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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Main Author: Van Buren, Harry J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 1999
In: 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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