著者

中川 圭輔

出版者

アジア経営学会

雑誌

アジア経営研究 (ISSN:24242284)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.29, pp.107-118, 2023 (Released:2023-11-03)

参考文献数

32

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The purpose of this study was to clarify various characteristics of business ethics awareness in North Korea. As its research method, the study reviewed previous research to examine the approximate flow of the Socialist Corporate Responsibility Management System, from its introduction to its implementation, and the contents of the Enterprise Act in North Korea. The study then explored the characteristics of morals in North Korea by focusing on several videos from the “Let’s eliminate this kind of phenomenon” series on Korean Central Television(KCTV). The study revealed the following four characteristics of business ethics awareness in North Korea.(1)Executives must have responsibilities and morals in an organization; however, the opinions of subordinates are disregarded, while the excessive flattering of superiors is criticized implicitly.(2)The collectivist spirit of “one for all, all for one” is the basic principle of socialist ethics in life, which is related to communist morality in some way.(3)Various new programs appear to have raised public consciousness of environmental conservation and the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), helping to strengthen awareness.(4)While the Chollima Movement, speed battles(Sokdochun), and self-reliance(Jaryeokgaengsaeng)have persevered with granting greater autonomy to business, various indications persist of an unchanging and firm adherence to the socialist system.

著者

中川 圭輔

出版者

アジア経営学会

雑誌

アジア経営研究 (ISSN:24242284)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, pp.199-212, 2018 (Released:2019-04-01)

参考文献数

42

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In Korea, it sometimes happens that the individual who should take responsibility in the face of an accident is too easily able to neglect his duty, as exemplified by cases such as scandals arising from cosy relations between the government of the day and chaebols, or the captain of a ship or conductor being able to retreat from the location of an accident. Why do they act with such selfishness? This study focuses on a selection of Korean occupational ethics in the context of the identification system and Confucianism of the Li dynasty. The points clarified in this paper are as follows. Merchants and craftworkers established their own occupational ethics despite the Yangban’s disdain for them from the point of view of the identification system and Confucianism. The problem is that occupational ethics could not be established among the Yangban. In addition, there is the effect of the absence of Yangbando (similar to Bushido) leading to a lack of awareness of job responsibility. It is essential for the top of the organisation to (1) respect the work of merchants and craftworkers, (2) reeducate the‘nobles oblige’ and (3) revive an ethical spirit like the Seonbi spirit that once existed in Korea.