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Category Archives: Ethics
Environmentally Sensitive Less Likely To Be Ethically Sensitive
From The Guardian: When Al Gore was caught running up huge energy bills at home at the same time as lecturing on the need to save electricity, it turns out that he was only reverting to “green” type. According to … Continue reading
Posted in Bnai David-Judea, Dennis Prager, Ethics, Green, R. Yosef Kanefsky
Tagged canadian psychologists, Dennis Prager, green consumers, honour system, organic baby food, virtuous acts
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What’s The Moral Upshot Of Orthodox Judaism?
I’ve been asking Orthodox rabbis if simply knowing that someone was Orthodox told you anything about their ethics. The rabbis say no. What if you knew the person davened three times a day? Does that say anything about their ethics? … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Orthodoxy
Tagged business ethics, orthodox jewish life, orthodox jews, orthodox judaism, orthodox rabbis, orthodox shuls, religion and business
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Aussie Blokes
I don’t know much. I never graduated from college or nothing. But I know about Aussie blokes. There’s this one Aussie bloke I know right well. He was raised a Sevie. You Yanks would call that a Seventh-Day Adventist. By … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Dennis Prager, Ethics, Orthodoxy, Personal
Tagged aussie bloke, aussie blokes, Dennis Prager, frederick matthias alexander, orthodox judaism, seventh day adventist, sevie, voice amp
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Cheating The Goyim
In my limited experience, most right-wing Orthodox rabbis permit cheating on taxes and other cheating of the goyim. Most Modern Orthodox rabbis I know forbid this behavior. A friend of mine recently wanted to pay cash to have his car … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marc B. Shapiro, Orthodoxy
Tagged goyim, Marc B. Shapiro, Modern Orthodox, orthodox jew, orthodox rabbi, wine industry
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Which Pico-Robertson Business Are Sporting That Coveted Rabbinic Ethics Certification?
"Peulat Sachir." Pico-Robertson’s Modern Orthodox rabbis launched this initiative a few months ago. It got a lot of publicity from the obeisant Jewish press. Does it make any difference in the way anyone does business today? I’ve not heard anyone … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Modern Orthodox, Pico/Robertson, Rabbis
Tagged business ethics, business today, jewish press, orthodox rabbis, public relations ploy
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