Spirituality in business ethics from an Islamic perspective

This chapter explores the presence of spirituality in business ethics with the application of governing goodness and preventing evil. The foundation to spirituality in Islam is based on core perspective called Tawhid. The first element in Tawhidic paradigm(Unity of God) establishes the relationship...

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Main Authors:	Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi, Ismail, Yusof
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	IIUM Press 2011
Subjects:	HF5387 Business ethics
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/8924/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/8924/1/4.pdf

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spelling	iium-89242013-06-25T09:37:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/8924/ Spirituality in business ethics from an Islamic perspective Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi Ismail, Yusof HF5387 Business ethics This chapter explores the presence of spirituality in business ethics with the application of governing goodness and preventing evil. The foundation to spirituality in Islam is based on core perspective called Tawhid. The first element in Tawhidic paradigm(Unity of God) establishes the relationship not only with Allah(called vertical relationship), but also among human beings and the natural environment (called horizontal relationships). The second element is Tawhidic paradigm specifies a set of comprehensive,mutually reinforcing values referred to as promotion of goodness (‘amr bil ma’aruf) and prevention of evil (nahi anil munkar). It is important for decision makers – the servant (‘abd)and vicegerent (khalifa) - to comprehend this macro perspective upon which more specific principles are derived. The decision makers are obligated to integrate ma’aruf-munkar imperatives into the decision making process. Broad concept of ma’aruf incorporates goodness (khayr), righteousness (birr) and lawful (halal) which in turn deserve positive rewards (ajr). Munkar includes bad (sharr), sins (ithm) and prohibited (haram), which in turn are related to corresponding punishment ( i’dam). IIUM Press 2011-12-04 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/8924/1/4.pdf Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi and Ismail, Yusof (2011) Spirituality in business ethics from an Islamic perspective. In: Spirituality in management from Islamic perspectives. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 119-154. ISBN 9789670225418
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description	This chapter explores the presence of spirituality in business ethics with the application of governing goodness and preventing evil. The foundation to spirituality in Islam is based on core perspective called Tawhid. The first element in Tawhidic paradigm(Unity of God) establishes the relationship not only with Allah(called vertical relationship), but also among human beings and the natural environment (called horizontal relationships). The second element is Tawhidic paradigm specifies a set of comprehensive,mutually reinforcing values referred to as promotion of goodness (‘amr bil ma’aruf) and prevention of evil (nahi anil munkar). It is important for decision makers – the servant (‘abd)and vicegerent (khalifa) - to comprehend this macro perspective upon which more specific principles are derived. The decision makers are obligated to integrate ma’aruf-munkar imperatives into the decision making process. Broad concept of ma’aruf incorporates goodness (khayr), righteousness (birr) and lawful (halal) which in turn deserve positive rewards (ajr). Munkar includes bad (sharr), sins (ithm) and prohibited (haram), which in turn are related to corresponding punishment ( i’dam).
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author	Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi Ismail, Yusof
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title	Spirituality in business ethics from an Islamic perspective
title_short	Spirituality in business ethics from an Islamic perspective
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