The Mercantile Ethical Tradition in Edo Period Japan A Comparative Analysis with Bushido /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Horide, Ichiro (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Advances in Japanese Business and Economics, 20
• Θέματα: Business ethics.; Economic history.; Family-owned business enterprises.; Small business.; Business Ethics.; Economic History.; Family Business.; Small Business.

This book demonstrates that during Japan's early modern Edo period (1603-1868) an ethical code existed among the merchant class comparable to that of the well-known Bushido. There is compelling evidence that contemporary merchants, who were widely and openly despised as immoral by the samurai,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Why study the ethical thought of merchants in Edo period Japan?
• 3 From "Bushido" to "Shonindo"
• 4 Case Analysis of the Shonindo
• 5 Shonindo: Characteristics and Issues
• 6 Conclusion
• Index.