Ethics, Globalisation and Business in the Judaeo-Islamic Milieu
Workshop: Ethics, Globalisation and Business
in the Judaeo-Islamic Milieu
18–20 July 2016
Cambridge University Library, Milstein Room
Monday, July 18
09:00- 09:30 Registration
09:00- 09:30 Welcome
By Ben Outhwaite (University of Cambridge, Head of the Genizah Research Unit) and Zvi Stampfer (University of Cambridge, Genizah Research Unit)
09:45 - 11:15 Informal enforcement of proper conduct
Chairperson:
- Menahem Ben-Sasson (President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
- Rabbi Reuven Leigh (University of Cambridge)
- Yehuda Barukh (Southampton Business School, University of Southampton)
11:15-11:30 Coffee
11:30-13:00 Caring Responsibly for the Property of Others Chairperson:
- Robert Brody (Department of Talmud and Halakha, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
- Rabbi Ofer Livnat (Montefiore College, London, and Dayan at the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Beit Din, Jerusalem)
- Yotam Lurie (Chair of the Department of Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev).
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
14:30-15:30 Women Trafficking I (Medieval and Religious aspects)
Chairperson:
- Amir Ashur (Center for the Study of Conversion and Inter-Religious Encounters, Ben-Gurion University)
- Avital Eshed (Center for the Study of Conversion and Inter-Religious Encounters, Ben-Gurion University)
15:30- 15:45 Coffee
15:45-16:45 Women Trafficking II (Modern approach)
- Shlomo Giora Shoham (Department of criminology, Tel Aviv University)
- Dina Siegel – Rozenblit (School of Law, Utrecht University)
16:45-17:45 Cambridge tour (closed event).
17:45-19:00 Reception @ The Lehrhaus Cambridge (closed event).
Keynote speaker Professor Asa Kasher (Laura Schwarz-Kipp Chair in Professional Ethics and Philosophy of Practice, Tel Aviv University)
Tuesday, July 19
09:15–10:45 Genizah Presentation
10:45–11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:30 Truth and Deception when Challenged by a Hostile Judiciary
- Mordechai Akiva Friedman (Hebrew Culture Studies Department, Tel Aviv University).
- Haim Hillel Ben Sasson (Molad: The Center for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy).
- Yossef Rapoport (Islamic History, Queen Mary University of London)
12:30–14:00 Lunch break
14:00-15:30 From Partners to debtors: Partnership Investment Transforms into a Loan
Chairperson:
- Phillip I. Ackerman-Lieberman (Jewish Studies and Law, Religious Studies, and Islamic Studies and History, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee)
- Rabbi Yisrael Malkiel (Cambridge & East Anglia Chaplain)
- Talia Gillis (Harvard Law School)
15:30-15:45 Coffee
15:45- 17:00 The Arms Trade:
Chairperson:
- Zvi Stampfer (University of Cambridge, Genizah Research Unit)
- Asa Kasher (Laura Schwarz-Kipp Chair in Professional Ethics and Philosophy of Practice, Tel Aviv University)
17:00–17:15 Coffee
18:30 Performance at the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wednesday, July 20
09:15–10:45 Managing risk and responsibility: the role of Jewish and Muslim Identity in Genizah merchant trade
Chairperson:
- Jessica Goldberg (Department of History, UCLA)
- Juni Hoppe (Humboldt-Universität, Berlin)
- David A Frenkel (Department of Business Administration, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
10:45-11:00 Coffee
11:00–12:00 Discussion: How can medieval culture inform and enrich modern discussions on business and ethics, and vice versa?
Hosted by Ben Outhwaite (University of Cambridge, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit)