Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Many international businesses struggle to collaborate successfully andunderstand management in China, which prevents successful collaboration,optimal trade, and commercial success for all parties involved. The purposeof this paper is to inform academic and practitioner audiences of theattitudes towards business ethics in China. The use of a bilingualquestionnaire survey conducted in WeChat allowed access to managersacross three major Chinese cities. The survey is based on CSR and Ethicstheories and European/UK responsible leadership research. The surveyprovides evidence of attitudes and organisational arrangements that supportbusiness ethics and CSR, with theories needing modification in China. Thesurvey also provides evidence of organisations offering building blocks,where improvement in business ethics is needed. The responses to thequestionnaire survey enhance international understanding of China'scurrent, and likely future, business environment and the significance ofethics and CSR in shaping it.
Authors: John Wilson, Lionel Huntley Henderson, Xiang Li, Timothy Byron Klatte, Wance Tacconelli
Institutions: Donghua University, Lancaster University
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4404198949