Gordon Menzies
Biographic Data
| ID | 4504372 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gordon Menzies |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gordon |
| FAMILY NAME | Menzies |
| SIGNATURE | MENZIES G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Economics, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4133-2282 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Efficiency of Moral Character
This paper reconsiders how intrinsic motives that support trustworthiness should be modelled within economic theory, contributing to a methodologically pluralist business ethics. We re-examine the principal–agent problem, exposing a hidden assumption in the classic Jensen and Meckling (1976) solution. By introducing a lying cost—reflecting the agent’s concern for honesty—we reveal their model as a limiting case and distinguish between opportunist…
Western Fundamentalism
Developing sustainability learning in business school curricula – productive boundary objects and participatory processes
Sustainability learning is holistic and complex as it draws on diverse disciplines and can be interpreted differently within individual pedagogies. Embedding sustainability across and within business schools relies on developing suitable boundary objects. These may include representations such as models, frameworks or classificatory schemes that are malleable enough to be adapted for use within the disparate disciplines and pedagogies, yet durabl…
Human Nature, Identity, and Motivation
The question of human nature and identity is not a common preoccupation of economists. The reasons for this are investigated, and the ways in which a theological understanding of human nature might alter economic analysis are explored. The analysis focuses on: preserving a meaning for the term “selfish”; allowing forms of mutual care which are not “gift exchange”; allowing for a personal identity which values altruistic acts of love; modeling the…
Developing sustainability learning in business school curricula – productive boundary objects and participatory processes
Sustainability learning is holistic and complex as it draws on diverse disciplines and can be interpreted differently within individual pedagogies. Embedding sustainability across and within business schools relies on developing suitable boundary objects. These may include representations such as models, frameworks or classificatory schemes that are malleable enough to be adapted for use within the disparate disciplines and pedagogies, yet durabl…
Human Nature, Identity, and Motivation
The question of human nature and identity is not a common preoccupation of economists. The reasons for this are investigated, and the ways in which a theological understanding of human nature might alter economic analysis are explored. The analysis focuses on: preserving a meaning for the term “selfish”; allowing forms of mutual care which are not “gift exchange”; allowing for a personal identity which values altruistic acts of love; modeling the…
Developing sustainability learning in business school curricula – productive boundary objects and participatory processes
Sustainability learning is holistic and complex as it draws on diverse disciplines and can be interpreted differently within individual pedagogies. Embedding sustainability across and within business schools relies on developing suitable boundary objects. These may include representations such as models, frameworks or classificatory schemes that are malleable enough to be adapted for use within the disparate disciplines and pedagogies, yet durabl…
Western Fundamentalism
The Efficiency of Moral Character
This paper reconsiders how intrinsic motives that support trustworthiness should be modelled within economic theory, contributing to a methodologically pluralist business ethics. We re-examine the principal–agent problem, exposing a hidden assumption in the classic Jensen and Meckling (1976) solution. By introducing a lying cost—reflecting the agent’s concern for honesty—we reveal their model as a limiting case and distinguish between opportunist…
Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Business ethics (1 work) · Citizen journalism (1 work) · Complex Systems and Decision Making (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Consistency (knowledge bases (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work) · Creatures (1 work)