Al Chet: Sins in the Marketplace

Meir Tamari is director of the Centre for Business Ethics at the Jerusalem College of Technology, consultant to the Jewish Association for Business Ethics in the United Kingdom, and dean of the American Association for Jewish Business Ethics. After making aliyah from South Africa to a religious kibbutz in 1950, he served in the Bank of Israel in corporate research from 1960 to 1990, achieving the position of chief economist, office of the governor. Dr. Tamari is the author of numerous academic and rabbinic articles and books, including The Challenge of Wealth: A Jewish Perspective on Earning and Spending Money. He writes about business ethics, small firms, risk evaluation, and entrepreneurship and is publisher of the Business Ethics Newsletter in Jerusalem. The pioneer of a special course on Jewish ethics and economics at Bar-Ilan University, Dr. Tamari has lectured internationally and has served as consultant to various governmental bodies in the United Kingdom, France, and the United States.