Business Ethics: Japan and the Global Economy

276 Pages·1993·4.461 MB·English

by  Thomas W. Dunfee, Yukimasa Nagayasu (auth.), Thomas W. Dunfee, Yukimasa Nagayasu (eds.)

BUSINESS ETHICS:
JAPAN AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
Issues in Business Ethics
VOLUMES
Series Editors
Brian Harvey, University of Nottingham, UK.
Patricia Werhane, Loyola University of Virginia, US.A.
Editorial Board
Brenda Almond, University of Hull; Hull, u.K.
Antonio Argandona, lESE, Barcelona, Spain
William C. Frederick, University of Pittsburgh, US.A.
Georges Enderle, University of Notre Dame, U.S.A.
Norman E. Bowie, University of Minnesota, US.A.
Henk van Luijk, Nijenrode, Netherlands School of Business, Breukelen,
The Netherlands
Horst Steinmann, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Nurnberg, Germany
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Business Ethics:
Japan and
the Global Economy
edited by
THOMAS W. DUNFEE
The Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania
and
YUKIMASA NAGAY ASU
Reitaku University,
Japan
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
BUSlness ethics Japan and the global economy I edited by Thomas W.
Dunfee, Yukimasa Nagayasu.
p. em. -- <Issues in business ethics; v. 5)
"In cooperation with the Institute of Moralogy, Kashiwa City,
Japan. "
ISBN 978-904814309-2 ISBN 978-94-015-8183-7 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-94-015-8183-7
1. Business ethicS--Japan. 2. Business ethics. I. Dunfee,
Thomas W. II. Nagayasu, Yukimasa, 1941- III. Series.
HF53B7.B8724 1993
174' .4·0952--dc20 93-27884
ISBN 978-90-481-4309-2
Edited versions of papers given at two conferences in Japan, held in December, 1989
and September, 1991 hosted by the Japanese Institute of Moralogy with the
collaboration of Reitaku University, and with sponsorship and support from the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
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CONTENTS
List of Figures, Diagrams and Tables vii
Note on the Contributors viii
Acknowledgements xi
PART I. INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 Global Business Ethics and 3
Japanese Economic Morality
An Introduction and Overview
(Thomas W. Dunfee, Yukimasa Nagayasu)
Chapter 2 Business Ethics: A Japanese View 23
(Iwao Taka)
PART II. BUSINESS ETmCS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY
Chapter 3 The Role of Ethics in International 63
Business (Thomas W. Dunfee)
Chapter 4 Globalization and Business Values in 81
the Asian-Pacific Region
(Yukimasa Nagayasu)
Chapter 5 International Business, A Universal 95
Morality and the Challenge of
Nationalism (Norman E. Bowie)
Chapter 6 The Language of International Corporate 115
Ethics (Thomas Donaldson)
Chapter 7 What is Business Ethics? 133
(Georges Enderle)
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PART III. BUSINESS, ECONOMY AND ETmCS IN JAPAN
Chapter 8 A Japanese Perspective of the 153
Transformation of Modern Civilizations
(Haruo Naniwada)
Chapter 9 Business Ethics in the Global Age 173
(Ken'ichi Odawara)
Chapter 10 The Ideals of Moralogical Management 189
(Yukiyoshi Mochizuki)
Chapter 11 Business Ethics and Corporate Strategy 209
in Japan (Shunji Kobayashi)
PART IV. mSTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MARKET
MORALITY IN JAPAN
Chapter 12 The Japanese Tradition of Economic Ethics 219
(Yukichi Shitahodo)
Chapter 13 The Japanese View of Business and Work 231
(Han-Yu Chang)
Chapter 14 Economic De,velopment and Ethics in Japan 255
-A Historical Perspective
(Tsunehiko Yui)
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LIST OF FIGURES, DIAGRAMS AND TABLES
Figure 4-1 Various Kinds of Reciprocity 87
(Yukimasa Nagayasu)
Diagram 7-1 Matrix of Value-Guided Human 139
Acting (Georges Enderle)
Diagram 7-2 Problem and Action Oriented 146
Approach (Georges Enderle)
Diagram 7-3 Different Conceptions of the 148
Good and the Idea of an
Overlapping Consensus
(Georges Enderle)
Table 9-1 A Comparison of Japanese and 185
Western Companies and Labor
Unions (Ken'ichi Odawara)
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NOTE ON THE CONTRIBUTORS
Nonnan W. Bowie is the Elmer L. Andersen Chair in Corporate
Responsibility at the University of Minnesota. He is the
author, co-author, editor or co-editor of twelve books and
numerous articles in business ethics and political philosophy.
He is currently chair of the Department of Strategic
Management and Organization and is past Executive
Secretary of the American Philosophical Association. He is
past president of the Society for Business Ethics and the
Society for Value Inquiry.
Han-Yu Chang is Professor Emeritus of Taiwan University. His
publications include A Study of British Mercantilism: 1620-
1720 (1954), Economic Development and Income Distribution
in Taiwan (1983), and A Study of Japanese Corporate
Management (1989).
Thomas Donaldson is the John F. Connelly Professor of Business
Ethics in the School of Business, Georgetown University. At
Georgetown University he also holds the positions of Adjunct
Professor, Department of Philosophy, and Senior Research
Fellow, Kennedy Institute of Ethics. Books that he has
authored or edited include: Ethics in International Business
(Oxford University Press, 1989); Ethical Issues in Business, 4th
Edition (Prentice-Hall Inc., 1979-92), co-edited with Patricia
Werhane; Issues in Moral Philosophy (McGraw-Hill, Inc.,
1986); Case Studies in Business Ethics, 3rd Edition (Prentice
Hall Inc., 1984-92); and Corporations and Morality (Prentice
Hall Inc., 1982).
Thomas W. Dunfee is the Kolodny Professor of Social Responsibility
at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. At
the Wharton School, he was Chair of the Legal Studies
Department from 1979-85 and 1987-91. He was President of
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the American Business Law Association 1989-90, served as
Editor-in-Chief of the American Business Law Journal 1975-77
and received the Distinguished Senior Faculty Award for
Excellence from the ABLA in 1991. He currently is a
member of the executive committees of the Society for
Business Ethics and the Society for the Advancement of
Socio-Economics. His research interests focus on the
application of social contract theory to business ethics,
corporate attorney whistle-blowing, and on developing ethical
standards for global business transactions. He has written or
edited over ten books and has published articles in a wide
variety of journals in the fields of law, business and applied
ethics.
Georges Enderle is the Arthur and Mary O'Neil Professor of
International Business Ethics at the University of Notre
Dame, Indiana. He is author of several books including
Handlungs orientierte Wirtschaftsethik, Grundlagen und
Anwendungen (Action-oriented Business Ethics. Foundation
and Applications: 1993) and contributing co-editor of Lexikon
der Wirtschaftsethik (Encyclopedia of Business Ethics: 1993).
He has written numerous articles on business ethics and is
presently working on a research project on "International
Business Ethics".
Shunji Kobayashi is Professor at the School of commerce, Waseda
University. His publications include Study of Managerial
Environment (1990), and "Political Strategy of Corporations"
(1992).
Yukiyoshi Mochizuki is Director of Research Department, the
Institute of Moralogy and Professor in the Faculty of Foreign
Languages, Reitaku University. His publications include:
Human Rights and Moralogy (1986), Beautiful Heart and
Wonderful Life (1988), and Pleasure of Moral Practice (1990).
Yukimasa Nagayasu is Professor at the International School of
Economics and Business Administration, Reitaku University.
He is also chief of the Economics Division of the Research
Department, the Institute of Moralogy. His books include
Ecology of Economic Civilization (1979), Principles of National
Economy (1978), Principles of Political Economy (1981), and
Cosmology of Economics (1991).
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Haruo Naniwada (1906-1991) was Honorary President of Kanto
Gakuen University. His publications include Study of
Economic Sociology (1971), Philosophy of Crisis (1974), Theory
of Community (1982), and Morality and Economy (1983).
Ken'ichi Odawara is Professor in the Faculty of Economics, Jochi
(Sophia) University and lecturer of International Relations at
the University of Tokyo. His edited books include
International Political and Economic Theories (1988), and The
World Economy (1982). His publications include American
Disease (1980), "The Competition Principles in Japanese
Companies and Labor Unions" (1988), and "What Lessons
Have Japan and the U.S. Learned from Previous Bilateral
Effort on Energy and Environment?" (1992).
Yukichi Shitahodo is Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University and
Advisor of the Institute of Moralogy. His books are
Independent Education in Japan (1952), Education of Social
Intelligence (1957), Anthropological Study of Sontoku Ninomiya
(1965), Family Education and social Morality (1968), Spiritual
Awakening and Human Development (1970), Drei Prinzipien
der anthropologischen Padagogik (1971), and Anthropological
Study of Shoin Yoshida (1988).
Iwao Taka is Assistant Professor at the International School of
Economics and Business Administration, Reitaku University,
and Visiting Research Fellow at The Wharton School, the
University .. of Pennsylvania. His publications include
"J apanese History and Thought -- Based on a Philosophy of
Sontoku Ninomiya --" (1990), "From Economics to Cognitive
Science" (1989), "Intuitive Decision-Making and Creative
Destruction" (1987), "Japanese Entrepreneurship After World
War II" (1986), and An Introduction to New Principles of
Management (with others) (1985).
Tsunehiko Yui is Professor at Department of Business
Administration, Meiji University. His publications include
The Development of Japanese Business: 1600-1980 (1983),
Japanese Management in Historical Perspective (1989), and
History of Yasuda Financial Combines (1987).
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