Acting More Generously than the Law Requires: The Issue of Employee Layoffs in halakhah
In this paper, the issue of plant closings is analyzed from the perspective of halakhah (the Written Law of Judaism). Two levels of analysis in halakhah must be differentiated: the legal (enforced by courts) and the moral (not enforced by law, but rather framed in terms of duty to God). There is no...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1999
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 19, Issue: 4, Pages: 335-343 |
| Further subjects: | B
Decision Making
B Legal Obligation B Ethical Implication B Economic Growth B Analogical Reasoning |
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| Summary: | In this paper, the issue of plant closings is analyzed from the perspective of halakhah (the Written Law of Judaism). Two levels of analysis in halakhah must be differentiated: the legal (enforced by courts) and the moral (not enforced by law, but rather framed in terms of duty to God). There is no legal mandate to keep an unprofitable plant open, but there are a number of moral imprecations (particularly "acting more generously than the law requires") that might influence an employer's decision making. Using analogical reasoning to infer moral and/or legal obligations may be a fruitful means for businesspeople to analyze business situations in terms of ethical implications. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1005976531062 |