| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 124 pages) |
| Series |
Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices Ser |
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Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices Ser
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Description of the Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices Series; Introduction: Power; PART I: CASE STUDIES AND JEWISH SOURCES; First Case Study: Soliciting Charitable Donations; Second Case Study: Developing Personal Relationships; Third Case Study: Monitoring Ethics in Business; PART II: SYMPOSIUM; The Power of Executives; Power in Government; Power in the Professions; The Power of Ideals; PART III: CONCLUSION; The Ethics of Power; Glossary; Suggestions for Further Reading; Editors and Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
The dynamics of power can affect people on political, social, and deeply personal levels. This newest volume in the Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices series examines these dynamics and asks readers to consider some difficult moral issues: How do we avoid the temptation to use power chiefly for our own advantage? How should bosses treat workers? Teachers treat students? Government treat citizens? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-118) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jewish ethics.
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Jews -- Identity.
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Power (Philosophy) -- Religious aspects
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Power (Social sciences) -- Religious aspects
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Theology.
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Jewish ethics
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Jews -- Identity
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dorff, Elliot N
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Newman, Louis E., 1956-
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| ISBN |
9780827609990 |
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082760999X |
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