Friday, May 23, 2008

Knight and Knave: How a public policy should be made?

Such an interesting topic to be presented (by Bong Pheap, D3, GSL) and discussed in this evening's Khmer Zemi.

- Knight: altruism, altruistic behavior, collectivist, public-spirited.
- Knave: self-interest, economic man.

>> Discussion Questions
1. Suppose that public sector workers motivated in part by knightly considerations are paid less than they would need to be to generate the same work effort if they were completely knavish, are they being exploited?
n2. Because there are mix of people who have different motivations, being knightly or knavish, how to design a policy to align both knightly and knavish motivations?

>> Reference:
Le Grand, Julian. 2003. Motivation, agency and public policy: Of knights & Knaves, pawns & queens. Oxford University Press.

4 comments:

Svetlena said...

hello, m lena, bongsomphors's cousin. your sister,Kheng is my friend :D

Phossdey said...

Elen, what are you doing here, oun? lolz

Anyway, interesting topic you got here, Yeng. But I think I need more detail of the story. ^_^

Svetlena said...

keke, m here, coz i just wanna say hello to my friend's sister :D I just figure out that sis Yeng is bongtom's friend :D

Unknown said...

Hi Lena, I've heard my sis talk about u. Nice to know u gal ne!

Touch, "knight and knave" is just what the author used to compare those altruistic and self-interest ppl. U can refer to the reading by Le Grand, 2003 (as mentioned). I find the questions posted by Bong Pheap very controversial and interesting. Hope to hear some ideas about this...