China Business Primer

<p>The COVID-19 pandemic underscored longstanding fissures in China's business relationships with the West. If the West is going to develop a relationship of mutual trust and improve business relations with China in the coming decades it is imperative to understand how to engage with Chinese thinking on ethics in business-this book explains how.</p> <p>Government officials businesspeople and business-ethicists have trouble communicating about issues in ethics policy and business across the China-West divide. This book shows how to overcome the us-versus-them mindset plaguing China-West relations by presenting to Western audiences an easy-to-understand yet deeply informed primer on core ideas and perspectives in Chinese cultural and philosophical thought. The book considers original texts of Chinese philosophy and religion and applies principles from those writings to three business-ethics topics of enduring interest to business executives government officials and academics namely the protection of intellectual property assurance of product safety and quality in the pharmaceutical supply chain and human rights.　</p> <p>This book is a must-read for those who want to forge constructive relationships with their Chinese counterparts based on mutual trust and understanding. The book is specifically relevant to business executives but it should also be of interest to policymakers educators and students who seek to communicate more effectively with their Chinese counterparts in particular about difficult and contentious business policy and ethical issues.　</p> <p></p>