Although inadequate research exists in regards to the business ethics of the United States, Europe, Asia, Korea, and China together with any country for that matter, a comparison of what is known must be presented in order to initiate further investigation. The United States is categorized as a country that promotes business ethics from the utmost authentic leadership to the moral development of the common worker by incorporating “codes of ethics and formal compliance programmes” (Ardichvili, Jondle, & Kowske, 2010). However, Confucianism is the primary driving force of business ethics in China that promotes the principles of “benevolence, harmony, learning, loyalty, righteousness, and humility” that relies on spoken agreements rather than written agreements (Ardichvili et al., 2010, para. 6).
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As a matter of fact, the turn of events of scandalous practices penetrating corporations has triggered the research of a return of the incorporation of Christian values to substantiate a framework for business ethics in corporations to awaken noble ambitions in the mindsets’ of corporate leaders such as Truett Cathy (founder and chief executive of Chick-fil-A) who is known for closing all business operations on Sunday to honor the Lord on Sabbath day (Kim, Fisher, & McCalman, 2009). Furthermore, researchers are considering the administrations of Christian values into the teaching, as well as training of potential business students, even though “for hundreds of years, religion and spirituality have been literally exorcised from modern forms of institutional organization” (Kim, Fisher, & McCalman, 2009, para.
As a matter of fact, the turn of events of scandalous practices penetrating corporations has triggered the research of a return of the incorporation of Christian values to substantiate a framework for business ethics in corporations to awaken noble ambitions in the mindsets’ of corporate leaders such as Truett Cathy (founder and chief executive of Chick-fil-A) who is known for closing all business operations on Sunday to honor the Lord on Sabbath day (Kim, Fisher, & McCalman, 2009). Furthermore, researchers are considering the administrations of Christian values into the teaching, as well as training of potential business students, even though “for hundreds of years, religion and spirituality have been literally exorcised from modern forms of institutional organization” (Kim, Fisher, & McCalman, 2009, para.