ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that Ethical Agility in understanding and practicing guanxi can in certain instances constitute the most effective way for companies to fulfill their human rights responsibilities. It discusses how fluency in traditional culture, in particular guanxi, can help foreign companies to fulfill their human rights responsibilities. Human rights exist regardless of whether a particular national government in actuality protects those rights. The idea that Ethical Agility in the form of guanxi should be employed in furtherance of fulfilling human rights duties is consistent with the idea of companies doing their “fair share.” Senators and members of the US Congress, conservative and liberal alike, denounced the National Basketball Association for caving in to China and its hypocrisy on human rights. To be sure, human rights concerns and allegations continue to plague Foxconn and Apple, but the blueprint for prevention and cure has been established.
