Alex Michalos

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I am a social scientist and philosopher, founded Social Indicators Research and the Journal of Business Ethics, edited 12 volume Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-being Research, published 32 books and over 140 articles.

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Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research

No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form ... more No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfi lming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifi cally for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work.

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Subjective Indicators

Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research

University Corporate Social Responsibility and University Governance

Advances in Business Ethics Research

Advances in Business Ethics Research is intended to extend the Special Issue tradition to attract... more Advances in Business Ethics Research is intended to extend the Special Issue tradition to attract collections of manuscripts arising from an interdisciplinary approach that will push forward the current frontiers of business ethics. The series will welcome proposals that have a fairly specific focus on problems or projects that will lead to innovative research charting the course for new developments for corporate and individual actors in mixed market economies. In broad strokes manuscripts for this series may be located in the fields of accounting, finance, business law, case studies, codes of ethics, corporate governance, sustainability, corporate social responsibility (or corporate responsibility), labor relations, international management, leadership, marketing, consumer behavior, philosophical foundations, small business, entrepreneurship, social enterprise, teaching business ethics, and values-based management. Advances in Business Ethics Research: A

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The Loyal Agent’s Argument

How Good Policies and Business Ethics Enhance Good Quality of Life, 2017

According to the Report of the Special Review Committee of the Board of Directors of Gulf Oil Cor... more

Piketty and Wealth Taxes

Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, 2018

The Integration of Public Policy-Making with Outcomes Measurement

How Good Policies and Business Ethics Enhance Good Quality of Life, 2017

Based on a review of six cases of different outcomes measures, an assessment is made of the likel... more Based on a review of six cases of different outcomes measures, an assessment is made of the likely usefulness of such measures for improving the coherence and integration of public policy-making. Some fairly clear advantages and limitations are discussed, and some guidelines are provided for those developing social indicators in general and performance indicators in particular.

SRI’s Normative and Ethics-Based Rationales

Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, 2017

Socially responsible investment (SRI) has a long lineage. Faith-based investors practised it for ... more Socially responsible investment (SRI) has a long lineage. Faith-based investors practised it for centuries to ensure they did not invest in "sin." In recent decades other types of investors have embraced it, challenging apartheid, tobacco, and fossil fuel industries. The SRI sector has grown dramatically, and with this growth its rationales have changed. While some investors embrace SRI as a matter of ethical compulsion, many act for other reasons including their financial self-interest. Some may even no longer speak of SRI or "ethical investment," but instead refer to "environmental, social and governance" (ESG) issues as "financially material" (Ransome and Sampford 2011). This article evaluates the principal rationales for SRI, namely legal compliance, to avoid complicity in undesirable activities, to use leverage to enable positive change, and to accrue financial advantages.

European Business Ethics Network

Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, 2017

Aspects of the Quality of Life in Prince George: A Case Study in Canada

Development of Quality of Life Theory and Its Instruments, 2017

A Community survey was made in order to provide some baseline data that could serve as the “befor... more A Community survey was made in order to provide some baseline data that could serve as the “before” part of a before and after analysis that some future researcher might want to undertake to determine the impact of a new university on a small city, People’s use of public services was explored, along with their spending preferences for tax revenues, satisfaction with a variety of aspects of their community and their lives, and correlations among these things were, determined. Open-ended questions were used to discover in the respondents’ own words the best things about living in Prince George, the worst things and the things they would change first to improve the quality of their lives. A simple linear model was able to account for 63% of the variance in life satisfaction scores, 57% of the variance in satisfaction with the quality of life scores and 29% of the variance in happiness scores.

Business and Society

Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, 2017

Tax Justice Network

Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, 2019

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)

Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, 2019

Photographs to Remember

The Pope of Happiness, 2021

Moral Responsibility in Business, or Fourteen Unsuccessful Ways to Pass the Buck

How Good Policies and Business Ethics Enhance Good Quality of Life, 2017

In the Middle Ages, philosophic essays had a standard form. An author would begin by stating a th... more

Creating a Culture of Support for the Social Sciences: Lessons from the First Forty Years of the Social Science Federation of Canada

Philosophical Foundations of Quality of Life, 2017

The primary aim of this essay is to review some of the history of the first 40 years of the Socia... more The primary aim of this essay is to review some of the history of the first 40 years of the Social Science Federation of Canada in order to discover strategies that one might use today to create a stronger culture of support for the social sciences. While my methods are historical, reflective and analytic, my fundamental aim is practical and the main assessment of the value of this essay should be pragmatic.

Notes for a System of Scientific Research Reports Accounts

Philosophical Foundations of Quality of Life, 2017

My aim is to model the production of scientific research reports along the lines of the National ... more

The Case for Atheism

Philosophical Foundations of Quality of Life, 2017

The discussion is about the existence or non-existence of a God that would be a suitable object o... more

Index of Knowledge of Sustainable Development

Springer eBooks, 2014

Index of Behaviors Favorable Toward Sustainable Development

Springer eBooks, 2014

Index of Arts as Self-Health Enhancers

Springer eBooks, 2014