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Article: JEWISH LAW AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE CONDUCT
- Article from:
- Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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INTRODUCTION
The concept of "social responsibility" is quite broad, and, in the case of a corporation, could include such diverse issues as its relationship with: (1) its customers; (2) its employees (past and present); (3) its shareholders; (4) its competitors; and/or (5) the community or communities which it affects. Jewish law pervasively impacts corporate conduct, but does so without positing any distinct doctrinal rules pertaining to corporations. Instead, the foci of Jewish law are the individual, on the one hand, and the community as a whole, on the other. By restricting the conduct of individuals - such as those who serve as a corporation's employees, managers, directors and ...