EDUCAȚIA ETICĂ - OBIECTIV STRATEGIC DE MANAGEMENT ÎN JAPONIA CONTEMPORANĂ
ETHICAL EDUCATION AS A STRATEGIC GOAL OF MANAGEMENT IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN

Summary/Abstract: Japanese society used to have a very compact structure, based on a vertical hierarchy, where age was the primary basis for precedence. This concept of the importance of age and seniority over other value criteria was imported from China and has been prevalent in Japan for a long time. The Japanese company, where these principles applied as well, was the frame which provided the social life for the Japanese people. However, the bursting of the Japanese economic bubble in the early 1990-ies and the spiraling economic crisis which has affected Japan during the past twenty five years led to the disappearance of the Japanese company – kaisha – as an element of stability in Japanese society. The decline of Japanese companies in recent years, as well as a change in the structure of work due to the IT industry, have led to a destabilization of the idea of group and company in Japanese society and to an increase of individualistic values. Today, young people do not want to work in companies and do not identify any more with the traditional ethical values of the group that dominated Japanese society. Some voices point to a decline of traditional Japanese management based on ethical values, demanding from researchers a solution for this crisis.

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