The construct of values is central to many fields in the social sciences and humanities. The
last two decades have seen a growing body of psychological research that investigates the …

In explaining the sources of cooperation and prosocial behavior, psychologists, behavioral
economists, and biologists often focus on factors internal to the individual, such as altruistic …

The widespread existence of cooperation is difficult to explain because individuals face
strong incentives to exploit the cooperative tendencies of others. In the research reported …

Reputation systems promote cooperation and deter antisocial behavior in groups. Little is
known, however, about how and why people share reputational information. Here, we seek …

Sociology was once integral to the scientific study of morality, but its explicit focus has
waned over the past half-century. This article calls for greater sociological engagement in …

Does being from a higher social class lead a person to engage in more or less prosocial
behavior? Psychological research has recently provided support for a negative effect of …

Why do people cooperate? We address this classic question by analyzing and discussing
the role of reputation: people cooperate to maintain a positive reputation in their social …

Entrepreneurs require human resources to establish and scale their ventures; however,
constraints often prevent entrepreneurs from investing in formal human resource systems …

Generalized reciprocity is a widely recognized but little studied component of social capital
in organizations. We develop a causal model of the multiple mechanisms that sustain …

Understanding the roots of prosocial behavior is an interdisciplinary research endeavor that
has generated an abundance of empirical data across many disciplines. This review …