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Michael A. Santoro - Profits and Principles - 9780801435010 - V9780801435010
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Profits and Principles

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Description for Profits and Principles Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPVH; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.

After the Tiananmen Square massacre, a vigorous international debate erupted, not only about human rights in China, but also about the role of multinational firms. Should corporations do business in China at all? Should corporations take a stand on such issues? Revelations about serious and pervasive human rights violations in Chinese factories raised even more questions about the clash of profits and principles in China.

Michael Santoro investigates these and other dilemmas, exploring the democratic values firms impart to their employees and the values firms often compromise in pursuit of profits. His interviews with foreign business executives, Chinese employees of ... Read more

Santoro discusses the implications of business activities for U.S. foreign policy and provides practical management advice for business executives operating in China and for those considering doing so. Surprisingly, he finds that President Clinton's program of "comprehensive engagement," which has drawn severe criticism, may in fact create a positive human rights "spin-off." Santoro's "fair-share" theory is a unique and thoughtful effort to draw the line between what moral principles do and do not require of businesses operating in China.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801435010
SKU
V9780801435010
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Michael A. Santoro
Michael Santoro is Assistant Professor in the International Business and Business Environment Department, Rutgers Graduate School of Management. His articles on Asian business have appeared in the International Herald Tribune, the Asian Wall Street Journal, and the South China Morning Post.

Reviews for Profits and Principles
Santoro proposes a framework for understanding the extent and limits of corporate moral responsibility for human rights, focusing primarily on the case of U.S. business in China.... He constructs a fair-share theory of moral responsibility for human rights and applies the fair-share theory of human rights to the sweatshop problem and to the issue of corporate responsibility for government repression ... Read more

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