Tone-at-the-Top Lessons from Abrahamic Justice

Abraham’s “leadership by example” provides a template for business leaders to implement a tone at the top based on a balance of tzedek (righteousness) and mishpat (legal judgement). The former expresses the generosity of spirit required of leaders, while the latter expresses the sound judgement in c...

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Auteurs: Fischer, Dov (Auteur) ; Friedman, Hershey H. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2019
Dans: Journal of business ethics
Année: 2019, Volume: 156, Numéro: 1, Pages: 209-225
Sujets non-standardisés:B Maimonides
B justice as fairness
B Abrahamic Justice
B Distributive Justice
B Integrated reporting
B Corporate tax avoidance
B Civil Religion
B Spirit of the law
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Résumé:Abraham’s “leadership by example” provides a template for business leaders to implement a tone at the top based on a balance of tzedek (righteousness) and mishpat (legal judgement). The former expresses the generosity of spirit required of leaders, while the latter expresses the sound judgement in conformity with both ethics and enacted law. We relate the two constructs to several contemporary theories of justice and jurisprudence. We also relate the development of Abrahamic Justice in the Jewish tradition from antiquity through Maimonides in the middle ages. We draw insight from this tradition to answer a contemporary business ethics question: Do corporate managers violate their fiduciary duty to shareholders if they refuse to engage in legal tax avoidance?
ISSN:1573-0697
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-017-3581-8