The Theory of Moral Capital

This book captures the quintessence of the author's 20-year career, presenting both unique perspectives and logical arguments. Guided by the Marxist concept of historical materialism, it reveals the function and effect of morality by analyzing and defining the moral domain. Further, it argues that economic development requires moral support by analyzing the inseparable logical connection between economics and morality. Moreover, it investigates moral capital and its route to achieving value multiplication in economic activities, and proposes a practice and evaluation index system for moral capital in enterprises. Combining philosophical analysis and the exploration of practical applications, the book also discusses a basic strategy to help enterprises enrich and manage their moral capital.

Xiaoxi Wang, Ph.D., a specialist sponsored by the State Council Special Allowance, professor at Nanjing Normal University, dissertation advisor, director of the Research Institute for Economic Ethics, vice chairman of Ethical Society of China, Chairman of Economic Ethics Society of China, director of the Research Institute for Economic Ethics at the Center of Ethics and Moral Construction of Renmin University of China, one of the hundred key humanities and social science research bases designated by the Ministry of Education, the chief expert for National Social Science Fund Tendering Projects, editor of Chinese Social Science Digest, editor in chief of Yearbook of Chinese Economic Ethics.

His main works include Chinese Economic Ethics, Moral Capital and Economic Ethics (self-selected essays), General Introduction to Ethics (ed.), Contemporary Western Philosophy of Life (ed.), 60 Years of Chinese Ethics (co-author), etc. His Chinese Traditional Thoughts of Economic Ethics has been translated into Korean and published in South Korean.

Xiaoxi Wang was selected as the third Chinese Outstanding Humanities Scientists in Research Report on Chinese Outstanding Humanities Scientists of 2011.