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The biblical and rabbinic sources of Jewish law and ethics do insist, however, that relations between buyers and sellers, employers and employees, and borrowers and lenders should be regulated to prevent the weak from being exploited by the strong, and the uninformed falling prey to the well-informed. The Torah itself teaches, for example ...
- Quiz: Jewish Business Ethics
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- Jewish Business Ethics in Practice
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- Business Ethics & Jewish Law
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- Quiz: Jewish Business Ethics
Jewish business ethics. Jewish business ethics is a form of applied Jewish ethics that examines ethical issues that arise in a business environment. It is noted [1] that in the Torah, there are over 100 Mitzvot concerning the kashrut (fitness) of one's money, many more, in fact, than concerning the kashrut of food.
Oct 11, 2003 · The fourth category of Jewish business law is called gneivat da’at, which literally means “stealing a person’s mind”. We would call it false packaging or false labeling. Interestingly enough, it is not based on a specific verse from the Bible, but was derived by the Sages from the laws of theft and the laws of honesty.
Jewish business ethics is concerned with preparing that narrative that we all know we will need to eventually relay to the Heavenly Judge. We need to work on thinking about how we can tell the best possible story of what we do everyday in business—why it is a good faith activity. We need to think about how we are creating real and meaningful ...
- David Weitzner
Abstract: This discussion develops six of the most important guiding principles of classical Jewish business ethics and illustrates their application to a complex recent case of product liability. These principles are: (1) the legitimacy of business activity and profit; (2) the divine origin and ordination of wealth (and hence the limits and ...
- Ronald M. Green
- 1997
A concern for ethical business practices is among the highest priorities of Jewish legal literature. Maimonides (12th century Spain/North Africa), the great Jewish legalist and philosopher, begins his exposition of the laws of courts and civil administration with an explanation of the verse in Deuteronomy (16:18), “You shall appoint magistrates and officials….”
My Jewish Learning is a not-for-profit and relies on your help. Donate. Abbreviated from Insight Israel 3:1 (October 2002), published by The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studiesin Jerusalem. Some bibliographic references that have been eliminated here, and a bibliography on Jewish business ethics, can be found in the original version of this ...
