Value Reflection And Construct Of China's Social Credit In The Period Of Transform

Modern economy is market as well as the integrity and credit and the smooth running of market economy calls for social integrity and credit. However, in the social transition to market economy, the social integrity and credit with many crises and problems is not optimistic in China. This decides that we should base on the actual situation of Chinese modern market economy, and considers social integrity and credit from the point of view of both history and values and construct the social integrity and credit necessary in socialist market economy.I. The historical and cultural connotation and dialectic interpretation of integrity.1. Chinese historical and cultural connotation of IntegrityIntegrity, as a moral standard, is highly valued in Chinese traditional culture and integrity and credit is promoted as a philosophical term, with significance in both ethnics and philosophy. The relationship between integrity and credit can be summarized as a one of others and self, cause and effect, and subject and object. Traditional understanding of integrity and credit, from their distinct connotation to their mutual influence, undergoes a development, which takes place in civilized agricultural society. Chinese traditional integrity and credit, is bound to family, relatives, friends and acquaintances, as a result of which, there is non general integrity and credit necessary for modern market economy.2. Western historical and cultural connotation of integrity and credit. Western understanding of integrity and credit assumes many aspects. First, the individuals. On one hand, trust is understood as a reaction to surroundings, an individual mentality and behavior determined by outside stimulus. On the other hand, trust id understood as the demonstration of individual personality, a relatively stable one resulting from social acquisition. Secondly, from interpersonal relationship, trust is regarded as product of interpersonal relationship, an attitude determined by the reasoning and feeling involved in interpersonal relationship. Thirdly, from social level, one kind of studies of trust is based on the common social cultural values and sees trust as a product of cultural standardization. Another traditional study understands trust as a product of social system. In western history, integrity and credit involves the following aspects. Firstly, the human basis for western concept of integrity and credit. Secondly, the cone of western integrity and credit concept of contract. Thirdly, western concept of integrity and credit is mostly represented in economical ethnics, as a reflection of economic relationship. Fourthly, western integrity and credit is based on system. The western integrity and credit has evolved into a principle in Natural Law charging from a natural and social concept into an enforced moral standard, and then to a set of system and legal rules, which enhances the construction and operation of western social integrity and credit system.3. Dialectic Interpretation of integrity and creditMankind's modern social practices entails integrity and credit with new meanings and the message conveyed in integrity and credit is honestly and sincerity. Honesty on one hand means reality and it is a kind of human attitude which human beings adopt to treat and reflect their surroundings; and on other hand it means actual existence. So, honesty means to stick to fact and respect fact, which to some extent, is the same as"being realistic and practical". Sincerity means to keep promise and commitment. Honesty and sincerity is an inter-related, interdependent and interchangeable whole.In the modern market economy, it has the following characteristics. Firstly, integrity and credit is universal. Secondly, it is based mainly on human being's rationality. Thirdly, it is utilitarian, Marx and Engles, based on historical materialism, clearly analyzed the economical root of morality and exposed that morality somewhat reflects social interests and that morality is indispensable to interests. Modern integrity and credit is both moral and utilitarian. Ours is socialist market economy, which is in urgent need of modern morality of integrity and credit. So we should change our minds according to form the integrity and credit necessary for market economy.II. Values of social integrity and credit1. Moral values of social integrity and creditIntegrity and credit is the basic quality and moral foundation of a human being. Integrity and credit, as a basic quality is the passport of human conduct.Integrity and credit is the principle advocated by Confucians for making friends. The basis of integrity and credit is to be honest and loyalty to others, which involves being both frank to self and others.Integrity and credit is the guarantee for every enterprise which seeks to be successful.Integrity and credit is also the basis of politics, a primary concept and moral guarantee for governing and it decides a nation's future. 2. Modern values of social integrity and credit. In modern society, Confucian integrity and credit bears more and more spiritual values. In modern life, there is the great lack of integrity and credit behaviors such as cheating and deceiving can be found in many areas of forwarding society. Integrity and credit has become a real problem we must face. Analyzing and understanding of Confucian integrity and credit is beneficial to solve the integrity and credit problem in our society, especially in virtual networld and encourages people to behave correctly. Facing the moral crisis of integrity and credit, the society calls for integrity and credit in human conduct, in making friends, in doing business, and in ruling a nation. Besides building and implementing integrity and credit system, the solution to integrity and credit crisis lies in developing the morality and spirituality of integrity and credit and establishing harmonious interpersonal relationship and social order.III. Analysis of Chinese social integrity and credit and its causes in the period of transform1. The present situation with our integrity and credit in the period of transform. Still in the early stage of Socialism, our country doesn't have a perfect civilization and people's moral development lags behind that of economy, so there is a widespread immoral activity such as cheating and frauding. This phenomenon affects not only the interest of nation and people; it is also bad to the growth of young generation. Lack of integrity and credit is found in the following three areas: destandardization of social life, business field and political world.2. Causes for lack of integrity and credit in Chinese society in the period of transform. In transition from the planned economy to market economy, there appears lack of integrity and credit and the reasons for this phenomenon are as follows:Firstly, the impact of history. Chinese traditional integrity and credit was rooted in feudal patriarchal clan society rather than the commercial society. At that time, great attention was paid to feudal religious ethnics, so integrity and credit was restricted mostly to acquaintances. This tradition hinders the development of the trust between various economic entity, and the construction of widespread integrity and credit in society.Secondly,. gap from the old pluralistic system to the new system. In transform, there appears people's mentality and morality, with the old ethnics losing its former appeal and restriction and the new one not well accepted, so there appears either no ethnic or pluralistic ethnics.IV. Development of integrity and credit in Chinese society in the period of transformBuilding integrity and credit in the period of transform is a social project and it should be done in the following ways:1. Updating awareness for new integrity and credit(1)Consummate market economy and build new integrity and credit. Deepening the reform of market economy and developing and perfecting the market economy helps to cultivate the integrity and credit necessary in modern market economy, and thus provides a foundation for building a harmonious society. (2) Enhancing education of market entities and citizen's awareness of integrity and credit. An energetic market is essential to developing socialist market economy. Strengthening integrity and credit awareness is beneficial to the growth of market to the improvement of team's identification of various conducts, which lacks integrity and credit. As a part of national vocational education, strengthening awareness of integrity and credit can improve civilization. So all the citizens should be educated on integrity and credit and form a proper environment to lay a moral foundation for social justice.2. Perfect system——the systematic guarantee for integrity and credit. Building a perfect modern business system and speeding up reform of enterprises in the systematic guarantee for conducts of integrity and credit in enterprises. A perfect trusting social credit system should be built. Modern market economy is one of integrity and credit, the economical relationships between different economical group's is based on integrity and credit. Without a perfect social credit system, there can be no modern market economy. Building social credit system, in the long run, should start from the basis, that is, individual trusting system. Credit medium is an important part of the whole system, so they should obey the rules in market economy rules, try to be fair and independent, objectivity and justice of the their results.3. Standardize conducts----practical logic of integrity and credit. To build a fair society, we should urge market groups actively perform conducts of integrity and credit and regulations are the systematic guarantee or this. Enforcement and punishment helps to reduce lack of integrity and credit from market groups. Popularizing law propaganda helps to restrain market groups and to the formation of integrity and credit in the whole society. To standardize the conducts of groups in public administration, the government, as a part of it should conduct integrity and credit according to the laws. A lawful government helps to guarantee its publicity and transparent guild is vital to build social credit system. As an important unit in standardizing the credit order of a particular industry, guild's own integrity and credit is the key medium unit, as an important part of credit system, should actively assume its task of monitoring and supervising medium organization to ensure its objectivity, justice and independence.A fair and just harmonious society as the ever pursuit mankind, can't come about naturally. In building integrity and credit in Chinese society in the period of transform, updating concepts, perfecting system and effectively restricting lack of integrity and credit lays a foundation for building the harmonious society which is full of justice, integrity and friendship.