It is becoming quite evident that the American people have lost confidence in their leaders and institutions. There is quite a bit of evidence that autocratic leaders are not effective in enhancing organizational performance. Thriving organizations are led by compassionate leaders with superior...

Talmudic stories are a method used by the ancient sages to teach us about ethics and morality. This paper examines the life of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon b. Yochai. The most important and famous work of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), the Zohar, is attributed to Rabbi Shimon (with some...

Turkish Abstract: Kitap bölümü, “ispiyonculuk”, “gammazlık”, “jurnalleme”, “ajanlık”, “muhbirlik” gibi birçok olumsuz anlamlı kelime ile ilişkilendirilmeye ve çağrıştırılmaya çalışılan Whistleblowing davranışının dünyadan ve Türkiye'den örneklerle son...

Many scholars have noted that there has been a leadership crisis in both the political and business worlds. It may not be a coincidence that leaders have tended to be males. Throughout recorded history women have participated in important leadership roles – even during antiquity. This paper...

Asbtract Purpose the main objective of this article is to check whether the relationship between corporate social responsibility activities and employee commitment is mediated by the existence of two other attitudinal variables of workers: intrinsic motivation and trust towards the organisation....

We live in a time when the importance of corporate social responsibility and ethics is apparent. Sadly, it is obvious that most leaders are more interested in making money than doing the right thing. The “Woman of Valor” described in Proverbs shows us what it takes to be successful:...

The authors demonstrate how the Book of Psalms with its 150 inspiring and rousing hymns can be used to teach timeless and critical values to people. These values include persistence, faith, honesty, assistance to the underprivileged, concern for others, importance of community, compassion,...

Most of us will agree that the legal profession gets little respect in the United States. There are scores of websites dedicated to lawyer jokes and almost all the humor is negative. Indeed, the humor is not only negative but is often is filled with hate and anger towards attorneys. In many of...

The coronavirus pandemic caused a sharp market decline while raising heterogeneous responses across companies related to their employees, supply chain, and repurposing of operations to provide needed products and services. We study whether during the 2020 COVID-19 induced market crash, investors...

Analyzing data from approximately 1.5 million employees across 1,108 established public and private US companies, we find that employee beliefs about their firm's purpose is weaker in public companies. This difference is most pronounced within the salaried middle and hourly ranks, rather than...