TY - BOOK ID - 11370904 TI - China 2020 PY - 2009 SN - 1336208120 0801446953 0801459230 9780801459238 9780801446955 0801457998 9780801457999 PB - Ithaca Cornell University Press DB - UniCat KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Business Ethics KW - International business enterprises KW - Investments, Foreign KW - Social responsibility of business KW - Business ethics KW - Social change KW - Human rights KW - Commerce KW - Business & Economics KW - International Commerce KW - China KW - Foreign economic relations. KW - Commercial policy. KW - Social conditions KW - Politics and government KW - Business KW - Corporate accountability KW - Corporate responsibility KW - Corporate social responsibility KW - Corporations KW - CSR (Corporate social responsibility) KW - Industries KW - Social responsibility, Corporate KW - Social responsibility of industry KW - Change, Social KW - Cultural change KW - Cultural transformation KW - Societal change KW - Socio-cultural change KW - Social responsibility KW - Cina KW - Kinë KW - Cathay KW - Chinese National Government KW - Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu KW - Republic of China (1912-1949) KW - Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) KW - Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) KW - Kina (China) KW - National Government (1912-1949) KW - China (Republic : 1912-1949) KW - People's Republic of China KW - Chinese People's Republic KW - Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo KW - Central People's Government of Communist China KW - Chung yang jen min cheng fu KW - Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo KW - Central Government of the People's Republic of China KW - Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo KW - Zhong hua ren min gong he guo KW - Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika KW - Činská lidová republika KW - RRT KW - Republik Rakjat Tiongkok KW - KNR KW - Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika KW - Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah KW - RRC KW - Kitaĭ KW - Kínai Népköztársaság KW - Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku KW - Erets Sin KW - Sin KW - Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn KW - P.R. China KW - PR China KW - Chung-kuo KW - Zhongguo KW - Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) KW - Zhong guo KW - Chine KW - République Populaire de Chine KW - República Popular China KW - Catay KW - VR China KW - VRChina KW - 中國 KW - Jhongguó KW - Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus KW - Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus KW - Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls KW - Khi︠a︡tad KW - Kitad KW - Dumdadu Ulus KW - Dumdad Uls KW - Думдад Улс KW - Kitajska KW - 中国 KW - 中华人民共和国 KW - Issues management KW - Social history KW - Social evolution KW - Social aspects KW - China (Republic : 1949- ) KW - Prognose KW - E-books KW - S10/0251 KW - S10/0641 KW - China: Economics, industry and commerce--General works and economic history: since 1989 KW - China: Economics, industry and commerce--Foreign trade and economic relations: since 1989 KW - PRC KW - P.R.C. KW - BNKhAU KW - БНХАУ KW - Foreign economic relations KW - Commercial policy KW - International business enterprises - China KW - Investments, Foreign - China KW - Social responsibility of business - China KW - Business ethics - China KW - Social change - China - 21st century KW - Human rights - China KW - China - Foreign economic relations KW - China - Commercial policy KW - China - Social conditions - 21st century KW - China - Politics and government - 21st century UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11370904 AB - Chinese society is plagued by many problems that have a direct impact on its current and future business and political environment-worker rights, product safety, Internet freedom, and the rule of law. Drawing on knowledge gained through personal interviews, documentary sources, and almost two decades of visits to China, Michael A. Santoro offers a clear-eyed view of the various internal forces-such as regionalism, corruption, and growing inequality-that will determine the direction and pace of economic, social, and political change. Of special interest is Santoro's assessment of the role of multinational corporations in fostering or undermining social and political progress. Santoro offers a fresh and innovative way of thinking about two questions that have preoccupied Western observers for decades. What will be the effect of economic reform and prosperity on political reform? How can companies operate with moral integrity and ethics in China? In China 2020, Santoro unifies these hitherto separate questions and demonstrates that moral integrity (or lack of it) by Western business will have a profound impact on whether economic privatization and growth usher in greater democracy and respect for human rights. Offering a novel vision of China's future economic and political development, Santoro rejects the conventional view that China will muddle through the next decade with incremental social and political changes. Instead he argues that China will follow one or two widely divergent potential outcomes. It might continue to progress steadily toward greater prosperity, democracy, and respect for human rights, but it is also highly likely that China will instead fall backward economically and into an ever more authoritarian regime. The next decade will be one of the most important in the history of China, and, owing to China's global impact, the history of the modern world. China 2020 describes various tectonic social and political battles going on within China. The outcomes of these struggles will depend on a number of powerful indigenous forces as well as the decisions and actions of individual Chinese citizens. Santoro strongly believes that Western businesses can-and should-influence these developments. ER -