Social Responsibility and ‘Dao’

While CSR has received much attention in the West world, there were insufficient studies addressed CSR in Chinese cultural context. The need for understanding CSR with Chinese culture became urgent also due to the increasing globalization and the important role China has played in global economy. This paper tried to make contributions to the knowledge of CSR by several ways. Firstly, this paper will seek answers of some fundamental questions about CSR from the Chinese perspective-to be specific, the perspective of Lao Zi’s Dao. Through discussing the influence of Daoism on people’s values and norms, this paper hopes to bring insight into the knowledge of social responsibility in cultural context of China. Finally, in this theoretical paper, we argue that Lao Zi’s Dao is universally applicable. It also suggests that management might address CRS related issues with x and De.