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Book SynopsisThis book evaluates strategies for managing ethical conflict. Macro-approaches that attribute select values to entire peoples and claim supremacy for these values are suspect. A micro-approach, focusing on the ethics of individual thinkers, is better. The study uses the ethics of Confucius and Tetsuro Watsuji to derive a process-based universal ethic that respects local differences yet is not relativistic.
Table of ContentsFOREWORD, Gerhold K. Becker ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION ONE. Being Human and Doing Business in a Confucian World TWO. The Watsujian Ethic and Japanese Business Practices THREE. Watsujian Trust, Human Being, and Business Practice FOUR. Confucian Trustworthiness in Action FIVE. The Public and Private in the Watsujian Ethic: Implications for Business Practice SIX. The Public Realm in the Confucian Ethic: Implications for a Business Ethic SEVEN. Toward a Universal Business Ethic NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE AUTHOR INDEX