An important aspect of Confucian thought concerns an ethical orientation. Yi, or righteousness means
that the manager is expected to uphold the highest standards of moral conduct. Individual self-interest is
to be sacrificed for the good of the organization. In many cases we can see Chinese managers who uphold
yi, but in some cases the standard is interrupted more to mean face saving behavior. Interesting enough, it
has been proposed that the ethical orientation of Confucius has been adopted more closely by Western
managers. For example, Romar (2004) has suggested that Confucian ethics are consistent with, and form
the basis of, many of the managerial ideas developed by the Western management thinker, Peter Drucker