Ethical capitalism : Shibusawa Eiichi and business leadership in global perspective / edited by Patrick Fridenson and Kikkawa Takeo.

"Shibusawa Eiichi (1840 1931) was a Japanese banker and industrialist who spearheaded the modernization of Japanese industry and finance during the Meji Restoration. He founded the first modern bank in Japan and his reforms introduced double entry accounting and joint-stock corporations to the Japan...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Japan and global society.
Other Authors: Fridenson, Patrick, 1944- (Editor)
Kikkawa, Takeo, 1951- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Series:Japan and global society.
Subjects:
Shibusawa, Eiichi, > 1840-1931.
Capitalism > Moral and ethical aspects.
Industrial management > Moral and ethical aspects.
Capitalism.
Japan.
Physical Description:xvi, 215 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1 Tensions between the open market model and the closed "zaibatsu" model / Shimada Masakazu
  • 2 Harmony between morality and economy / Tanaka Kazuhiro
  • 3 Public-private connections and boundaries: from Shibusawa Eichii's experience to a global historical perspective / Patrick Fridenson
  • 4 Capitalism by the "visible hand": the joint-stock company system, business leaders (zaikaijin), and Shibusawa Eiichi / Miyamoto Matao
  • 5 Obtaining wealth through "fair means": putting Shibusawa Eiichi's views on business morality in context / Janet Hunter
  • 6 Shibusawa Eiichi's view of business morality in global society / Kimura Masato
  • 7 Gapponshugi in global perspective: debating the responsibility of capitalism / Geoffrey Jones
  • 8 The crisis of capitalism and the gapponshugi of Shibusawa Eiichi / Kikkawa Takeo.