Developing Business Ethics in China [Hardcover]

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.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 AddreslƒL