Climate Donations Inspired by Evidence-Based Fundraising

Freeling, Benjamin S.; Dry, Matthew J.; Connell, Sean D.

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.768823

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“…While some scholars have linked EA to utilitarianism, others have contested this, arguing instead that EA is focussed on connecting moral decision making with scientific evidence ( Kumar, 2020 ). In academics, EA has been used to analyse animal welfare, organ donation, clinical practice, and climate change, among others ( Tonkens, 2018 ; Garrett et al, 2020 ; Freeling et al, 2022 ). EA also provides career advice to its adherents, asking them to choose careers that can bring about the most good in the world.…”

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Effective altruism and the dark side of entrepreneurship

Olumekor,

Mohiuddin,

2023

Front. Psychol.

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PurposeEffective Altruism (EA) has become one of the most prominent socio-philosophical movements of recent years. EA is also facing intense scrutiny due to the business practices of some of its most prominent adherents. On the other hand, the dark triad traits of Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy have been getting increasing attention in entrepreneurship research. There is growing evidence that these traits can motivate entrepreneurial intention. We therefore sought to investigate if there was a connection between the entrepreneurship discourse in EA and traits corresponding to dark triad behavior.Design/methodology/approachUsing a discursive analytic method, we investigated the discursive threads on entrepreneurship in EA over a 10-year period.FindingsWhile we believe EA brings a much-needed perspective to the overall debate on doing good, we found ample evidence that it might have promoted the sort of dark triad behavior which some evidence suggests can lead to financial success, but can equally lead to the type of morally bankrupt, unethical and even illegal practices of some entrepreneurs. We also discovered a somewhat temporal dimension in EA’s discourse on entrepreneurship, beginning with discourse encouraging some risk taking and entrepreneurship, before moving on to discourses on the benefits of having a smart and illicit character, and ending with a focus on aggressive risk taking.OriginalityThe findings contribute to the still nascent debate on dark personality traits in entrepreneurship, and enriches the theoretical advancement of the field. However, our research differs from prior studies which were almost exclusively focused on the firm. Instead, we examine this phenomenon within a highly influential belief system/philosophical movement.

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Effective altruism and the dark side of entrepreneurship

Olumekor,

Mohiuddin,

2023

Front. Psychol.

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effectiveness of a college athletic department’s pro-environmental initiatives

Kim,

Yu,

Nam

et al. 2023

sustain. sport. sci. j.

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The current study seeks to determine whether sport consumers’ beliefs, feelings, and behavioural intentions differ when the consumers perceive and are presented with a college athletic department’s high pro-environmental performance compared to its ordinary PE performance. This study employed an online-based experiment and relied on data from 613 sport consumers in the U.S. Two PE performance scenarios were developed, and one of the scenarios was randomly assigned to a sample of the consumers. A multivariate analysis of covariance was performed to test the research hypotheses. The findings suggested that sport consumers who were exposed to a college athletic department’s high PE performance had significantly higher levels of feelings of gratitude and intentions to donate toward the PE initiatives than those who were presented with the ordinary PE performance. In contrast, there were no significantly differential impacts between high PE performance and ordinary PE performance on sport consumers’ beliefs and general feelings. Both high-quality and quantity PE initiatives can function as strong motivational and learning processes that formulate sport consumers’ perceptual and emotional engagement. This study contributes to the sport management literature by investigating the differential impacts of PE performance on the tri-component attitude model to fill the research gap.

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Climate Donations Inspired by Evidence-Based Fundraising

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Effective altruism and the dark side of entrepreneurship

Effective altruism and the dark side of entrepreneurship

effectiveness of a college athletic department’s pro-environmental initiatives

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