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- Ethical Business Cultures in Emerging Markets
- Ethical Business Cultures in Emerging Markets
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Ethical Business Cultures: Country Perspectives
- 1 Ethical Business Culture in Brazil
- 2 Business Ethics and Ethical Business Cultures in the Russian Federation
- 3 Ethical Business Cultures in the Emerging Market of India
- 4 Ethical Business Cultures in China
- 5 Business Ethics in South Africa
- 6 Ethical Business Culture in Turkey
- 7 Business Ethics in Mexico
- 8 Ethical Business Cultures in Indonesia
- Part II Building and Sustaining Ethical Business Cultures
- Epilogue
- Index
- References
7 - Business Ethics in Mexico
The Seeds of Justice
from Part I - Ethical Business Cultures: Country Perspectives
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2017
- Ethical Business Cultures in Emerging Markets
- Ethical Business Cultures in Emerging Markets
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Ethical Business Cultures: Country Perspectives
- 1 Ethical Business Culture in Brazil
- 2 Business Ethics and Ethical Business Cultures in the Russian Federation
- 3 Ethical Business Cultures in the Emerging Market of India
- 4 Ethical Business Cultures in China
- 5 Business Ethics in South Africa
- 6 Ethical Business Culture in Turkey
- 7 Business Ethics in Mexico
- 8 Ethical Business Cultures in Indonesia
- Part II Building and Sustaining Ethical Business Cultures
- Epilogue
- Index
- References
Summary
Business ethics, as the philosophical enquiry into the moral features present in economic activity, ought to be a tool for building a fairer society. To examine how business ethics in Mexico can be such a tool, we first present some economic and cultural consequences of Mexico’s privileged geographical position (bordering the United States) and of its joining the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994. By adding a political and historical account to the analysis, we explain why the post-NAFTA boost in the economy has divided the country in what we have labeled Main-Road Mexico (those who are or seek to be part of the modern economy of Mexico) and Off-Road Mexico (those who are unaware of or distant from any “modern” options, or rather, wish to maintain and even strengthen their pre-NAFTA and even pre-Hispanic cultural identity). We then use Hofstede’s findings of the cultural dimensions of Mexico to provide the backdrop against which we discuss recent and relevant research done on business in Mexico. We do this to highlight the implications for business practitioners dealing with Mexican companies in Mexico and Mexican companies abroad and to suggest that indeed business ethics can be the seed of social justice.
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- Ethical Business Cultures in Emerging Markets , pp. 132 - 159Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017