Nakabayashi Mariko    Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Commerce    Position   Professor
Research Period	2010～2012
Research Topic	Comparative Study of Ethical Issues of Japanese and U.S. LifeInsurance Sales Professionals
Research Type	KAKENHI Research
Consignor	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Research Program Type	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
KAKENHI Grant No.	22530462
Responsibility	Representative Researcher
Representative Person	NAKABAYASHI Mariko
Details	The Japanese life insurance industry’s ethical environment has experienced improvement since 2000, then some of serious ethical problems related to life insurance service professionals have been relieved. However, Japanese life insurance market is rapidly changing to competitive and comprehensive market, like US one, and life insurance sales professionals have to cope with new complicated ethical issues. To improve life sales professionals’ ethical understanding, education is more helpful than severe regulation.