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dc.contributor.authorWoods, Peter R
dc.contributor.authorLamond, David A
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:17:47Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:17:47Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2011-11-09T07:22:32Z
dc.identifier.issn0167-4544
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10551-011-0838-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/41476
dc.description.abstractWe examined Confucian moral philosophy, primarily the Analects, to determine how Confucian ethics could help managers regulate their own behavior (self-regulation) to maintain an ethical standard of practice. We found that some Confucian virtues relevant to self-regulation are common to Western concepts of management ethics such as benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, and trustworthiness. Some are relatively unique, such as ritual propriety and filial piety. We identify seven Confucian principles and discuss how they apply to achieving ethical self-regulation in management. In addition, we examined some of the more unique Confucian practices to achieve self-regulation including ritual and music. We balanced the framework by exploring the potential problems in applying Confucian principles to develop ethical self-regulation including whistle blowing. Confucian moral philosophy offers an indigenous Chinese theoretical framework for developing ethical self- regulation in managers. This is relevant for Confucian oriented societies, such as China, Korea, Japan, and Singapore for those who relate to managers in Confucian oriented societies. We recommend further research to examine if the application of the Confucian practices out-lined here actually work in regulating the ethical behavior of managers in modern organizations.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom669
dc.relation.ispartofpageto683
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Business Ethics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume102
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBusiness systems in context not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMarketing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied ethics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350399
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3506
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5001
dc.titleWhat Would Confucius Do? - Confucian Ethics and Self-Regulation in Management
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of International Business and Asian Studies
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorWoods, Peter R.


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