Ethics
Retirement: Personal Experiences and Ethical Guidelines (Ethics)
Retirement is a time of opportunity and challenge for rabbis. This webinar explores the feelings and experiences that can be part of retirement and the Jewish values that guide our relationships with successors and congregations. We reflect together on steps to take to lead to a meaningful and fulfilling retirement.
The CCAR Ethics Code as a Mirror of Jewish Values
Together we delve into the CCAR Ethics Code, studying it in light of Maimonides Mishneh Torah and other texts. Following the webinar, participants had the opportunity to use an innovative online platform to deepen the conversation, reflecting together on the Jewish values that shape our Code of Ethics, and the implications for our role as rabbis.
The Ethics Process: Balancing the Rabbi, Victim, and Community
The Ethics process is designed to protect the sacred and safe nature of communities and to assure that rabbis live up to the highest moral values of Jewish life. To achieve these aspirational goals, the Ethics process delicately balances the needs of congregations, organizations, complainants, victims, and rabbis and their families.
For Rabbis of Smaller Congregations: The First in a Series of Open Discussions on the Mandatory Lifelong Learning Ethics Education Proposal
This webinar focused on rabbis in small congregations, discusses the Ethics education proposal, the multitude of ways in which there will be easy access for rabbis to participate in the program at no cost, and the self-reporting system. This program will help all CCAR rabbis develop fuller knowledge of the CCAR Ethics Code, engage in Jewish studies that include ethics education, and integrate ethics education over the arc of one’s rabbinate.
Ethics: Avoiding Gender Bias in the Workplace – A Joint CCAR/WRN Webinar
The second presentation in our series on ethics, exploring how the CCAR Code of Ethics and Jewish values guide us in creating workplaces that are free of gender bias.
As rabbis, we are expected to abide by the highest values of our Jewish tradition. As teachers and role models, we are called upon to exemplify the ideals we proclaim. Gender bias, though difficult to measure, is real. How do we expose and reduce gender bias? In this webinar, Danielle Banks, a partner in the law firm Stradley Ronen, draws on her experience and expertise in the area of gender bias and employment discrimination.
Introduction to Ethics
As rabbis, we are expected to abide by the highest moral values of our Jewish tradition: personal conscience and professional integrity, honorable social relationships, and the virtues of family life. As teachers and role models, we are called upon to exemplify the ideals we proclaim. This webinar, and others, serve to familiarize rabbis with the CCAR Code of Ethics and other ethical issues.