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Editor's Introduction – No Free Lunch: Dilemmas of Product Quality in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2015

Marshall W. Meyer
Marshall W. Meyer*
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania, USA
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Abstract

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This Editors' Forum – ‘Made in China: Implications of Chinese Product Recalls’ – presents four perspectives on Chinese product recalls: supply chain management, moral degradation or the decline of traditional business ethics, evidence based management and free riding on the ‘Made in China’ brand. Extended supply chains and uncertain ethical standards almost certainly contribute to lapses in product quality as do cost pressures facing most Chinese firms. Product quality issues, moreover, will be most significant for goods posing hidden risks to health and safety, such as food and toys, and less significant for goods like computers and consumer electronics whose conformity to specifications can be readily monitored.

Keywords

business ethicsChinaproduct qualitysupply chain management产品质量中国供应链管理商业伦理
Type
Editors' Forum – Made in China: Implications of Chinese Product Recalls
Information
Management and Organization Review , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , July 2008 , pp. 157 - 165
Copyright
Copyright © International Association for Chinese Management Research 2008

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