“Every decision made by a business manager involves not only a personal decision, but also a decision on behalf and on behalf of an organization that exists with a particular social, legal and political environment” (Hartman, DesJardins and MacDonald, 2014, p.15). In the article "An Empirical Investigation on Firms' Proactive and Passive Motivation for Bribery in China", Xiaoyu Zhou, Yi Han and Rui Wang (2013) seek to explain why companies, in the way they conduct their daily business, s extend to conducting their business through corruption. . After reading the article, I found that the results confirmed the lack of ethical decisions made by individuals, government and management of Chinese companies through data taken from the World Business Environment Survey on corruption, which explained why businesses are motivated by corruption as a way of running a business. New businesses entering a developing market may struggle to establish a validly ethical business due to environmental resources and government influence. In China, many companies have difficulty acquiring resources; therefore it is necessary to obtain the goods by any means necessary. Resource dependence theory and anomie theory seek to rationalize why firms resort to corruption while attempting to obtain resources and through the local administrative factor. “Resource dependence theory proposes that firms develop strategies to seek resources in the environment; while anomie theory argues that unethical corporate behavior is actually enabled by the local institutional environment” Zhou et al., 2013, p. 461. If a business cannot obtain the resources necessary to operate legitimately, it often continues to operate, often the business... middle of paper ... what ethical decision-making can prosper” (Hartman, et al., 2014, p. 162). could have explained in more detail how management could train employees to become leaders and how managers can encourage change within a company. I would explain why leadership and employee participation and involvement are crucial to creating change. Zhou et al. identified the motivation behind corruption, but offered no solutions on how to initiate change. Works Cited Hartman, LP, DesJardins, J. and MacDonald, C. (2014). Business Ethics: Decision Making for Personal Integrity and Social Responsibility (3rd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Shen, K. F. (2011). Zhou, X., Han, Y., and Wang R. (2013). An empirical investigation of corporate proactive and passive corruption motivation in China. Journal of Business Ethics, 118, 461-472. do i: 10.1007/s10551-012-1596-8