Christ & Business Culture
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Christ and Business Culture Professor Kam-hon Lee CUHK Business School The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Transcript of Christ & Business Culture
Christ and Business CultureProfessor Kam-hon LeeCUHK Business SchoolThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Kam-hon Lee
Research Background
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Integrity• Sustains business• Promotes prosperity
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Competitive pressure• Temptation• Malpractices
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Ethics• Behavior• Value conviction
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Calling• Salt and light• Marketplace
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Research Design
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Research subjects• 119 executives• Practicing Christians
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Critical incident• Observable behavior• Sufficiently complete
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TYPE1 Christ against business cultureTYPE 2 Christ of
business culture
TYPE 3 Christ above business culture
TYPE 4 Christ and business culture in paradox
TYPE 5 Christ the transformer of business culture
H Richard Niebuhr Framework
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Negotiation Styles Framework
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Self
Other
Avoiding
Yielding
Compromising
Integrating
Dominating
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Integrated Framework
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Self
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Yielding
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DominatingChrist against business culture
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Christ of business culture
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Christ and business culture in paradox
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Christ above business culture
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Variables• Key variable
• Response to an ethical challenge• Other variables
• Antecedents• Consequences
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Data• 119 executives• 539 incidents• Coded by two co-authors
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Research Findings
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Results
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• Response to an ethical challenge• Focus on antecedents• China business• Christian corporate culture
Self
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Avoiding
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DominatingChrist against business culture
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Christ of business culture
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China business
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AvoidingChrist against business culture
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AvoidingChrist against business culture
• Unable to handle corruption practices
• Closed down China operation
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AvoidingChrist against business cultureTYPE 1
Self
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China business
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CompromisingChrist and business culture in paradox
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CompromisingChrist and business culture in paradox
• Paid penalty in spite of innocence• Amount smaller than what violators
paid
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Christian corporate culture
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DominatingChrist the transformer of business culture
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DominatingChrist the transformer of business culture
• No intermediary roles for MNCs• Only two new clients per year
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TYPE 5
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Christian corporate culture
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TYPE 2Not YieldingNot Christ of business culture
• No more in-company fellowship meetings
• Operating like an ordinary plant
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Normative reflection
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• Beyond positive science• Prescriptive directive
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Normative reflection
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AvoidingChrist against business culture
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AvoidingChrist against business culture
• Christian corporate culture• Not going public in spite of success
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Normative reflection
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YieldingChrist of business culture
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YieldingChrist of business culture
• China business• Nurturing guanxi
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TYPE 2
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DominatingChrist against business culture
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Christ and business culture in paradox
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Normative reflection
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IntegratingChrist above business culture
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IntegratingChrist above business culture
• China business• Investing in safety equipments
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TYPE 3
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Yielding
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DominatingChrist against business culture
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Christ of business culture
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Christ and business culture in paradox
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Normative reflection
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CompromisingChrist and business culture in paradox
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CompromisingChrist and business culture in paradox
• Christian corporate culture• Trapping a disloyal senior executive
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TYPE 4
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DominatingChrist against business culture
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Normative reflection
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DominatingChrist the transformer of business culture
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• China business• Prayer and miracle
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Conclusion
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Righteousness & Profitableness
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H Richard NiebuhrTypes
NegotiationStyles
5 types 5 styles
Equal righteousness Different profitableness
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Integrated Framework• Upholds righteousness• Understands profitableness
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