Terms of Global Business Engagement in Ethically Challenging Environments: Applications to Burma

Today's international business environment is complicated by human rights abuses and social and economic repression in various countries. This paper introduces controversies with foreign investment in Burma to develop and describe alternative terms of global business engagement in ethically cha...

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Published in:Business ethics quarterly 1999-07, Vol.9 (3), p.485-505
Main Author: Schermerhorn, John R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business conditions
Business ethics
Business structures
Corporate responsibility
Councils
Culture
Democracy
Demonstrations & protests
Diplomatic & consular services
Economic sanctions
Economics
Environmental ethics
Ethics
Foreign direct investment
Foreign investment
Foreign investments
Global economy
House arrest
Human rights
Interdependence
International business
Investors
Leadership
Relativism
Religious persecution
Social change
Social ethics
Social responsibility
Southeast Asian culture
Studies
Value systems
Values
World economy
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Summary:Today's international business environment is complicated by human rights abuses and social and economic repression in various countries. This paper introduces controversies with foreign investment in Burma to develop and describe alternative terms of global business engagement in ethically challenging settings. Two forms of engagement-unrestricted and constructive-and two forms of non-engagement-principled and sanctioned-are discussed. All four alternatives are examined for their ethical, social change, and cultural foundations. Additional considerations are posed in respect to constructive engagement, moral leadership by global business executives, needs for model building and evaluative research, and realities in the ethical context of global business.
ISSN:1052-150X
2153-3326
DOI:10.2307/3857513