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Jewish Business Ethics: The Firm and Its Stakeholder »

Authors: Aaron Levine, Moses L. Pava, Orthodox Forum 1996, Aaron Levine
ISBN-13: 9780765760562, ISBN-10: 0765760568
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Aronson, Jason Inc.
Date Published: December 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Aaron Levine

Book Synopsis

The main idea upon which the essays in this book are built is that the power and success of business is ultimately based on one's beliefs about life's meaning. It is no exaggeration to suggest that corporate success is set in motion and encouraged by a set of core ethics values shared by managers, employees, and stockholders. This book reflects the unflinching belief that traditional Jewish sources provide useful and practical paradigms and solutions to many important issues facing the modern business manager. Jewish business ethics must begin by taking both business and Jewish ethics seriously.

	Prologue: What Is Jewish Business Ethics?
1	Moral Markets: Two Cheers for Stakeholder Theory	1
2	Convenantal Morality in Business	27
3	The Employee as Corporate Stakeholder: Exploring the Relationship between Jewish Tradition and Contemporary Business Ethics	45
4	Aspects of the Firm's Responsibility to Its Customers: Pharmaceutical Pricing and Consumer Pricing	75
5	Balancing the Scales: Halakhah, the Firm, and Information Asymmetries	123
6	Responsibility of the Firm to the Environment	147
7	Ethical Investment: The Responsibility of Ownership in Jewish Law	175
8	The Corporate Veil and Halakhah: A Still Shrouded Concept	203
	Epilogue	273
	Contributors	317
	Index	319