2006 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Business Ethics and Corporate Governance in the Asia-Pacific Region
Authors : David Kimber, Phillip Lipton
Published in: Global Perspectives on Ethics of Corporate Governance
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
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As one considers the characteristics of corporate governance and the impact thereof on stakeholder engagement and business ethics in the Asia-Pacific region, one is struck by the wide diversity of corporate governance models and social and cultural differences that exist in this very large geographic area. This means that in a book of this type, it is only possible to provide an overview of any individual country and it becomes virtually impossible to draw meaningful generalizations regarding the region as a whole. The approach we have taken in this chapter is to draw upon four examples of countries in the region, not because they are representative of certain regional characteristics, but because in themselves they are representative of the diversity that may be found in the Asia-Pacific region. It may then be possible to group other countries with each of the four examples so as to develop a more textured picture of corporate governance and business ethics in the region.