Developing Business Ethics in China

ISBN-13: 9781349533824 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 295 str.

Xiaohe Lu; Georges Enderle; X. Lu

Opis

Twenty-seven international scholars and business leaders analyse the challenges facing business ethics in China: the role of different ethical traditions, the creation of ethical corporate cultures, corruption and the lack of confidence, consumption patterns and income distribution, globalization, WTO and information technology, to name a few.

Recenzje

'If you care at all about business in China, read this book. It smashes all of the tidy assumptions about ethics being entirely different or the same in the new China.'

- Thomas Donaldson, The Wharton School

"Throughout its long history, China has made a deep contribution to global ethics. In the period of global business development, ethical issues are centrally important. China has the potential to play a critical role in the search for an ethic for globally sustainable development. By bringing together essays from outstanding scholars in this field, this book provides an invaluable insight into the way in which China can contribute to this process."

- Peter Nolan, Professor, Judge Business School and Chair, Development Studies, University of Cambridge

'China's rapid movement to the center of the global economic stage has highlighted vivid differences between China and her trading partners regarding issues of ethics and governance. Such differences have the power to erode the trust necessary to support continued development of the global economy, with consequences hard to imagine. Lu and Enderle have put together a book that presents the central issues with timely illustrations and a dialogue between Chinese and foreign observers. This book clarifies the reasons behind the misunderstandings and adds valuable insights for understanding contemporary China.'

- Bill Fischer, Professor, IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland; and former President & Dean, The China-Europe International Business School in Shanghai

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Spis treści

An Overview of the Essays as a Platform for Further Dialogue; G.Enderle Business Ethics Needs International Exchange of Ideas and Experiences: A Review of the International Conference on Developing Business Ethics in China; X.Lu PART ONE: FOUNDATIONAL QUESTIONS On China's Traditional Business Ethics and Its Modern Transformation; Y.Zhu The Ethics of an Ecological Economy; Z.Wang Confucian and Christian Market Morality; K-C.J.Lam Economic Motivation and Its Relevance for Business Ethics; X.Zhao On Moral Principles of Contract Ethics; H.Gao Fundamental Issues Concerning Business Ethics in Contemporary China; Z.Hu & K.Huang Towards an Integrative Theory of Business Ethics: With Special Reference to the East Asian Region; Y.Nagayasu Business Ethics, Globalization, and the Information; R.De George PART TWO: MACRO-ISSUES China's Ethical Challenges After Joining the WTO; X.Wang Comparing Ethical Concepts of Consumption in China and the West in the Context of Globalization; Z.Zhou Ethical Evaluation of the Income Distribution in China and Its Five Income Sources; J.Yang Business Corruption in China's Economic Reform and Its Institutional Roots; D.Xu Rules, Roles, and Moral Disparity: The Problem of Corruption; G.Brenkert Confidence in the Financial Reporting System: Easier to Lose than to Restore; G.Enderle Speculation and Insider Trading as a Problem of Business Ethics; P.Koslowski The Problems of Declining Birth Rate and Ageing in the Japanese Welfare State and Its Implications for Business and Economic Ethics; K.Matsuoka PART THREE: PERSPECTIVES OF CORPORATE ETHICS Moral Reticence: Corporate Management's Tendency to Avoid Addressing Ethical Issues; L.Li The Necessity and Prospects of Promoting Ethics in Chinese Enterprises: Experiences of Dazhong Transportation Group; X.Zhou The Moral Values of "Joint-Forces Culture: The Example of Xuchang Relay Group; F.Qiao Corporate Citizenship Behavior in a Transitional Economy: An Exploratory Study in the People's Republic of China; Han Long Lu & Chi Kwan Warren Chiu The Corporation's Evolving Personality; L.S.Paine Corporate Ethics in Germany: A Republican View and Its Practical Consequences; H.Steinmann Corporate Governance and Ethics in Developing Economies Light from the Tip of a Dark Continent?; D.Rossouw Global Corporate Citizenship' for a Globalization with a Human Face; U.Baerlocher

O autorze

George Enderle is Arthur and Mary O’Neil Professor of International Business Ethics at the Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, USA.