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Twenty-seven international scholars and business leaders analyse the challenges facing business ethics in China: the role of different ethical traditions, the creation of ethical corporate cultures, corruption and the lack of confidence, consumption patterns and income distribution, globalization, WTO and information technology, to name a few.

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In an attempt to investigate business ethics in China, Lu and Enderle, go beyond sound bites and analyse multiple challenges for the years to come. Developing Business Ethics in China explores the role of different ethical traditions, the creation of ethical corporate cultures, corruption and the lack of confidence, consumption patterns and income distribution, globalization, WTO, information technology, and more. Nearly two dozen scholars and business leaders from China, South Africa, Japan and the United States investigate these issues, taking the first steps for a desperately needed dialogue for China as well as for the world community.

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An Overview of the Essays as a Platform for Further Dialogue; G.Enderle Business Ethics Needs International Exchange of Ideas and Experiences: A Review of the International Conference on Developing Business Ethics in China; X.Lu PART ONE: FOUNDATIONAL QUESTIONS On China´s Traditional Business Ethics and Its Modern Transformation; Y.Zhu The Ethics of an Ecological Economy; Z.Wang Confucian and Christian Market Morality; K-C.J.Lam Economic Motivation and Its Relevance for Business Ethics; X.Zhao On Moral Principles of Contract Ethics; H.Gao Fundamental Issues Concerning Business Ethics in Contemporary China; Z.Hu & K.Huang Towards an Integrative Theory of Business Ethics: With Special Reference to the East Asian Region; Y.Nagayasu Business Ethics, Globalization, and the Information; R.De George PART TWO: MACRO-ISSUES China´s Ethical Challenges After Joining the WTO; X.Wang Comparing Ethical Concepts of Consumption in China and the West in the Context of Globalization; Z.Zhou Ethical Evaluation of the Income Distribution in China and Its Five Income Sources; J.Yang Business Corruption in China´s Economic Reform and Its Institutional Roots; D.Xu Rules, Roles, and Moral Disparity: The Problem of Corruption; G.Brenkert Confidence in the Financial Reporting System: Easier to Lose than to Restore; G.Enderle Speculation and Insider Trading as a Problem of Business Ethics; P.Koslowski The Problems of Declining Birth Rate and Ageing in the Japanese Welfare State and Its Implications for Business and Economic Ethics; K.Matsuoka PART THREE: PERSPECTIVES OF CORPORATE ETHICS Moral Reticence: Corporate Management´s Tendency to Avoid Addressing Ethical Issues; L.Li The Necessity and Prospects of Promoting Ethics in Chinese Enterprises: Experiences of Dazhong Transportation Group; X.Zhou The Moral Values of "Joint-Forces Culture: The Example of Xuchang Relay Group; F.Qiao Corporate Citizenship Behavior in a Transitional Economy: An Exploratory Study in the People´s Republic of China; Han Long Lu & Chi Kwan Warren Chiu The Corporation´s Evolving Personality; L.S.Paine Corporate Ethics in Germany: A Republican View and Its Practical Consequences; H.Steinmann Corporate Governance and Ethics in Developing Economies Light from the Tip of a Dark Continent?; D.Rossouw Global Corporate Citizenship´ for a Globalization with a Human Face; U.Baerlocher

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