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Sub-Cultural Differences in Information Ethics across
China:
Focus On Chinese Management Generation Gaps
Introduction
As management educators, business consultants, and academic
researchers based in (the People’s Republic of) China, we have become
increasingly concerned about ethics. We perceive that many of our students and
clients and even some of our professional peers tend to neglect or inadequately
consider the ethical aspects of their decisions and actions. Advice to behave
more ethically often falls on deaf ears. As relatively experienced members of
our respective professions, we perceive that younger people tend to be
particularly ignorant or dismissive about ethical dilemmas when they involve the
“management” of information and its associated technology. A fellow professor
studying the One Child Policy in mainland China recently expressed a similar
concern, saying “I seriously doubt that those born after 1980 have any sense of
shame or respect”. Others portray the younger generation in China as self-centered
and pampered (Zhang, 2009). As scholars deeply interested in history, we
recognize that these are not new or unique perceptions and portrayals. Elders in
societies throughout the ages are likely to have held similar viewpoints.
However, our specific concerns about the ethics of the younger generation in
China have been reinforced by the following: thefts of intellectual property by
technicians repairing computing equipment under the supervision of young
managers (cf. Lee and Patel, 2008), the misappropriation of copyrighted
materials associated with the Beijing Olympics by youthful “entrepreneurs”
(Zhang, 2008), and widespread cheating on college entrance exams (cf. Xinhua,
2009) as well as many other educational tests. As social scientists, we have
acted upon our concerns by conducting specific research. With respect to the
ethics of managing information, we believe that it is critical to move beyond
speculation, anecdotes, and personal biases. We aimed to systematically gather
and analyze objective evidence that is useful for discussion and policy making.
Consequently, we undertook a large-scale study of managers across China. This
article reports on the sub-cultural differences that we found, with a specific
focus on the generational gaps in the information ethics of these key decision
makers.
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