The Cultures of Insider Trading

Journal of Business Ethics - Tập 89 - Trang 51-58 - 2008
Meir Statman1
1Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, U.S.A.

Tóm tắt

Paul Bond is a lawyer who overheard two other lawyers at his office discussing the proposed purchase of a company by one of their clients. He proceeds to buy shares of this company. Would you rate Bond’s behavior completely fair, acceptable, unfair, or very unfair? I posed this vignette to samples of university students in China, Taiwan, and the U.S. Most students in the U.S. and Taiwan samples rated Bond’s behavior unfair or very unfair while most students in the China rated Bond’s behavior completely fair or acceptable. Perceptions of fairness are part of the culture of a country and culture affects business practices. I discuss culture, perceptions of fairness, and business practices in China, Taiwan, and the U.S.

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Journal of Business Ethics

Tập 89

51-58

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