Acting more generously than the law requires: The issue of employee layoffs in halakhah

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 335-343

  Van Buren III, Harry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0033131566     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005976531062     Document Type: Article

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