Developing Business Ethics in China

by Lu, Xiaohe; Enderle, Georges

• ISBN13: 9781403972538
• ISBN10: 1403972532
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-02
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Xiaohe Lu is Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Executive Director of the Centre for Business Ethics, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Georges Enderle is Arthur and Mary O'Neil Professor of International Business Ethics at the Mendoza College of Business, Univershy;sity of Notre Dame.

Author Biography

Xiaohe Lu is Professor at the Institute of Philosophy and Executive Director of the Centre for Business Ethics, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Georges Enderle is Arthur and Mary O’Neil Professor of International Business Ethics at the Mendoza College of Business, Univer­sity of Notre Dame.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	viii
Introduction
An Overview of the Essays as a Platform for Further Dialogue	3	(9)
Georges Enderle
Good Beginnings: A Review of the International Conference on ``Developing Business Ethics in China''	12	(11)
Xiaohe Lu
Part I Foundational Questions
On China's Traditional Business Ethics and Its Modern Transformation	23	(12)
Yiting Zhu
The Ethics of an Ecological Economy	35	(9)
Zeying Wang
Confucian and Christian Ethics about the Market Economy	44	(8)
Kit-Chun Joanna Lam
Economic Motivation and Its Relevance for Business Ethics	52	(10)
Xiuyi Zhao
On the Moral Principles of Contract Ethics	62	(7)
Huizhu Gao
Fundamental Business Ethics Issues in Contemporary China	69	(9)
Zhenping Hu
Kaifeng Huang
Business Ethics in China: A Systemic Perspective	78	(12)
Jane Collier
Toward an Integrative Theory of Business Ethics: With Special Reference to the East Asian Region	90	(9)
Yukimasa Nagayasu
Business Ethics, Globalization, and the Information Age	99	(14)
Richard T. De George
Part II Macro-Issues
China's Ethical Challenges after Joining the WTO	113	(10)
Xiaoxi Wang
Ethical Concepts of Consumption in China and the West in the Context of Globalization	123	(10)
Zhongzhi Zhou
Ethical Evaluation of the Income Distribution in China According to Its Five Income Sources	133	(10)
Jianwen Yang
Business Corruption in China's Economic Reform and Its Institutional Roots	143	(10)
Dajian Xu
Rules, Roles, and Moral Disparity: The Problem of Corruption	153	(10)
George G. Brenkert
Confidence in the Financial Reporting System: Easier to Lose than to Restore	163	(11)
Georges Enderle
Speculation and Insider Trading as a Problem of Business Ethics	174	(10)
Peter Koslowski
The Problems of Declining Birth Rate and Aging in the Japanese Welfare State and Its Implications for Business and Economic Ethics	184	(13)
Koichi Matsuoka
Part III Perspectives of Corporate Ethics
``Moral Reticence'': Corporate Management's Tendency to Avoid Addressing Ethical Issues	197	(10)
Lanfen Li
The Necessity and Prospects of Promoting Ethics in Chinese Enterprises: Experiences of Dazhong Transportation Group	207	(7)
Xiuhua Zhou
The Moral Values of ``Joint-Forces Culture'': The Example of Xuchang Relay Group	214	(9)
Farong Qiao
Corporate Citizenship Behavior in a Transitional Economy: An Exploratory Study in the People's Republic of China	223	(14)
Hanlong Lu
Chi Kwan Warren Chiu
The Corporation's Evolving Personality	237	(10)
Lynn Sharp Paine
Corporate Ethics in Germany: A Republican View and Its Practical Consequences	247	(11)
Horst Steinmann
Business Ethics and Corporate Governance in the King II Report: Light from the Tip of a Dark Continent?	258	(11)
Deon Rossouw
``Global Corporate Citizenship'' for a Globalization with a Human Face	269	(8)
Urs Baerlocher
Notes on Contributors	277	(3)
Name Index	280	(3)
Subject Index	283