When the Malden Mills factory burnt down on December 11, 1995, owner Aaron Feuerstein used his insurance money to rebuild it, and to pay the salaries of all the now-unemployed workers while it was being rebuilt. Feuerstein spent millions keeping all 3,000 employees on the payroll with full benefits for 6 months. By going against common CEO business practices, especially at a time when most companies were downsizing and moving overseas, he achieved global fame.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malden_Mills]
Feuerstein said that he could not have taken another course of action due to his study of the Talmud and the lessons he learned there:
I have a responsibility to the worker, both blue-collar and white-collar. I have an equal responsibility to the community. It would have been unconscionable to put 3,000 people on the streets and deliver a deathblow to the cities of Lawrence and Methuen. Maybe on paper our company is worthless to Wall Street, but I can tell you it's worth more.
— Parade Magazine, 1996