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Business Ethics: Japan and the Global Economy

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Thomas W. Dunfee

    1. The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA

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  2. Yukimasa Nagayasu

    1. Reitaku University, Japan

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Part of the book series: Issues in Business Ethics (IBET, volume 5)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  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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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA

    Thomas W. Dunfee

  • Reitaku University, Japan

    Yukimasa Nagayasu

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Business Ethics: Japan and the Global Economy

  • Editors: Thomas W. Dunfee, Yukimasa Nagayasu

  • Series Title: Issues in Business Ethics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8183-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2427-0Published: 30 September 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4309-2Published: 04 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8183-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0925-6733

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1680

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 276

  • Topics: Ethics, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Metaphysics, Business and Management, general

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