LEADER 04980nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910459667803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-5923-0 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801459238 035 $a(CKB)2670000000080902 035 $a(OCoLC)764556639 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10457634 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000483292 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11303494 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483292 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10547239 035 $a(PQKB)10669365 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138013 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28915 035 $a(DE-B1597)481710 035 $a(OCoLC)984682762 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801459238 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138013 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10457634 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL752098 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000080902 100 $a20081121d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChina 2020$b[electronic resource] $ehow western business can--and should--influence social and political change in the coming decade /$fMichael A. Santoro 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (178 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-336-20812-0 311 $a0-8014-4695-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Beyond the Shadow of Tiananmen -- $t2. The Clipboard, the Megaphone, and Socialist Characteristics -- $t3. Drug Safety Races to the Bottom -- $t4. China 2.0 -- $t5. Soft Seat on the Long March -- $t6. Conclusion -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aChinese 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. 606 $aInternational business enterprises$zChina 606 $aInvestments, Foreign$zChina 606 $aSocial responsibility of business$zChina 606 $aBusiness ethics$zChina 606 $aSocial change$zChina$y21st century 606 $aHuman rights$zChina 607 $aChina$xForeign economic relations 607 $aChina$xCommercial policy 607 $aChina$xSocial conditions$y2000- 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInternational business enterprises 615 0$aInvestments, Foreign 615 0$aSocial responsibility of business 615 0$aBusiness ethics 615 0$aSocial change 615 0$aHuman rights 676 $a322/.30951 700 $aSantoro$b Michael A$01056234 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459667803321 996 $aChina 2020$92490429 997 $aUNINA