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A Comparison Between North And South Business Ethics: The Concepts Of Renzhi And Fazhi In China
Document Type
Article
Keywords
China, epistemology, ethics, Fazhi, idealism, marketing, PRC, relativism, Renzhi
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Asia Pacific Business Review
Volume
24
Issue
5
First Page
585
Last Page
601
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to compare the ethical standards of business practitioners of Northern provinces of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) who follow the ‘rule by man’ (i.e. the Renzhi system) versus those of southern provinces who follow the ‘rule by law’ (i.e. the Fazhi system). Our Shanghai survey represented the south Chinese sample, and our Shijiazhuang mailing represented our north Chinese sample. We received 95 completed responses for the former and 102 completed responses for the latter. Our results found that the south Chinese practitioners were more likely to be idealistic, possessed virtue epistemic traits and were more sensitive to ethical practices than north Chinese practitioners were.
Department
Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship
Original Publication Date
10-20-2018
DOI of published version
10.1080/13602381.2018.1495381
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Rawwas, Mohammed Y.A.; Wang, Yanfang; Zhao, Baochun; and Javed, Basharat, "A Comparison Between North And South Business Ethics: The Concepts Of Renzhi And Fazhi In China" (2018). Faculty Publications. 647.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/647