Confucianism and Its Implications

Prepared by: Nogin Bunda

Date: November 27, 2018

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. Describe and explain relevant concepts in relation to the history Confucianism.
2. Analyze the relevance of Confucianism to firms.
3. Assess the effects of Confucianism in relation to the contemporary world.

II. Procedure
1. Warm-up and Connection
a.) Introduction on what is Confucianism and how it shaped corporations today
b.) Connection and Insight: Why join an organization?

2. Introduction to Content
a.) How does Confucianism affect the societies and organizations?
b.) How many are aware of the concept of Confucianism?

3. Lesson Proper
a.) What is Confucianism?
- What is the history of Confucianism and how did it originated?
- Confucianism as a tradition, a philosophy, a religion, a way of life.
- Why was Confucianism established during the Zhou Dynasty?

b.) The Five Constant Virtues (Wu Chang): What constitutes Confucianism?
- Benevolence or Humaneness
- Righteousness
- Ritual Propriety
- Wisdom
- Faithfulness or Trustworthiness
- Filial Piety as an important complementary virtue

c.) Relationship of Confucianism to East Asian firms

- How does Confucianism relate and applied to management?
- How does Confucianism affect Filipinos working in East Asian firms in terms of the five
constant virtues?
- How can we relate Confucian values to Filipino values?

d.) What are the challenges faced by Confucianism in the modern world?
- Criticisms faced by Confucianism
- Is Confucianism still relevant in the world today?
- What can be done given what you have learned?
4. Conclusion
Confucianism is an ideology that is shared by a lot of countries not in China, Japan, and
Korea. This ideology has reached directly and indirectly other countries such as the Philippines.
Through the upbringing of the cultures, social influences, and organizations here in the
Philippines, it can be said that the Filipinos and the Philippines are somehow influenced by the
said ideology.

Summary of Confucius’ teachings: “Do not inflict upon others that which you yourself would
not want.”

5. Assessment
a.) In-class recitation
b.) Quiz

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