1st Edition
Business Ethics in East Asia Examples in Historical Context
1. Business ethics and the role of context: institutionalism, history and comparisons in the Asia Pacific region Chris Rowley and Ingyu Oh
2. Political economy and business ethics John Lie
3. Work ethic formed by pedagogical approach: evolution of institutional approach to education and competitiveness Chris Baumann, Hamin Hamin and Seung Jung (SJ) Yang
4. The state as a regulator of business ethics in Edo Japan: the Tokugawa authority structure and private interests Ingyu Oh and Youngran Koh
5. A sociocognitive approach to business ethics: lessons from early industrializing Japan Peter von Staden
6. Confucian business ethics in Korea: pre-modern welfare state Sangsoon Kang and Joohee Choi
7. Overcoming ethical issues through symbolic management, cultivating proponents and storytelling: the institutionalization of Korea’s horseracing industry Sou Hwan Kang and Gil-Sung Park
8. The institutionalization of Korean traditional music: problematic business ethics in the construction of genre and place Keith Howard
9. Understanding the rise and decline of shareholder activism in South Korea: the explanatory advantages of the theory of Modes of Exchange Bronwen Dalton and Marie dela Rama
10. Corporate governance and the institutionalization of socially responsible investing (SRI) in Korea Hannah Jun
11. Educational inequality among Chinese urban schools: the business ethics of private schools Jin Wang and Wonho Jang
12. Relinquishing business ethics from a theoretical deadlock: the requirement for local grounding and historical comparisons in the Asia Pacific region Chris Rowley and Ingyu Oh
Biography
Chris Rowley is Inaugural Professor of Human Resource Management at the Cass Business School, City University, London, UK, and Adjunct Professor at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. He is the editor of the book series Working in Asia and Asian Studies, and has published widely, with over 500 journal articles, books and chapters and other contributions in practitioner journals, magazines and newsletters.
Ingyu Oh is Professor of Hallyu Studies at the Research Institute of Korean Studies, Korea University, Korea. Previously, he taught in the UK, the US, New Zealand, and Japan. His main research interests are economic sociology, cultural sociology, and international business strategy.
