Implementing Business and Professional Ethics in an Asian Context: Three Steps to Integration

Ethics is more than simply regulation, and even regulation becomes an uncertain tool across national boundaries. We need to find ways to teach and practice ethics in business which are both local and international, practical and yet without yielding from

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Dimensions of Teaching Business Ethics in Asia

Dimensions of Teaching Business Ethics in Asia

Stephan Rothlin • Parissa Haghirian Editors

Dimensions of Teaching Business Ethics in Asia

Editors Stephan Rothlin Center for International Business Ethics Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Parissa Haghirian Sophia University Tokyo, Japan

ISBN 978-3-642-36021-3 ISBN 978-3-642-36022-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-36022-0 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013932886 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

To our friend Msgr. Jean-Claude Hollerich S.J. Archbishop of Luxemburg A true master of ethics and pedagogy

Contents

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Introduction ............................................................................................. Stephan Rothlin and Parissa Haghirian

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Part I Theoretical Aspects of Business Ethics 2

The Competitive Edge of Moral Leadership ........................................ Gerhold K. Becker

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Rethinking the Impact of Religion on Business Values: Understanding Its Reemergence and Measuring Its Manifestations .................................................................................... David W. Miller and Timothy Ewest

Part II 4

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