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The aims of business ethics
The goal – courses
To discuss what people ought to do
Moral dilemmas
Scholarship
The goal – students
Develop decision-making skills
To make better decisions
[& act differently]
Scholarship](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/workshopbusinessethicsinchina-140116122627-phpapp01/75/Workshop-business-ethics-in-China-17-2048.jpg)
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Workshop: business ethics in China
The document discusses the teaching of business ethics in China, contrasting it with Western approaches and highlighting key topics such as moral development, employee honesty, and corporate responsibility. It emphasizes the need for localized business ethics education that integrates Chinese philosophical perspectives while critiquing existing Western materials. The author advocates for improvements in ethics courses to better align with Chinese cultural values and practical applications in the business environment.
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- 1. Teaching business ethicsin China Robert Shaw Graduate School of Business Guangdong University of Foreign Studies 2nd International Symposium on Corporate Responsibility & Sustainable Development 第二届国际企业责任和可持续发展研 讨会
- 2. 2 Agenda 1. Business ethicsin the West 2. Business ethics in China
- 3. 3 1 Business ethicseducation in the West New topics New aims Research is becoming more profound
- 4. 4 The purpose ofBusiness Schools About half the Business Schools in the West emphasise ethics Who decides the curriculum? Produce employable graduates, honest workers Business ethics is the battle ground Example: Entrepreneurship
- 5. 5 Misunderstandings about business ethics Ethicsis about what people ought to do Contrast with science Contrast with the law If you want to know how to get people to obey the law, ask the police, criminologists, psychologists, sociologists Business ethics courses will not make people more honest, nor should they try to do this
- 6. 6 Is this bookabout business ethics?
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- 8. 8 Is moral developmenttheory about ethics? How children become mature moral adults Stage theories of moral development Cognitive development
- 11. 11 How does thelaw relate to business ethics? Is business ethics not just a matter of obeying the law? Most of the cases of dishonesty in the news are not of much interest to those with a serious interest in ethics If you want to know how to get people to obey the law, ask the police, criminologists, psychologists, sociologists Ethics appears in two places in relation to the law Policy and the formulation of laws The use of discretion
- 12. 12 Discretionary justice Kenneth CulpDavis Professor in Administrative Law University of Chicago Discretion is a tool, indispensable for the individualization of justice … Rules alone, untempered by discretion, cannot cope with the complexities of modern government and modern justice The mechanical application of a rule means injustice … what is needed is individualised justice
- 13. 13 Discretionary justice There isalways a gap between a rule and its application – discretion This theory is not just about the law Applying rules = implementing policy A course for chief executives Research on rules involves The philosophy of language Universals / particulars Free will / determinism
- 14. 14 Traditional topics inbusiness ethics The subject business ethics appeared in the 1960s Topics: Employee dishonesty Codes of conduct Fair working conditions - health and safety Respect for other cultures The horrors when corporations are caught lying Monitoring email Taking and giving bribes Child labour in foreign countries Whistle blowing Workplace rights - drug testing, surveillance The joys of corporate social responsibility
- 15. 15 Topics in businessethics New problematics: Social justice –distribution of wealth Economic theory – neoliberalism Capitalism & socialism Democracy & other systems Corporations & morality The effect of technology on society Ethics of cyberspace Eco-phenomenology Human rights Indigenous rights – land rights, cultural harvest Animal rights Open access to data/science/government information
- 16. 16 The new businessethics Ethics in as it appears in Public policy Economics Social theory Political theory Methods of critical analysis Draws upon the discipline of philosophy
- 17. 17 The aims ofbusiness ethics The goal – courses To discuss what people ought to do Moral dilemmas Scholarship The goal – students Develop decision-making skills To make better decisions [& act differently] Scholarship
- 19. 19 Business ethics courses– a tradition of 2,500 years Parmenides & Kant – rationality Aristotle – flourishing & codes of ethics Kant –moral autonomy & deontology Bentham & Mill –utilitarianism
- 20. 20 The aims ofbusiness ethics courses Moral autonomy The moral person / leader / manager is EITHER Heteronomous – follows rules OR Autonomous – independent in thought and action Kant: If you are morally autonomous, you Make your own decisions Do so rationally Have strength-of-will, act as you decide
- 21. 21 Influences on businessethics courses University teachers teach what they research
- 22. 22 The scholar practitioner Whatis the basis of policy? The British Treasury in the early 1900s SP applies to government business
- 23. 23 2 Business ethicseducation in China
- 24. 24 2 Business ethicseducation in China
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- 32. 32 Ethics advances inChina 2006 Rothlin B (2004) Becoming a Top-Notch Player: 18 rules of international business ethics (In Chinese) Rules and critical thinking
- 33. 33 What I seein China 80% of businesses small or medium Nationalism Values Pride Confidence Unity Localisation = Role of leadership National self-determination Identity Openness to ideas The Chinese way
- 34. 34 Approaches to business C0mpetitition CapitalismStakeholders Community Truth/Virtue
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- 36. 36 My personal suggestionsfor China Throw away the Western textbooks Bring Chinese and Western philosophers into critique Build on existing ethics courses Understand about case studies Relate business ethics to Chinese theories of management Support Chinese scholarship / research Address the evil of examinations
- 37. Thank you ww.gdufs.biz 2ndInternational Symposium on Corporate Responsibility & Sustainable Development 第二届国际企业责任和可持续发展研 讨会