| 'Deficient in Commercial Morality'?: Japan in Global Debates on Business Ethics in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Hunter, Janet (Author) |
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ISBN: 1137586818 ISBN-13: 9781137586810 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Comparative - Business & Economics | Business Ethics - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 330 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.28" W x 8.49" (0.63 lbs) 116 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This enlightening text analyses the origins of Western complaints, prevalent in the late nineteenth century, that Japan was characterised at the time by exceptionally low standards of 'commercial morality', despite a major political and economic transformation. As Britain industrialised during the nineteenth century the issue of 'commercial morality' was increasingly debated. Concerns about standards of business ethics extended to other industrialising economies, such as the United States. Hunter examines the Japanese response to the charges levelled against Japan in this context, arguing that this was shaped by a pragmatic recognition that Japan had little choice but to adapt itself to Western expectations if it was to establish its position in the global economy. The controversy and criticisms, which were at least in part stimulated by fear of Japanese competition, are important in the history of thinking on business ethics, and are of relevance for today's industrialising economies as they attempt to establish themselves in international markets. |