Exploring Traditional Cultural Roots of Sustainable Development in China: An Educational Perspective (65511)

Session Information: Media, Film Studies, Theatre, Communication
Session Chair: Dashi Zhang

Friday, January 6, 2023 (16:40)
Session: Session 5
Room: 318A
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation

All presentation times are UTC-10 (Pacific/Honolulu)

To put the concepts of building a harmonious society into action, China promotes the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) standards like CSC9000T to integrate well into the global supply chain and create a fair market (2008). As sustainable development governance involves the interplay of the polity, politics, and policy to force humanistic and ecologically sustainable value creation, each country would have its characteristics according to cultural, historical, developmental, and local situations. Misunderstanding culture, with the dominant Western approaches, can lead to failures in communication and cause offences and disengagement (Crossman, Bordia & Mills, 2011). Studying cultural roots of sustainable development in China brings a fresh interdisciplinary perspective to the area. It advances the discipline by exploring culture heritage of sustainable development in China beyond the technical and bureaucratic aspects and has significant implications to other countries.
This study will draw upon Yang’s (2012) definition of culture, "a complex set of beliefs, values, and social norms shared by a group of individuals" (p. 166). Yang (2012) posited three cultural forces that have influenced China: Confucianism, socialism, and capitalism. However, Confucianism could not represent all the Chinese culture. I will employ I-Ching (the origin of Confucianism and Taoism), Taoism, Sunzi (militarists), Mohism, Confucianism, and Buddhism to analyze Chinese culture.

Authors:
Dashi Zhang, University of Melbourne, Australia


About the Presenter(s)
Dr. Dashi Zhang holds a Ph.D. in Communication from RMIT. Her research interests include communication,CSR, Chinese culture, and public relations. Dr. Zhang teaches the courses of Communication at the University of Melbourne.

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