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Unit5BusinessEthics

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Japanesecompanieshavestartedtorefinetheirethicsprogramsandinternalcontrolstructures.

Some55%ofthemhaveestablishedacorporatecodeofconduct,ethicsguidelines,compliance

(S1)andothersuchdocuments,37%haveadepartmentordivisiondedicatedtoethicsand

complianceissues,and43%(S2)holdethics-relatedtrainingprogramstargetingemployees.

AgrowingnumberofJapanesebusinesseshavetakenstepstoreinforceoversightfunctions,

forexamplebyengagingindependentoutsidedirectors.In1997,SonyCorporationtookthe(S3)

ofcuttingitsexecutiveboardfrom38to10directorswhileintroducingthenewpostofexecutive

officers.OthercompaniesincludingOmronandKobeSteelfollowedsuit,andby2000about240

businesseshadreportedlymadesimilar(S4)reforms.

Evenso,theimageofcompaniesportrayedbythemarketandthegeneralpublic(S5)far

fromethical.Forexample,inasurveyofstudentsviewsoftheJapanesebusinesscommunity,community,

whiledishonestcompaniesaremakingmaking63%believedthatthatThereishardlyany

informationastowhichcompaniesare(S7)

thatthatcompaniesbelieveitsworthengaginginunlawfulunlawfulIfthisisthenew

generationsperceptionofreality,itmeansthat(S9).Certainly,companieswhosebusiness

performancehasdeterioratedasaresultofscandals(S10).Butsucheffortsarenotlong-lasting

ifacompanyfearstheywillreduceitscompetitiveness.

Key:S1manualsS2periodicallyS3initiativeS4structuralS5remainsS6rewardedS7honest

S8PenaltiesagainstscandalsaretoolenientS9Japanesecompanieshavelittleincentivetotackle

ethicalandcompli