Business Ethics in today’s world religions (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism & Judaism)

The goal of this course is to expose the student to the way that the four major religions of the world’ Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism, treat questions of ethics in business. In order to achieve this goal, we will examine and investigate real cases from the modern world of business and commerce, to see how the different religions approach and decide these cases, and compare their conclusions to secular Israeli law, international law and accepted practice in the market place. The subjects that will be dealt with will include copyright, business negotiations, competition, employer-employee relations, verbal agreements and misrepresentation. Special attention will be paid to understanding the ethical and moral way to approach challenging situations in the modern business world.

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