Business: Cooperation, reciprocity, fairness

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titleBusiness: Cooperation, reciprocity, fairness
start_date2008/06/12
schedule17h-19h
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summaryPrimate social relationships operate like a market of supply and demand, one in which everyone watches the division of pay-offs, in which favors are being repaid, and negative acts are being squared. Reciprocity and cooperation can be demonstrated in monkeys and apes, as well as rules of fairness. Our latest research concerns spontaneous altruism. de Waal, F. B. M. (2005). How animals do business. Scientific American 292 (4): 72-79.
responsiblesde Waal