The International Business Ethics Index: Asian Emerging Economies

The systematic measurement of consumers' sentiments toward business ethical practices is expanded to two emerging economies in Asia (China and India). The Chinese were very optimistic about the future ethical behavior of businesses, while the Indians recorded the lowest BEI scores yet. Chinese...

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Published in:Journal of business ethics 2008-07, Vol.80 (4), p.643-651
Main Authors: Tsalikis, John, Seaton, Bruce, Li, Tiger
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
BEI
Business and Management
Business enterprises
Business Ethics
business ethics index
China
China (People's Republic)
Chinese culture
College professors
Confucianism
Consumer attitudes
Consumer behavior
Consumer behaviour
consumer sentiments
Consumers
Corruption
Developing countries
Economic growth
Economic indices
Education
Emerging markets
Entrepreneurs
Ethical behavior
Ethical consumerism
Ethics
Evaluation
GDP
Global economy
Gross Domestic Product
India
International business
Interviews
Management
Market entry
Marketing
Measurement
Media ethics
Philosophy
Population
Price competition
Professional ethics
Purchasing power parity
Quality of Life Research
Research methodology
Secondary schools
Social ethics
Studies
World economy
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Summary:The systematic measurement of consumers' sentiments toward business ethical practices is expanded to two emerging economies in Asia (China and India). The Chinese were very optimistic about the future ethical behavior of businesses, while the Indians recorded the lowest BEI scores yet. Chinese consumers were very concerned with product issues, while Indians were concerned equally about low quality products and excessive prices.
ISSN:0167-4544
1573-0697
DOI:10.1007/s10551-007-9459-4