Should Jewish Communal Workers Be Held to a Higher Standard?: Moral Dilemmas in the Workplace


 

Publication Date: January 2000

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Norman Linzer

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Ethics; Professionalism; Informal Jewish Education

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Jewish communal professionals are confronted both by societal trends of self-gratification and changing definitions of morality and by Jewish values of community and strict morality. When professionals are deeply committed to Jewish values and are also embedded in secular culture, they must live with the contradictions. When the contradictions weigh heavily, the stand to be taken is to reach for the higher standard, the higher level of morality, and the greater commitment to community.