Rabbi Hillel on corporate governance: why is it that the 'guideliners' who would instruct us on board standards don't follow their own guidelines?

From: Directors & Boards | Date: June 22, 1998| Author: Kaback, Hoffer | Copyright information

Why is it that the 'guideliners' who would instruct us on board standards don't follow their own guidelines?

Early in Herod's reign, Rabbi Shammai and Hillel were separately approached by a man demanding to be taught the entire Torah while standing on one foot. Shammai drove him away with a stick. But Hillel told him, "Do not do unto others that which you would not have them do unto you. That is the entire Torah; the rest is commentary."

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