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Understanding Japanese Corporate Governance: From the Perspective of Confucian Ethics

Research Project

Project/Area Number 24653080
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Business administration
Research InstitutionHitotsubashi University

Principal Investigator

TANAKA Kazuhiro  一橋大学, 大学院商学研究科, 教授 (70314466)

Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords良心による企業統治 / 儒教倫理 / 渋沢栄一 / 道徳経済合一説 / 良心 / 性善説 / 企業統治 / 道徳経済合一 / 儒学倫理 / 自己統治
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purposes of this study were (a) to show the effectiveness of Confucian ideas in understanding Japanese "self-discipline oriented" corporate governance (CG), and (b) to pioneer the new field of Confucian management philosophy based on Japanese practices.
In order to achieve these purposes, firstly, the hidden but potent mechanism of Japanese CG was elucidated using the key concept of “conscience-based CG” whose framework was based on Confucian ethics. Secondly, one of the philosophical foundations of Japanese CG was investigated by way of clarifying the significance of “the doctrine of inseparability of morality and economy” which Eiichi Shibusawa, a great Confucian businessman in Modern Japan, had advocated. It was found that Shibusawa’s doctrine, the essence of which is “public interest first, private profit second”, affords an important philosophical foundation on which to further develop the concept of “conscience-based CG.”

Report

(4 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2014 2013 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (4 results) Book (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] The Perceived Development and Unperceived Decline of Corporate Governance in Japan2014

    • Author(s)
      Kazuhiro Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      N.Kambayashi ed., Japanese Management in Change

      Volume: - Pages: 17-33

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-4-431-55096-9_2

    • NAID

      110008139729

    • ISBN
      9784431550952, 9784431550969
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Public Interest First, Private Profit Second -The Essence of Shibusawa’s Doctrine -2014

    • Author(s)
      Kazuhiro Tanaka
    • Organizer
      The 50th Congress of the Business History Society in Japan
    • Place of Presentation
      Bunkyo Gakuin University, Tokyo
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-12
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Prioritising Public Interest: The Essence of Shibusawa's Doctrine and Its Implications for the Re-invention of Capitalism

    • Author(s)
      Kazuhiro Tanaka
    • Organizer
      First World Business History Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Prioritising Public Interest: The Essence of Shibusawa's Doctrine and Its Implications for the Re-invention of Capitalism

    • Author(s)
      Kazuhiro Tanaka
    • Organizer
      Association for Asian Studies, 2014 Annual Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Harmonization between Morality and Economy: Shibuswa's Philosophy of Business

    • Author(s)
      TANAKA Kazuhiro
    • Organizer
      European Business History Association and Business History Society of Japan
    • Place of Presentation
      Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 「良心」から企業統治を考える2014

    • Author(s)
      田中一弘
    • Total Pages
      240
    • Publisher
      東洋経済新報社
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] グローバル資本主義の中の渋沢栄一2014

    • Author(s)
      パトリック・フリデンソン、橘川武郎(編著)(各章の著者:島田昌和、田中一弘、パトリック・フリデンソン、宮本又郎、ジャネット・ハンター、木村昌人、ジェフリー・ジョーンズ、橘川武郎)
    • Total Pages
      257
    • Publisher
      東洋経済新報社
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Japanese Management in Change: The Impact of Globalization and Market Principles2014

    • Author(s)
      Norio Kambayashi ed. (Contributors: Norio Kambayashi, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Shinya Miwa, Yasunari Takaura, Yoshinobu Sato, Mark E. Parry, Isao Akaoka, Toshimi Okazaki, Sumiko Asai, Mitsutoshi Hirano, Naoto Fukui, Makoto Matsuo, Ryoko Sakurada)
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 渋沢栄一と人づくり2013

    • Author(s)
      橘川武郎・島田昌和・田中一弘(共編著)
    • Total Pages
      272
    • Publisher
      有斐閣
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 『変貌する日本型経営』(「第2章 日本型企業統治とグローバル資本主義の潮流-「良心による企業統治」の観点から-」)2013

    • Author(s)
      上林憲雄(編著)
    • Total Pages
      269
    • Publisher
      中央経済社
    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report

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