entre el Medioevo y la Modernidad by D.A. Fernández Peychaux

“…This way, it is able to demonstrate that Locke’s social contract is responsible for rehabilitating a free area of such unfair political and economical power relationships.…”
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Understanding Social Justice: Why it matters by Jan McArthur

“…I contrast the procedural social contract approach to social justice, most famously associated with the work of John Rawls, and more outcomes-focussed approaches such as the capabilities approach and critical theory. …”
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TANGGUNG JAWAB SOSIAL PERUSAHAAN (CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY) DAN IMPLEMENTASINYA by Suparnyo Suparnyo

“…The above problems are analyzed under the framework of Justice Theory, Social Contract Theory, Structural and Functional Theory, Stakeholders Theory, and Utilitarianism Theory. …”
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Renewing the Future: Social Innovation Systems, Sector Shift, and Innoweave by Stephen Huddart

“…Against a backdrop of various “occupy” movements signifying civic dissatisfaction with the social contract, and in an era of fiscal restraint affecting governments and communities in many parts of the world, we need new and more effective ways to address complex social challenges. …”
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Through an activity theory lens: Conceptualizing service learning as 'boundary work' by Janice McMillan

“…Michael Gibbons (2005) has spoken about the need to re-imagine the relationship between higher education and society and he calls for the emergence of a ‘new social contract’. In particular he highlights three elements of this new form of engagement: contextualization, boundary objects, and transaction spaces or boundary zones. …”
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Performance measurement in horizontal LSP cooperation as a field of conflict: the preventive role of collaborative processes by Carl Marcus Wallenburg, Thorsten Schäffler

“…Further, based on resource dependency theory and social contract theory, this research identifies the power structure of the alliance as a relevant contingency factor and shows that joint action in PM is effective in reducing conflict in symmetrical power cooperations, while information sharing as less intense form of collaboration is effective in reducing conflict in asymmetrical power cooperations.…”
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Evaluating the Relationship between the Content of Bey'at in the Political Thought of Shia with the Nature and Function of Vote in Modern Constitutional Law by Hamed Nikonahad, mahdi zare

“…In the political system of Shia, popular participation in establishment and continuity of government is based on the concept of Bey'at, which- in its most prominent model- is concluded in the form of a social contract with political agents. In modern law, election is the most significant element in the realization of the representation system and national sovereignty is exercised through representation system and right to vote by electing ones.  …”
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Moral judgement among university students in Ica: A view from the perspective of Lawrence Kohlberg [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Miguel Gerardo Mendoza Vargas, Rosmery Sabina Pozo Enciso, Oscar Arbieto Mamani

“…Results: It was found that 12.75% of the study sample was in the instructional relativism stage, 23.10% were in interpersonal agreement, 35.76% were in social order and authority, 11.95% were in social contract and finally 3.80% were in universal ethical principles. …”
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O Anel de Gyges nos Devaneios de Rousseau by Luiz Maurício Bentim da Rocha Menezes

“…The main objective of our work is the comparison between Plato’s and Rousseau’s view of Gyges’ ring, and the investigation of the concept of nature as one of the pillars of the social contract theory. As results we present the way Rousseau answers to the challenge of justice from the concept of justice within the soul, whereas no harm could be done to others. …”
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DETERMINANTS OF GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, COMPANY CHARACTERISTICS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ON ISLAMIC SOCIAL REPORTING (ISR) DISCLOSURE by driana leniwati, Dwi Nur Fitriah, Riska Harventy

“…The result also proves that a company that stands in the community could not be separated from the social contract related to the norms that exist in society. …”
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THE URBAN POOR IN DHAKA: PERSPECTIVES ON THE RIGHT TO THE CITY by Shamsul AREFIN, Tamanna RASHID

“…Findings show that urban poor have to build different social-contract relations with various local agents as survival mechanisms while economic activities using urban space are considered to be illegal in Bangladesh. …”
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The Thorny Challenge of Making Moral Machines: Ethical Dilemmas with Self-Driving Cars by Awad, Edmond, Bonnefon, Jean-François, Shariff, Azim, Rahwan, Iyad

“…The integration of autonomous cars will require a new social contract that provides clear guidelines about who is responsible for different kinds of accidents, how monitoring and enforcement will be performed, and how trust among all stakeholders can be engendered.…”
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The Thorny Challenge of Making Moral Machines: Ethical Dilemmas with Self-Driving Cars by Awad, Edmond, Bonnefon, Jean-François, Shariff, Azim, Rahwan, Iyad

“…The integration of autonomous cars will require a new social contract that provides clear guidelines about who is responsible for different kinds of accidents, how monitoring and enforcement will be performed, and how trust among all stakeholders can be engendered.…”
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State of the Fiscal Contract in Lagos’ Informal Settlements by Rosenzweig, Leah R., Wilson, Nicole E.

“…In such instances it would seem that the state has broken the social contract with its most vulnerable citizens. How do citizens respond? …”
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Unlearning, relearning, staying with the trouble: Scenarios and the future of education by Finch, M, Bhroin, NN, Krüger, S

“…As a wide range of actors explore the possibility of a new social contract for education, the article proposes that future scenarios can provide fresh perspectives on issues that are difficult or even impossible to resolve within current frames of reference, including questions of equity and justice that may be construed differently in times to come.…”