Welcome to China: Business Ethics in China
Abstract
My Senior Individualized Project (SIP) is founded in Business Ethics, specifically
in relation to China. As an intern for Dr. Ian Faimie, Dean of Community Life at Curtin
University in Perth Australia, I was part of an evaluation team for the Asia Study Tour in
December. This annual program, founded by Dr. Fairnie, exposes students to business in
Asia over the course of a month-long tour. Having participated in the previous Study
Tour, I found a new perspective of China as a result of my experience; one which
emphasized corruption. As a result, this motivated my SIP as an analysis of business
ethics in China. My topic can be traced directly to the International Business course at
Kalamazoo. It served as the root source of understanding and a basis to begin my
research.
As an academic area of study, business ethics is a rather broad topic. I narrowed
my research to the basics: general factors affecting ethical behavior as well as a couple
founding theories for this area of study. I relate each factor as well as each theory of
business ethics to corruption in China. From this, I conclude that there are many forms of
corruption in China while providing a basis to understand the cause such immoral
behavior. In brief this is the focus of my SIP; an understanding of the causes of
corruption illustrated by examples in China, outlined by two founding theories of
business ethics which contradict the current mentality in Chinese business.
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