Business Ethics In The Chinese Context
Stephan Rothlin, general secretary of the Center for International Business Ethics in Beijing, expressed confidence that there has been real progress on the climate for business ethics in China over the past two years. Rothlin updated the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Business and Organizational Ethics Partnership in January on the situation in China since his last visit two years ago.
He cited movement in the following areas:
Worker Rights and Labor Standards
China's new Labor Contract Law, which went into effect Jan. 1, protects longtime workers from being fired without cause and requires employers to contribute to their workers' social security accounts. Other legislation is supposed to protect worker safety and set working conditions.
While Rothlin referred to these as "legal milestones," he stressed the need to enforce the laws. In the case of child labor, for example, he pointed to revelations in June that children as young as eight had been virtually enslaved......
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