caa a22 4500 388074620 CHVBK 20180307125157.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199907 xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/3857515 doi S1052150X00004553 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.2307/3857515 The Maturing of the Japanese Economy: Corporate Social Responsibility Implications [Elektronische Daten] This paper examines corporate social responsibility in Japan today within the context of the paradigm of the moral unity of business. Under this paradigm, business is expected to operate under the same set of moral standards operative in other societal institutions. We suggest that a micro moral unity characterizes Japan—business activity is linked to that society's moral values but only within carefully circumscribed communities of interest. Because of the strains brought on by the maturing of the Japanese economy, the negative consequences of this micro moral unity are now becoming apparent. A new paradigm will be required to address these challenges. A possible foundation for such a paradigm, based on the emerging notion of kyosei (living and working together for the common good), is discussed. Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 1999 Wokutch Richard E. Shepard Jon M. Business Ethics Quarterly Cambridge University Press 9/3(1999-07), 527-540 1052-150X 9:3<527 1999 9 BEQ https://doi.org/10.2307/3857515 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/3857515 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wokutch Richard E. NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shepard Jon M. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Business Ethics Quarterly Cambridge University Press 9/3(1999-07), 527-540 1052-150X 9:3<527 1999 9 BEQ CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge