Understanding integrity across generations in China: Implications for personnel choices in Chinese corporations

Abstract

Superior leadership, ethical decision-making, and integrity are essential qualities for business managers at all levels of an organization, especially in today's quickly-changing global society. This is particularly true in the People's Republic of China (PRC) where relationships and their integrity play a prominent role in all interactions, commercial and otherwise. Multinational corporations devote numerous resources to developing leadership competencies and decision-making skills, which include the ability to navigate the business successfully during influential economic, organizational, and societal changes, like the recent economic crisis, the various business scandals, and the numerous political conflicts. Chinese companies will do society a significant service by also emphasizing ethics training and development because their actions reverberate across the global economy.