Developing Business Ethics in China

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-19
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
On China’s Traditional Business Ethics and Its Modern Transformation....Pages 23-34
The Ethics of an Ecological Economy....Pages 35-43
Confucian and Christian Ethics about the Market Economy....Pages 44-51
Economic Motivation and Its Relevance for Business Ethics....Pages 52-61
On the Moral Principles of Contract Ethics....Pages 62-68
Fundamental Business Ethics Issues in Contemporary China....Pages 69-77
Business Ethics in China: A Systemic Perspective....Pages 78-89
Toward an Integrative Theory of Business Ethics: With Special Reference to the East Asian Region....Pages 90-98
Business Ethics, Globalization, and the Information Age....Pages 99-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
China’s Ethical Challenges after Joining the WTO....Pages 113-122
Ethical Concepts of Consumption in China and the West in the Context of Globalization....Pages 123-132
Ethical Evaluation of the Income Distribution in China According to Its Five Income Sources....Pages 133-142
Business Corruption in China’s Economic Reform and Its Institutional Roots....Pages 143-152
Rules, Roles, and Moral Disparity: The Problem of Corruption....Pages 153-162
Confidence in the Financial Reporting System: Easier to Lose than to Restore....Pages 163-173
Speculation and Insider Trading as a Problem of Business Ethics....Pages 174-183
The Problems of Declining Birth Rate and Aging in the Japanese Welfare State and Its Implications for Business and Economic Ethics....Pages 184-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
“Moral Reticence”: Corporate Management’s Tendency to Avoid Addressing Ethical Issues....Pages 197-206
The Necessity and Prospects of Promoting Ethics in Chinese Enterprises: Experiences of Dazhong Transportation Group....Pages 207-213
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
The Moral Values of “Joint-Forces Culture”: The Example of Xuchang Relay Group....Pages 214-222
Corporate Citizenship Behavior in a Transitional Economy: An Exploratory Study in the People’s Republic of China....Pages 223-236
The Corporation’s Evolving Personality....Pages 237-246
Corporate Ethics in Germany: A Republican View and Its Practical Consequences....Pages 247-257
Business Ethics and Corporate Governance in the King II Report: Light from the Tip of a Dark Continent?....Pages 258-268
“Global Corporate Citizenship” for a Globalization with a Human Face....Pages 269-276
Back Matter....Pages 277-293