the new institutional Economics includes theories such as:
1.transaction costs theory
2.public choice theory....etc
those theories contain many issues of modern society such as:
1.property rights
2.the choice of institutions and organization
3.the principle of regulations and deregulations...etc
after you read this book you will get close to
the reason why human choose to behave themself like that you are seeing
and you will find out the reason not only "ethic" in itself but also "economic"
after reading you will have the basic concept of the society and the choose of beings.
for example:
how the regulation impacts energy industry in demand and supply sides
and what is the feedback from both side
and the regulation or policy on that industry is efficient and practicable?