McCann, Dennis P.2019-09-252019-09-252012-11-182010-09http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/188293In what follows I will offer a comparison between Christian social teaching (common to both Protestant and Catholic communities) and Confucian moral philosophy, showing basic convergences as well as diversity in their views of morality in the marketplace, what it is and what it ought to be. Inasmuch as business ethics naturally unfolds in three dimensions focused on individual, corporate, and social concerns, the comparisons will highlight basic moral expectations for each of these dimensions: from Christian social teaching, I will discuss the meaning of “vocation,” “covenant,” and “stewardship”; from Confucian moral philosophy, “the Mandate of Heaven” (天命, tianming), “the constant Mean” (中庸, zhongyong) and “People as the basis” (民本, minben). The comparisons are meant to map a space for mutually beneficial reflection, in both China and the West, on the nature of moral excellence and leadership in business.engWith permission of the license/copyright holderbusiness ethicschristian social teachingconfucian moral philosophyindividualcorporate and social responsibilityEconomic ethicsBusiness ethicsArticle