Wu, Chen-Fong2019-09-252019-09-252010-02-272008http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/173964The rapid development and frequent interaction of Sino hi-tech enterprises such as electronic industries across the Taiwan Straits has precipitated ethical dilemmas in respect of human resources management (HRM) which become apparent in head-hunting and sub-optimal ethical standards of recruitment and training, behaviors we might term ethical delinquency. The main motivation and purpose of the study, therefore, is to comprehend differing attitudes toward such ethical delinquency across the Straits and to learn the secrets – then teach them – of managing these selfsame issues within industries in Mainland China and Taiwan. The approach of an empirical study is applied here. Copies of a questionnaire were delivered to some 102 Sino hi-tech companies. The study result indicates that the maturity of hi-tech companies’ ethical policies and the ethical altruism of individual leaders are directly proportional to both the ethical level of HRM and an organization’s performance. The results also suggest that, though the ethics of HRM in Taiwan are somewhat higher than that in Mainland China, in neither country is there much to celebrate in respect of the ethics of selection and training – and much room for improvement on both sides of the Taiwan StraitsengWith permission of the license/copyright holderdilemma, ethicalhumanistic ethicsmanagementtechnologyPolitical ethicsEconomic ethicsGovernance and ethicsBusiness ethicsLabour/professional ethicsTechnology ethicsPreprint