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Confucian Culture

Civility: A Contemporary Confucian Plea

Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D. | Posted 06.09.2012 | Religion
Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.

The answer is to reintroduce schools for the teaching of Confucian values as its own antidote to a world where the ability to act and talk with dignity and respect, civility,

Is China Inc. Corporate America's Enemy?

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.30.2012 | Business
Tom Doctoroff

The Chinese are (not) coming! It will be decades before Chinese corporations -- even in strategic industries such as renewable energy or information technology -- beat American, Western, and European companies on their own turf. Indeed, it may never happen at all.

Move Over, Confucius!

Marten Weber | Posted 03.31.2012 | Gay Voices
Marten Weber

Whereas gays in Western civilizations have to contend only with the idiocies of outdated religious moral concepts, the Confucian tradition that infuses most Asian societies is much more of a social straitjacket, affecting every aspect of life much more menacingly.

Confucius And The Teaching Of Goodness

Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D. | Posted 08.16.2011 | Religion
Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.

In this orientation toward an ethical stance, is Confucianism really very much different from other major religious traditions?

Managing China: Stimulating Creativity in a Sea of Convention

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Tom Doctoroff

To liberate ambition -- the dragon in the heart -- latent in every Chinese, a leader must perform the hat trick of making subordinates feel safe enough to dive into shapeless seas.

The Confucian Consumer and Chinese Luxury: FAQs

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Tom Doctoroff

Why is China's luxury population so young compared to economies in other nations? They're very young for one simple reason: China is an incredibly amb...