Reputation (Topical Term)

Work cat.: 2010035569: Picci, L. Reputation-based governance, 2011: ECIP preface (discusses the role and the relevance of reputation in governance)

International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences, 2001: Reputation (Reputation of a person represents the opinion others have of him or her. Reputation can also refer to collectivities as well as to anything that can be rated or ranked. Reputations are socially constructed but real in their consequences. The effects of reputation stem from the reactions of others to a given reputation or from a person's anticipation of reactions to one's own conduct. Fear of a damaged reputation can motivate a person to behave against his or her immediate self-interest.)

OED online, Aug. 30, 2010 ("2. The general opinion or estimate of a person's character or other qualities; the relative esteem in which a person or thing is held.")

Wikipedia, Aug. 30, 2010 ("Reputation is the opinion (more technically, a social evaluation) of the group of entities toward a person, a group of people, or an organization on a certain criterion.")