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Jewish Business Ethics: Choshen Mishpat II (ETH269)

Course Category: 
Judaic Studies/Religion - Maalot Educational Network
Length: 

Classroom: 39 hours (13 weeks); Distance/Hybrid: Varies. 

Location: 
Traditional classroom-based offered at Maalot, Jerusalem, and other authorized locations. Distance learning and hybrid options available.
Dates: 

May 2023 – Present. 

Instructional delivery format: 
Traditional classroom model
Online/distance learning
Hybrid course/exam
Learner Outcomes: 

Upon successful completion of the learning experience, students will be able to: discuss, illustrate and summarize Jewish legal and moral principles relevant to modern commercial activity; categorize and analyze the underlying Jewish legal, ethical and theological principles relevant to modern commercial activity; and apply these principles to ethical financial decision making.

Instruction: 

Major topics include: paying employees on time; categories of employees; non-compete clauses and contracts; dismissing employees; employee obligations and duties; charity; tithes; loans; monetary and non-monetary interest; heter iska; pruzbol; collateral; exorbitant pricing. Topics may vary. Prerequisite: Ability to read and comprehend Yiddish.

Credit recommendation: 

In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Judaic Studies, Religion, Sociology, Ethics, or Law (5/23).

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