"This book Globalance looks specifically at balancing values in global politics and global economics. Globalance, the title and topic of this book, is the alternative to the disorder of the world. ‘Globalance’ was in fact my main underlying passion and vision during the last four decades of my l
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ife and work in academic research, as journalist, in global development cooperation and the Globethics.net foundation." (Introduction, page 24)
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"The contradiction between the encouraging regulations and increasing awareness on one side and the disappointing reality on the other side leads us in this article to the question, how we can develop a more realistic and effective way to reduce corruption than by this double moral standard of nice
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anticorruption declarations and continuation of corrupt practices.
For faith-based persons and institutions, double morality is not a solution because it undermines the integrity and credibility of a person or institution and is a lack of honesty towards God and society. The authors of this paper are intensively engaged in trainings of Christian entrepreneurs in China. They are seriously searching for solutions to implement their Christian values in their companies, business, family and responsibility in society. Within the Christian Executive MBA (CEMBA) classes, offered by the Kingdom Business College in Beijing and Shenyang in China, the authors started a process to find practical and honest solutions for ethical dilemmas around corruption.
From a Christian perspective, all human beings are sinners because they cannot implement God’s will at every moment. The gap between good intention and real action is the fundamental characteristic of human beings. Otherwise, we human beings would be God where will and action are inseparably united. But Christian faith also teaches us that human beings cannot and must not be perfect. That’s the reason why, especially in Protestant faith, salvation cannot be reached by good action but only by the grace of God. Therefore, liberated from the constant fear of failing vis-à-vis God and being condemned, believers are liberated to try the best to improve ethical behaviour. Human beings remain sinners, but can become “better sinners”. This is the approach we try to develop in this booklet. Corruption cannot be justified. Some people can immediately live without corruption. The others we encourage for an honest, realistic, step-by-step approach to reduce and finally overcome corruption." (Introduction, pages 5-6)
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