Ethical Perceptions of Business Students: Differences Between East Asia and the USA and Among “Confucian” Cultures

This paper reports the results of a survey of 842 undergraduate business students in four nations – the United States of America (the USA), the Peoples’ Republic of China (the PRC), Japan, and the Republic of Korea (the ROK). This survey asked students to respond to four scenarios with potentially u...

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Authors: Chung, Kun Young (Author) ; Eichenseher, John W. (Author) ; Taniguchi, Teruso (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2008
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 79, Issue: 1, Pages: 121-132
Further subjects:B Business Ethics
B Confucianism
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