사회주의 시장경제체제와 중국의 기업윤리

Abstract

Socialistic Market Economic System and Chinese Business Ethics China has experienced a lot of political, social, cultural and economic changes, since the establishment of People's republic of China, the communist regime, ruled by Mao, Ze Dong in 1949. The initiation of 'Opening and Reform' policy conducted by Deng, Xiao Ping has especially brought dramatic changes in and around China. In general, the competition among enterprises is extremely high and the consumers are well aware of their own rights and interests in western capitalistic society, the enterprises must operate ethical management which enables the enterprises to contribute to the public interests, apart from manufacturing goods of fine quality. As a result, the enterprises can survive the competition through gaining consumers' reliance. The economic system in China was changed from the planned economic system to the market economic system in 1978, the business ethics in China, however, is not firmly settled yet compared to the western countries. But the quantitative expansion of Chinese economy by foreign direct investment, the fast globalization of the world's economy, and China's entry into WTO have forced chinese enterprises to face the high competition consequently. In addition, the level of consumers' awareness of rights and interests is getting high, and the government's principle is consolidated, ethical management is also accentuated in China. Therefore, the following cases are examined in this study: the formation of Chinese business ethics followed by the change of economic system, the major problems of chinese business ethics, and the implications for Korean enterprises investing in China.