Towards Developing a Confucian Integrity Index Grid

Abstract

Lloyd (2012) spoke of CEOs of large companies rivaling or challenging one another for bigger packets while Kothari (2010) highlighted “executive greed” or the lack of integrity, high executive pay and that corruption are indeed on the rise, but so far, no yardstick or measurements have been formulated and used. In this regard, from Low and Ang (2012)’s study, “The Theory and Practice of Confucian Value of Integrity: The Brunei Case Study”, the practitioners cum academicians have developed a basic framework or in fact, the platform for the Confucian Integrity Index Grid so as to assess and determine whether a leader/manager conforms to the Confucian practice of the value of integrity.

This yardstick can then be used to assess individuals who lead or manage organizations in any country, the benefit of this measurement is to understand the leadership and the management styles of any organization looking from the viewpoint and practice of the Confucian value of integrity. This Conference paper will thus serve as a background, reasons for and the case for proposing a formal research paper with research survey methodology on the Confucian Integrity Index Grid.

Keywords: leaders, corruption, integrity, Confucian, rén (仁)/humanity, humaneness, benevolence and kindness