Non-western business ethics. What tells non-western businessmen to behave honestly?

[FRDE]

Gross hijack :-}

@Jjimm, did you go to Uni at your current location ?

[jjimm]

@DSYoungEsq

Nonsense. You were responding to a specific question posited by a prior poster, asking what “judeo-christian ethics” had to do with good business practices. Your point appears to be that, since we are a “Judaeo Christian” society, our business practices must reflect that. What everyone else has tossed back at you is your assumption that these are linked; you have been shown that not only are they not necessarily linked, but that even if they are linked, they aren’t necessarily linked in a way that makes our practices “good” (another topic you visited in a later post). :dubious:

I refer you to my comment about accidentally accepting the tacit assumption in that post that the practices were “good”. I certainly know what I think - which is to us, our ethics and practices are indeed good, but not to others - and believe that I have been consistent in expressing that, bar the acknowledgement of error in my previous sentence. Though clearly not well enough to satisfy the people who are up in arms against something I don’t actually believe and haven’t said.

FRDE, no but my dad was a lecturer.

[Zsofia]

To escape the religious hijack, I have always read that America and other western cultures have a “guilt culture”, while Japan and many other Asian countries operate on a “shame culture” - one is individual, and the other is associated with the group. Comments?

[FRDE]

@Zsofia

To escape the religious hijack, I have always read that America and other western cultures have a “guilt culture”, while Japan and many other Asian countries operate on a “shame culture” - one is individual, and the other is associated with the group. Comments?

Well … prior to 1980, in the UK people considered it ‘shameful’ to close a factory, then it became seen as a ‘smart move’. I can’t cite, but I was watching it at the time.

I reckon that there are multiple business ethics within all societies, people do not always practice what they preach.

I’ve noticed that in some societies, ostentatiously displaying the results of bribery is totally accepted, yet one can find the same thing in some sectors in the UK.

@Jjimm - thanks - the moral relativist bit got me thinking.