On The Business Management Value Of Taoism Ethics

For seeking the opportunities to existence and development in the open market, The enterprises in China have to actively assimilate foreign advanced managerial experience, at the same time, the managers of enterprise must consider their own features, explore the management style with Chinese characteristics. The ethical thought in Taoism is of importance to modern management. The efforts for combining Taoism into modern management could broaden people's perspective, provide new approach to Taoism's application in management.Taoism, such as "moral", "keeping weak", "thrift and industriousness", "the benevolent affection", trust and harmony and so on, is very crucial for business management. They may offer Chinese thinking way for enterprises. First, the thoughts of "inaction" and "keeping weak" provide enterprises' spirit of creation and modesty with ethical basis, put the enterprise into an atmosphere of harmony. Second, as one of the basic principles for Taoism, "trust" is necessary demand not only for market economy, but also for enterprises' development. "Trust" provides enterprises with community cohesive force widen the possibility for development of the enterprise. Third, it is useful for improving the quality, aspiration, and master consciousness of employees. Last, Taoism gives two principles for the sustaining development of enterprises.Surely, it is important for us to be aware that Taoism might have negative impacts on management. Frugality all the time in all places might slow down development of enterprises; " keeping weak" may put the enterprise into a passive condition; "inaction", if not properly used, will lead to the mess of management. So long as we know the negative influence, we can highlight the advantage of the positive roles, avoid the negative impact, and make full use of Taoism, which could be modernized.