Business Ethics: Japan and the Global Economy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Global Business Ethics and Japanese Economic Morality

      • Thomas W. Dunfee, Yukimasa Nagayasu

      Pages 3-22

   3. Business Ethics: A Japanese View

      • Iwao Taka

      Pages 23-59

3. Business Ethics in a Global Economy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61

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   2. The Role of Ethics in International Business

      • Thomas W. Dunfee

      Pages 63-80

   3. Globalization and Business Values in the Asian-Pacific Region

      • Yukimasa Nagayasu

      Pages 81-94

   4. International Business, a Universal Morality and the Challenge of Nationalism

      • Norman Bowie

      Pages 95-114

   5. The Language of International Corporate Ethics

      • Thomas Donaldson

      Pages 115-131

   6. What is Business Ethics?

      • Georges Enderle

      Pages 133-150

4. Business, Economy and Ethics in Japan

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151

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   2. A Japanese Perspective of the Transformation of Modern Civilizations

      • Haruo Naniwada

      Pages 153-171

   3. Business Ethics in the Global Age

      • Ken’ichi Odawara

      Pages 173-187

   4. The Ideals of Moralogical Management

      • Yukiyoshi Mochizuki

      Pages 189-207

   5. Business Ethics and Corporate Strategy in Japan

      • Shunji Kobayashi

      Pages 209-216

5. Historical Development of Market Morality in Japan

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217

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   2. The Japanese Tradition of Economic Ethics

      • Yukichi Shitahodo

      Pages 219-229

   3. The Japanese View of Business and Work

      • Han-Yu Chang

      Pages 231-253

   4. Economic Development and Ethics in Japan — A Historical Perspective

      • Tsunehiko Yui

      Pages 255-275

6. Back Matter

   Pages 276-276

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Business Ethics: Japan and the Global Economy presents a multicultural perspective of global business ethics with special emphasis on Japanese viewpoints. In contrast to the typical business ethics book written primarily from the viewpoint of Western culture and economy, the majority of the work is by Asian scholars, providing an historical overview of the religious, scientific and cultural phenomena which converged to create modern Japanese business ethics. Perspectives from socioeconomics, sociology, social contract and applied business ethics contribute to the analysis of moral issues. A new Japanese approach to moral science, Moralogy, is introduced and its implications for phenomena such as the Keiretsu system are explored. Concurrently, prominent Western ethicists explore the role of moral language and the implications of Kantian ethics and contractarian approaches for developing universal moral standards.
Because Japan is an economic superpower, it is critical to understand the hidden economic culture, work ethic, and way of thinking in business. We must realize these are the results of an integration of historical factors, such as Shintoism, Buddhism, Confuctianism and modern Western science and technology. Business Ethics: Japan and the Global Economy provides philosophical and anthropological analyses of the Japanese economic mind, departing from previous stereotyped approaches. Theoretical discussions based upon social contract theory are presented in order to build ethical norms with cross-cultural activity for multinational economic activities. From such a universal stance, practical proposals are presented to transnationalize the Keiretsu system and other Japanese economic institutions.

• Global economy
• International Business
• ethics
• management
• morality
• transformation

• The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA

  Thomas W. Dunfee

• Reitaku University, Japan

  Yukimasa Nagayasu

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