Market Morals, Taboo Categories and Redefined Legitimacy

Saturday, June 25, 2016

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


TH08-01
Moral and Immoral Quantification
Market Morals, Taboo Categories and Redefined Legitimacy


Participants:
The Price of Faith: Political Determinants of the Commercialization of Buddhist Temples in China
Lori Qingyuan Yue, USC Marshall School of Business; Jue Kate Wang, USC Marshall School of Business; Botao Yang, USC Marshall School of Business
The Quantification of Decency
Andrea Mennicken, London School of Economics and Political Science
Devices for Doing: Moral Judgment in Economic Evaluations of Newborn Genetic Screening
Zachary Webster Griffen, UCLA; Stefan Timmermans, UCLA
Taboo Valuation – Museum Decisions Not to Value Certain Objects
Erica Coslor, University of Melbourne

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


TH08-02
Corporations As Actors with Morality
Market Morals, Taboo Categories and Redefined Legitimacy


Participants:
From “Loan Sharks” to Commercial Banks, Redefining the Legitimacy of Unsecured Lending in the United States,1900-1945.
Simon Bittmann, Centre de Sociologie des Organisations
Rhetorical Strategies in the Legitimation of Genetically Modified Foods
Jeffrey Gauthier, State University of New York Plattsburgh; Jeffrey Kappen, Drake University
The Moral Justification of Surplus - Redefining the Social Meaning of Mutual Insurance in Sweden (1945-2015)
Susanna Alexius, Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (SCORE), Stockholm University; Martin Gustavsson, Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (SCORE), Stockholm University; Tiziana Sardiello, Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research (SCORE), Stockholm University

2:30 PM-4:00 PM


TH08-03
Constructing Morality in Immoral Spaces: Sex Work, Workers and Products
Market Morals, Taboo Categories and Redefined Legitimacy


Participants:
When Transferable Skills Can't Transfer: Examining Occupational Stigma on Worker Mobility
Sarah Blithe, University of Nevada Reno; Breanna *, University of Nevada Reno; Anna Wiederhold Wolfe, University of Nevada Reno
Economic Shifts, Moral Values, and Political Boundaries: The Symbolic Relationship Between Sex Toys and Pornography
Shelly Ronen, New York University; Lynn Comella, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The Moral Economy of Female Sex Workers in Post-Socialist China
Yeon Jung Yu, University of South Carolina
Liminal Sex & Markets: The Business Practices of Elite Online Escorts
Kathryn Hausbeck Korgan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Alex Nelson, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Antoinette Izzo, UNLV

Sunday, June 26, 2016

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


TH08-04
Market Legitimacy, Identity and Discourses I
Market Morals, Taboo Categories and Redefined Legitimacy


Participants:
Fertile Markets: Governing Cross-Border Reproductive Care
Eleni Tsingou, Copenhagen Business School
From Madness to Mental Illness: Legality, Legitimacy and Morality in the Psychotropic Drugs Market
Mauricio Reinert, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies; Claudia Cristina Macceo Sato, Maringa State University
Co-Opt or Co-Exist? a Study of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries' Identity-Based Responses to Recreational-Use Legalization in Colorado and Washington
Greta Hsu, University of California, Davis; Ozgecan Kocak, Sabanci University; Balazs Kovacs, Yale University
Moralizing Economic Brokerage: How Transnational Illegal Drug Brokers Gain Legitimacy in China
Lantian Li, Northwestern University, Sociology Department

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


TH08-05
Market Legitimacy, Identity and Discourses II
Market Morals, Taboo Categories and Redefined Legitimacy


Participants:
Institutional Analysis of the Effects of Social and Economic Reforms on Constructions of Legitimate and Informal Work in Germany
Tracy Corley, Northeastern University
The Things we do by Definition: Definitional Discourse & Changing Moral Boundaries in Markets
Paul Conville, University of Leicester
Corporate Legitimacy Across Cultural Contexts: Mapping the Cultural Schemata of Religio-Institutional Actors
Matthew Mitchell, Drake University