The challenge of wealth: Jewish business ethics
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Greed and the fear of economic uncertainty are identified as the two main sources of economic immorality according to Jewish business ethics. Judaism is presented as a means to educate and train entrepreneurs' uncontrolled cravings for wealth so that marketing and consumption operations can be carried out according to God's ideals. Furthermore, the problem of time allocation between economic and religious activities and the problem of controlling desire and economic wrongdoing can be solved through diligent study and practice of the Jewish legal system, biblical commentary and rabbinical literature.
Publication Name: Business Ethics Quarterly
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 1052-150X
Year: 1997
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Judaism, business and privacy
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American secularism and Judaism manifest contrasting views concerning the business environment and individual and communal identity, and relationships. The issue of privacy is explored to illustrate the function of these theological and methodological beliefs in tackling modern business concerns according to Jewish tradition. It is suggested that Jewish tradition should require Jews to lobby for changes in American society's privacy such as the enforcement of confidentiality as a value and the prevention of the temptation to retrieve personal data stored in computers.
Publication Name: Business Ethics Quarterly
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 1052-150X
Year: 1997
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Ethics in developing economies of Asia
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The economic processes of developing countries in Asia cannot be fully comprehended in terms of Western economic models. This is because Western economists dismiss economic activities in non-Western nations as backward and illogical and ignore the vital role of subsistence ethics in the economic development of these countries. Case studies of non-market activities from rural areas in Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines are discussed.
Publication Name: Business Ethics Quarterly
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 1052-150X
Year: 1997
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