The Relevance and Value of Confucianism in Contemporary Business Ethics

The Relevance and Value of Confucianism in Contemporary Business Ethics

This article examines the relevance and value of Confucian Ethics to contemporary Business Ethics by comparing their respective perspectives and approaches towards business activities within the modern capitalist framework, the principle of reciprocity and the concept of human virtues. Confucian Eth...

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Main Author: CHAN, Gary Kok Yew
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
Subjects:
business ethics
Confucian ethics
reciprocity
hierarchy
The Doctrine of the Mean
human virtue
Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics
Commercial Law
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/808
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/1807/viewcontent/Chan2008_RelevanceAndValueOfConfucian_av.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:This article examines the relevance and value of Confucian Ethics to contemporary Business Ethics by comparing their respective perspectives and approaches towards business activities within the modern capitalist framework, the principle of reciprocity and the concept of human virtues. Confucian Ethics provides interesting parallels with contemporary Western-oriented Business Ethics. At the same, it diverges from contemporary Business Ethics in some significant ways. Upon an examination of philosophical texts as well as empirical studies, it is argued that Confucian Ethics is able to provide some unique philosophical and intellectual perspectives in order to forge a richer understanding and analysis of the field of contemporary Business Ethics.

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