This book considers ethical culture in East Asia, examines the impact it has had on economic and social transformation, and explores what effect it might have on solving current problems. From the Contents: 2. IE-MURA-SEKEN and Japanese ethical life in the Tokugawa economy (Kiichiro Yagi); 6. Re-integration of ethics and economy: Shrines, community, and social entrepreneurship in Japan (Yoshinori Hiroi and Sigrun Caspary); 8. Corporate Social Entrepreneurship in times of crisis: Giving back to community in Japan (Masaatsu Doi); 9. Public-minded ethical life of family businesses in Japan and the management of natural resource commons (Toshio Goto).