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Title
International business ethics [electronic resource] : focus on China / Stephan Rothlin, Dennis McCann.
ISBN
9783662474341 (electronic book)
3662474344 (electronic book)
9783662474334
Published
Heidelberg : Springer, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-662-47434-1 doi
Call Number
HF5387.5.C6
Dewey Decimal Classification
174/.40951
Summary
This book addresses an essential need felt by many who seek to promote best business practices in China and East Asia? namely the need for culturally appropriate instructional materials (basic information, case studies and ethical perspectives) that will allow managers and entrepreneurs to understand and embrace the challenge of moral leadership in business. In an era characterized by globalization and the increasing importance of the economies of China, India, Japan, and SE Asia, international business ethics must reflect the concerns of the people living and working in this area, the moral and spiritual traditions that have nurtured them, and their specific contributions to sustainable development. This book presents twenty important case studies, taken from newsworthy events of the past few years, in which Asians and others have attempted to respond to this challenge. Each case study has been selected and shaped in order to highlight various aspects of doing business in Asia, starting with basic principles and moving on to the specific responsibilities that businesses have towards their various stakeholders. The authors contend that the best way to appreciate the relevance of Asian moral and spiritual traditions is to determine their specific contribution to virtue ethics, where the ancient traditions of both East and West converge in their focus on the qualities of moral leadership that form the basis of best business practice. Exploring the case studies will enable readers to appreciate the continued relevance of these ethical perspectives in Asian business. Best business practice clearly involves learning to do business and playing the game according to the rules; but the necessity of playing by the rules is not likely to become clear until one takes up the path that leads to a virtuous life in business, developing a moral character chiefly based on integrity.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed August 4, 2015).
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783662474334
Introduction: Becoming a Top Notch Player
Part I Mapping the Field
The Natural Priority of Moral Virtue
Business Ethics and the Sciences
Moral Decision-Making in Business
Free and Fair Competition in Business
Part II Areas of Stakeholder Responsibility
Customers: Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
Marketing Ethics
Dignity and Workers? Rights
Discrimination and Sexual Harassment
Whistleblowing
Ethics and Finance
Investment, Ethics and Corporate Responsibility
Intellectual Property Rights
Fighting Corruption in the Marketplace
Business Etiquette and Cultural Sensitivity
Ethics and Information Technology
Philanthropy
Welfare and Corporate Social Responsibility
Ethics and the Environment
Creating Social Capital in Credit Unions and other Social Businesses.
